In August 2006, naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor waded into a remote grove in Redwood National Park and pointed a laser rangefinder at a tree that turned out to be 380 feet tall, and the National Park Service has refused to disclose its location ever since, fearing the foot traffic alone would kill it. (opens in new tab)

In August 2006, two naturalists named Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor waded through ferns and fallen branches in a remote corner of Redwood National Park in northern California, pointed a laser rangefinder up through the canopy, and recorded a preliminary height just under 380 feet on a coast redwood nobody had ever measured before. The […]