Each article included is about: the what, where, and more about the newest state park, Castle Rock State Park; a dedication ceremony to the Sempervirens Club at Slippery Rock ten days from now; the variety of Big Basin creeks; one for plans for a fundraising dinner for both state parks in October, another for Dr Roman Vishniac's appearance at said dinner; the campsites of Big Basin; the future of state park land acquisition; the emerging social engagement of visitors and Big Basin Park; the occasional overfilling and turn-away of visitors; efforts to save the redwoods; an old market discovered in Boulder Creek; Duncan McPherson, Santa Cruz Sentinel founder and supporter of Big Basin Park; the opening of charter membership for Big Basin Park for the public; and micro-articles on tanbark cutting, a pioneer lumber operator, Big Basin's wildfire scars, Berry Creek, Bloom Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, the history of elks locally, Craig Springs, China Grade, and "coffee hikes". There is a map depicting the two adjoining state parks. Included are plenty of advertisements.

Notables: Berry Creek Falls, Andrew P Hill / Andrew Hill, sequoia sempervirens, San Lorenzo Valley, Sempervirens Falls, Sempervirens Club, Ansel Adams, Phillip Hyde, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Russell Varian, Dorothy Varian, Varian Foundation, Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, Sempervirens Fund, Claude A Look / Tony Look, George Collins, Walter V Hays, Doris Leonard, Richard Leonard, Philippa Pfeiffer, Walter P Ward, Clyde Arbuckle, Charles deBretville, Carl Djarassi, Newton Drury, Edward Ginston, Samuel Leask III, George Lindsay, H Putnam Livermore, Dean McHenry, William Penn Mott Jr, David Packard, Mrs Wallace Sterling, Ben Thompson, Dr Richard P Wheat MD, Little Basin, Elwin Rodgers, Henry Creek, Rodgers Creek, Lion Creek, Opal Creek, Big Creek, Paschall Creek, Ramona Creek, Timm's Creek, George Timm, Norman Livermore / Ike Livermore, Natural Resources Agency of the State Parks and Recreation Commission, State Department of Parks and Recreation, Anton Trigeiro, Forest Recovery Project, Santa Cruz Lumber Company, William Waddell, Donald A Younger, Santa Cruz Tannery, W S Rodgers, Old Man Berry, Tom Maddock / Thomas Maddock, Silver Falls, Golden Falls, Cascade Falls, Portola State Park, George Hartzog Jr, National Park Service, Joseph W Welch, Samuel Henry Cowell, Middleton's Meadow, California dwarf elk, Miller and Lux cattle company, H D Middleton, Scott's Creek, Robert Slawinski, Carol Slawinski, Henry Middleton, Phoebe Hearst, California Press Association, Josephine Clifford McCracken, Morning Sentinel, George S Walker, Robert E Kenna / Robert Kenna, Santa Clara University, L J Gage, George Pardee, California Lumber Company, J H B Pilkington, I T Bloom, Sam H Rambo, J H Creed, A B Lull, W M Elsom, Hiram W Johnson, Harold McPherson, Fred McPherson Jr