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Press Democrat: Armstrong redwoods draw huge crowd as thousands opt for outdoors (external link)
November 2015
KION News: Central Coast residents #OptOutside for Black Friday (external link)
November 2015
ABC7 News: People opt for Santa Cruz County park over malls on Black Friday (external link)
November 2015
Money (Time): State Parks Offer Free Admission, Free Camping on Black Friday (external link)
November 2015
LA Times: If you pick hiking over shopping on Black Friday, you may get in free to some California state parks (external link)
November 2015
KQED: This Black Friday to Be Less Gross, Thanks to Free Redwood Parks (external link)
November 2015
CBS SF Bay Area: No Admission Fees For 49 Redwood State Parks On Black Friday (external link)
November 2015
The Daily Beast: The Green Backlash Against Black Friday (external link)
November 2015
Sacramento Bee: We need better options for using California’s windfall (external link)
November 2015
Eureka Times-Standard: Cool upwelling could help temper climate change’s effect on redwoods (external link)
October 2015
Science Daily: Future coastal climate not cool for redwood forests (external link)
October 2015
Santa Cruz Sentinel (picked up by the Bay Area news group): Cool upwelling could help temper climate change’s effect on redwoods (external link)
October 2015
Nature World News: California Redwood Relocation: Earth’s Largest Trees Shift Northward With Climate Change (external link)
October 2015
Science World report: Coastal Redwoods May Experience Massive Change in Climate with Rising Temperatures (external link)
October 2015
Los Angeles Times: Is the drought killing California’s giant sequoias? (external link)
August 2015
Wall Street Journal: Strapped States Farm Out Upkeep of Parks
August 2015
KPFA: Citizen Science: Everyone Can Pitch In (external link)
July 2015
San Francisco Business Times: Paul Ringgold, Save the Redwoods League chief program officer: Recognition Plaque (external link)
July 2015
Thrillist: The 15 Most Beautiful Places in California You Didn’t Know Existed (external link)
July 2015
San Francisco Chronicle: Save the Redwoods League appointed Paul Ringgold chief program officer (external link)
July 2015
NBC Bay Area: Big Basin: Explore California’s first state park in search of ancient treasure, old legacies and new science (external link)
July 2015
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Forest ferns feeling effects of drought (external link)
July 2015
Sacramento Bee: Chillin’ in the Redwoods (external link)
July 2015
Mendocino Beacon: Hendy Woods reopens day use area (external link)
July 2015
Willits News: Hendy Woods to celebrate new facilities in Anderson Valley June 28 (external link)
July 2015
SF Gate: 777-year-old tree is a babe in Muir Woods (external link)
June 2015
Lost Coast Outpost: The Lost Coast Trail Is About To Get Longer (external link)
June 2015
Mother Nature Network: Nature Singer’ drove a camper made from a redwood (external Link)
April 2015
Ukiah Daily Journal: Land with old-growth redwoods bought near Mendocino (external link)
March 2015
Press Democrat: Save the Redwoods League buys 83 acres of forest near Mendocino (external link)
March 2015
Sacramento Bee: Provisions: Enhance your recreation and travel experience (external link)
January 2015
San Jose Mercury News: New national monument proposed for Santa Cruz coast (external link)
January 2015
NBC Bay Area: Pot Farmers Steal Water Amid Epic Drought (external link)
November 2014
SF Gate: California drought: Team climbs high to assess redwoods threat (external link)
October 2014
SF Gate: Feds acquire 5,800-acre wilderness near Santa Cruz (external link)
October 2014
USA Today: 10Best: American forests perfect for a fall visit (external link)
September 2014
SF Gate: Search is on for mysterious white-footed vole near redwoods (external link)
September 2014
SF Gate: San Vicente Redwoods 1 of the biggest unprotected forests around (external link)
September 2014
Santa Cruz Sentinel: State approves $10 million for redwoods (external link)
August 2014
Orange Coast Magazine: The Irvine Connection: James Irvine and the Redwoods (external link)
July 2014
Contra Costa Times: Guest commentary: We need to get our kids motivated and experience the outdoors (external link)
July 2014
NBC News: California Redwood Trees Face Poacher Threat (external link)
July 2014
Princeton Alumni Weekly: Keeping the Redwoods Standing Tall (external link)
July 2014
SF Gate: 2nd poacher sentenced for nabbing redwood burls (external link)
June 2014
KION 46: New name for redwood property behind shuttered CEMEX plant announced (external link)
June 2014
Times-Standard: Editorial: Burl poaching is a vile and wasteful crime (external link)
May 2014
KPIX: Poachers Butchering Northern California’s Majestic Redwoods For Profit (external link)
May 2014
Santa Cruz Sentinel: As We See It, March 30, 2014: North Coast public access a huge opportunity (external link)
