The flames of Southern California’s Woolsey Fire ravaged through the Santa Monica Mountains, taking out a stand of willow trees before surging onto Paramount Ranch. Yet despite all the destruction in the 750 acres around it, the Witness Tree was somehow still standing. On Saturday, the National Park Service will host a memorial service for the Witness Tree, so people can pay their respects to the majestic valley oak before it is cut down. Paramount Ranch film historians will tell stories, tracing the valley oak’s journey through a diverse amount of pretend film landscapes. Quinn, Medicine Woman.” Debris still litters the landscape, and a chain-link fence surrounds the decaying Witness Tree.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2020 12:31 UTC