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Redwoods Stout Grove near Crescent City
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| The short Stout Grove Trail loops around what may be the most photogenic section of the forest in Jedediah Smith Redwoods Start Park, since the land is flat, and largely free of undergrowth and fallen trunks; instead the ground between the trees is covered only by a low, even carpet of ferns, through which rise numerous healthy, similarly-sized, old-growth redwoods, quite well separated. The limited understory and lack of much dead wood is due to periodic floods along the Smith River, which flows close by just to the north and provides the only background sounds | |||
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Superlatives describing the Smith River watershed are inexhaustible and in no way overstated. The Smith is unique among coastal rivers in the United States, and there are few watersheds like it remaining in the world’s temperate zones.
–The Smith River is the wildest and cleanest river in the country outside of Alaska — indeed, it is one of the cleanest rivers in the world. — The Smith is the only major undammed river in California. –The Smith River watershed contains a higher percentage of unlogged, original ancient forest ecosystem than any other river in California. –The Smith River contains more stream miles federally designated “Wild and Scenic” than any other river in the United States. –Smith River salmon and steelhead runs are legendary. Some of the largest Chinook salmon (greater than eighty pounds) have been found on the Smith, and the Smith holds the state record for the largest steelhead ever caught (27 pounds). | ||
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