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# Redwoods Shouldn't Be So Tall. Here's Why They Are
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/untold-earth/episode/redwoods-shouldnt-be-so-tall-heres-why-they-are-khskml/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T09:57:52.000Z
- Description: What makes the Coast Redwood, a tree as old as the dinosaurs, epically singular in nature?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Untold Earth, Season 1, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_b83b521e-7830-4063-b3aa-b69dcc8017d0, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_53bb3bef-6200-4947-a257-d3385486b9a0, #v1.16

Beyond its iconic height, the Redwood Forest is sacred to the Yurok Tribe and a scientific frontier for the study of vast biodiversity that exists nowhere else on Earth. This episode of Untold Earth explores the varied relationship between The Redwoods, their forest ecosystems, and the humans who live and work among them. Asking, at every turn, what makes these trees epically singular in nature?