March 2014
SF Gate: Teams tally biological oddities on Bay Area’s federal land (external link)
March 2014
ABC 7: Scientists study trees in Muir Woods (external link)
March 2014
SF Gate: Redwoods of Peters Creek Grove reward the ambitious (external link)
March 2014
SF Gate: Cotati residents, scientists scramble to save albino redwood (external link)
March 2014
Bay Nature: Poaching Redwood Burl Affects Tree’s Reproduction (external link)
March 2014
National Geographic: Redwood Parks Battle Bold Wood Poachers
March 2014
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Banking on the Planet (external link)
February 2014
San Francisco Business Times: Sam Hodder: President and CEO, Save the Redwoods League (external link)
January 2014
Times-Standard: Orick Mill Site sold to Save the Redwoods: Green Diamond sells 125 acres for $2M (external link)
October 2013
Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Water in redwood country is worth more than nickel (external link)
October 2013
Santa Cruz Sentinel: With public funds, a conservation effort moves forward (external link)
October 2013
San Francisco Gate: Defending the ‘Noble Giants,’ 1966 (external link)
August 2013
San Jose Mercury News: Save the Redwoods League Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer (external link)
September 2013
Sacramento Bee: Save the Redwoods League Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer (external link)
September 2013
San Francisco Chronicle: Ancient redwoods in growth spurt of a lifetime (external link)
August 2013
Los Angeles Times: Climate change may be speeding coast redwood, giant sequoia growth (external link)
August 2013
San Jose Mercury News: Global warming may be helping redwoods and sequoias grow, new study shows (external link)
August 2013
Marin Independent Journal: Surprise findings: Climate change causes Marin redwoods to grow bigger (external link)
August 2013
CBS SF Bay Area News:
Climate Change May Help California Coastal Redwoods Grow Faster (external link)
August 2013
KQED Science blog: California’s Redwoods May be Benefiting From Climate Change (external link)
August 2013
San Francisco Chronicle: Conservation group helps save Skunk Train (external link)
June 2013
San Francisco Chronicle: Hidden redwood is remnant of forest giants (external link)
May 2013
Huffington Post:
Redwood Forests: Groups Fight To Preserve Rare Old-Growth Trees In Santa Cruz Mountains (external link)
November 2012
San Francisco Chronicle: Group tries to save old-growth redwoods (external link)
November 2012
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Conservation groups nearing end of fundraising campaigns: Grant funds would be used for easement on former Cemex property (external link)
November 2012
San Francisco Chronicle: Movers and shakers: James Larson and Melinda Thomas (external link)
November 2012
San Jose Mercury News: Two-thirds of California parks set to close may be saved (external link)
June 2012
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Community offers suggestions on future of 8,500 acres surrounding former Cemex property (external link)
May 2012
SFGate: Indians given 164 acres by Save the Redwoods League (external link)
April 2012
Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Twilight for a state park (external link)
January 2012
San Francisco Chronicle: Sonoma County’s Cedars a rare geologic wonder (external link)
January 2012
San Francisco Chronicle: Land conservation benefits from economic downturn (external link)
December 2011
San Jose Mercury News: Huge property in Santa Cruz Mountains to be preserved (external link)
December 2011
Huffington Post: California State Parks Fight To Stay Open (external link)
December 2011
SFGate: Shady Dell deal preserves majestic redwood forest (external link)
November 2011
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Bay fog factory: Scientists research coastal weather for clues to climate change (external link)
August 2011
SFGate: Our priceless state parks inheritance is in danger (external link)
July 2011
NBC Bay Area:
Can We Rescue the Redwood Trees? (external link)
July 2011
U.S. National Park Service: A Cloudy Future for Redwoods? (external link)
June 2011
Huffington Post: Your iPhone: A Crowd-Sourced Field Guide to Save the Planet (external link)
May 2011
San Jose Mercury News: California’s next budget casualty-70 state parks on governor’s closure list (external link)
May 2011
San Jose Mercury News: Snap a redwood photo, help a scientist (external link)
April 2011
SFGate: Noyo River stand of old-growth redwoods saved (external link)
March 2011
San Jose Mercury News: New $15 million effort launched to preserve land around Silicon Valley (external link)
March 2011
Sierra Magazine: Standing Tall (external link)
March/April 2011
San Francisco Chronicle: Sunday Drive: Purisima Creek Redwoods (external link)
February 2011
KQED QUEST: Measuring Redwood Giants (external link)
