It is largely forested with climax-dominant trees including coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii ssp.

menziesii), oak (Quercus garryana and Q. kelloggii), and tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), with pockets of Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) found along steep slopes above the fogline.

[3] Other wildlife includes northern elephant seal, harbor seal, gray whale, brown pelican, bald eagle, peregrine falcon, black-tailed deer, mountain lion, bobcat, osprey, otter, gray fox and black bear.

[5] Historically, the King Range was home to the Native American Mattole and Sinkyone peoples.

In 2000 President Bill Clinton signed the law designating the rocks and islands just offshore as the California Coast National Monument.