Steve Sillett, PhD. Sequoia/Redwood Canopy Research, Humboldt State

This video supplements the Museum exhibition:
A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey
August 6, 2011 - January 22, 2012
Oakland Museum of California.
museumca.org/ex...

[@peeceeh7]

I just finished reading "The Wild Trees" and could not help to look up Steve Sillett and his work. With all my respect and admiration . . .

[@tylerwortman]

That’s how I arrived here as well. An amazing read!

[@kristynerosier2734]

I was just talking about the trees with my coworkers today. Steve was my boyfriend back in high school, totally adored him, and still do. He looks and sounds exactly the same😁. His wife (Marie Antoinette) is just as much of a scholar/botanist/scientist, and they both have discovered so much about these old true to life Treebeards over the past 30 years. Trees have feelings, they communicate, and there’s a reason many of us feel a connection between trees as well as the plants in our garden. Steve has always been a hard working and good person, and I’m so happy that he not only became the rock star he was meant to be, but also found his fellow rock star partner with Marie. ❤️

[@jandunn169]

I would love to see more pictures in the canopies with all the trees and epiphytes growing as well as the creatures who live up there. Thank you Steve for your bravery and passion for these trees.

[@jilesbo9175]

Excellent video
Great commentary and backdrop footage. The Redwoods are in a league of their own👍

[@tinkageorgewilliam871]

Anyone else here from the video ''What's hidden among the tallest trees on Earth? - Wendell Oshiro'' ?

[@amidastouch]

beautiful

[@blakespower]

Has anyone done a documentary about the logging? I am not pro or against it, I am just interested after they log an area what efforts are done to replant it and how long it takes for the forest to recover

[@mazmurlo3737]

In a human time frame it is impossible for old growth redwoods to recover. It takes over 200 years for an old growth tree to grow, and when we clear out a whole area we have to very carefully manage it to get any old growth return at all.

[@jandunn169]

I believe that part of the reason for all the recent fires in California is past logging as these forests contain mosses etc that hold in the moisture. The canopies do too. It would take hundreds of years and would never be the same as the old growth forests which are a national treasure.