December 2010
SFGate: Scientists look to redwoods for answers on warming (external link)
November 2010
Silicon Valley Mercury News: State parks back to square one after defeat of Proposition 21 (external link)
November 2010
Silicon Valley Mercury News: Outdoor education programs in San Mateo County get funding boost (external link)
October 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Noyo River redwood deal comes with big catch (external link)
October 2010
LA Times: Group races against clock to save redwoods from logging (external link)
October 2010
San Diego Union Tribune: Enviro group reaches deal for North Coast forest (external link)
October 2010
ABC7: Billionaire funding climate change study on trees
(external link)
August 2010
SPIE: Lidar Helps Conservation (external link)
August 2010
Eureka Times-Standard: Avenue of the Giants turns 50; anniversary presentation to be held at historic road (external link)
August 2010
Via magazine: Avenue of the Giants (external link)
August 2010
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Study: How tall trees could fare in climate change (external link)
August 2010
KNBC: Shine Wears Off Golden State’s Parks (external link)
July 2010
San Jose Mercury News: Scientists begin sweeping project to study California redwoods (external link)
June 2010
The Sacramento Bee: California state parks plagued by decay (external link) (external link)
June 2010
Bay Area News Group: Redwood education grants: Save the Redwoods League is offering $100,000 in grants for projects that provide redwood-related education (external link)
May 2010
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Redwood trees protected along Lake Sonoma (external link)
April 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Ways to make yourself take time off (external link)
April 2010
National Geographic: Giant Redwoods May Dry Out; Warming to Blame? (external link)
February 2010
SF Gate: Finding a solution to fund state’s parks (external link)
February 2010
Save The Redwoods League: Fog and Redwoods FAQs (external link)
February 2010
NPR: Fog Fluctuations Could Threaten Giant Redwoods (external link)
February 2010
SF Gate: Less fog puts redwoods at risk, scientists say (external link)
February 2010
Fox & Hounds Daily blog: Money Starts to Flow for Initiatives (external link)
February 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Deal completed to preserve Sonoma coast, forest (external link)
December 2009
East Bay Times: Give a gift that will last for centuries (external link)
December 2009
Eureka Times-Standard: Humboldt groups land money for redwood education (external link)
December 2009
Marin Independent Journal: Save the Redwoods group lists grants (external link)
November 2009
Visalia Times-Delta: Tulare’s WildPlaces gets Save the Redwoods League grant (external link)
November 2009
Times Herald: Proposed 2010 ballot question would help pay for state parks (external link)
November 2009
San Jose Mercury News: Environmental groups turn in paperwork for DMV fee to fund California state parks (external link)
November 2009
Eureka Times-Standard: Redwood research grants remain available (external link)
October 2009
Silicon Valley Mercury News: Environmentalists ramping up statewide ballot effort to save state parks (external link)
September 2009
The Times Standard: Gov. hacks deeper into state parks budget (external link)
July 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: Save the state parks with $15 car license fee (external link)
June 2009
Saratoga News: Saratoga school briefs: Redwood League grant deadline is June 30 (external link)
June 2009
Contra Costa Times: West County school notes: Contra Costa; Save the Redwoods League seeks grant applications (external link)
May 2009
Insidebayarea.com: Chalk Talk: Nonprofit seeks to award grants (external link)
May 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle: Redwoods’ green backing (external link)
November 2008
San Francisco Gate: World’s tallest in arboreal witness protection (external link)
August 2008
Post Gazette: Northern California’s Redwood Highway: Ancient groves along Northern California’s U.S. 101 offer a respite from the buzz saw of urban life (external link)
July 2008
Times Standard: Conservation group looks for redwood researchers (external link)
October 2007
Marin Independent Journal: Redwoods nonprofit gives grants to Marin programs (external link)
December 2006
The New Yorker: Tall For Its Age: Climbing a record-breaking redwood
October 2006
San Francisco Chronicle: Humboldt County – World’s tallest tree, a redwood, confirmed (external link)
September 2006
San Francisco Chronicle: Awesome redwood cathedrals – Heavenly hikes (external link)
September 2006
San Francisco Chronicle: Eureka! New tallest living thing discovered (external link)
September 2006
California Wild (California Academy of Sciences): From Redwoods to the Sea
Winter 2000
$2 million goal for ‘O Rew Redwoods Gateway!