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The recent purchase of two properties in the Santa Cruz mountains, combined with other land, is expected to add nearly 200 acres of land to Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

But an Associated Press reporter and photographer hiked the renowned Redwood Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Monday and confirmed most of the ancient redwoods had withstood the blaze.