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Overnight Camp. Mermaid's Lagoon. Sea Stars. Summer Magic. Archers Adventure. Beach Boogie. Summer Sleuths. Spotters Ready? Gilligan's Island. Beach Girls. Our forest experts advised us to focus first on assessing and protecting our roads from erosion and falling trees, and also encouraged us to give the forest as much time as possible to recover before making decisions about which trees to remove for safety reasons.

As next steps, in addition to working with our insurance company, we will continue to work with our forestry team, conservation partners, and civil engineers to ensure that our road is safe and to develop a plan for near-term erosion control. Matt, a forest health specialist from the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County, explained that each footstep in the ash potentially disrupts the native plant seeds that will emerge in the aftermath of the fire.

We already can see evidence of seeds bursting from the cones of the charred knob cone pine trees. Soon, we will see new tree seedlings. Matt encouraged us to tread lightly and protect the native seeds as the forest returns to health.

Different parts of the forest will recover in different ways and at different times. Part of what makes Skylark Ranch so beautiful is the wide range of ecosystems and microclimates. Each ecosystem will respond to the fire in different ways. Our forestry team emphasized that if we can wait a while and avoid rushing to remove potential hazard trees, we may be able to save more trees. Sadly, the fire burned intensely in horse county, and this area will need to be off-limits until we are able to assess the condition of the horse country trees.

We do still have beautiful areas and trees at the center of camp. When you see evidence of the ferocious fire that roared up Whitehouse Canyon Road and around our camp, it is amazing that firefighters were able to save our main buildings. You can see here, the singing logs, and health center, office and art building. If you look closely you will see the burned trees right behind the building. In the picture below, you can see over the ruins of our staff house and through the burned trees, the back side of the office and the dining hall beyond.

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