Newest redwood preserve a treasure IN THE HEADWATERS FOREST, Calif. (AP) - Ancient redwoods 25 stories high cling to near-vertical slopes, their bark blackened by centuries of fire, their tops cracked by lightning. Hawks and eagles glide overhead. Fifty yards away, a wind-swept logging road is bathed in sunshine, but the forest floor is dark and silent, covered in a deep bed of decaying bark, ferns, moss and fallen twigs. Rain drips from leaves, falling onto mossy underbrush. Visitors here find themselves enveloped in a quiet, moist twilight. This is the Headwaters, America's newest redwood preserve, acquired last week from Pacific Lumber Co. for $480 million. A majestic, intimidating and vast stretch of patriarchal trees crossed by only two true hiking trails. Other paths tend to disappear in the rain. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558729332-e86>
