Sonoma County in northern California added over 1,500 acres to Monte Rio Redwoods Regional Park, making the park four times larger and creating a conservation area of more than 34 square miles, reported Local News Matters.
The Save the Redwoods League paid $24 million to purchase the land from the Mendocino Redwoods Company and then transferred it to the county’s Regional Parks Department.
After more than 100 years as timberland, this forest will now be open to the public and maintained as a natural habitat…