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Roosevelt Elk traffic

Video: Redwoods traffic jam

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Watching a group of Roosevelt elk slowly cross highway 101.


A woman sits on a rock in the middle of a creek

Beat the heat at these cool redwood parks

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“Head for the beach!” That’s the message triggered in the human brain once temperatures push past 80 degrees. But can beaches get packed during heat waves, and they often lack shelter from harsh UV rays. Not to mention the sand …


People ride in an electric all-terrain chair through Prairie Creek Redwoods.

Making tracks to the redwoods with David’s Chair

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There’s a new way for redwoods enthusiasts with mobility challenges to explore the stunning old-growth groves at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The park now offers an electric all-terrain Action Trackchair for use on designated trails, including more rugged trails …


A person stands between two huge giant sequoia trees.

Going solo in Sequoia National Park

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From childhood, many of the stories we’re told about nature are cautionary tales. These bedtime stories frighten us with the horrors one may find if we dare venture into the woods alone. Especially for young girls and marginalized folks, these …


A large, dark bird flies over a forest.

Recently released condors thrive in redwoods country

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Eight young California condors last July took the skies, following the Klamath River toward the ocean near Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California. The birds finally settled for the night near Blue Creek, the lowest of the Klamath …


A student standing next to a tree smiles as she prepares to take notes

Window opens for $6,000 Redwood Connect Grants

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It’s one of our favorite times of the year at Save the Redwoods League: When proposals start arriving for Redwood Connect Grants. We’re always inspired by the diversity of projects and the inventive ideas for providing young people with meaningful …


A smiling park holds up an animal skull.

Dancing rangers, dunk tanks at Prairie Creek birthday bash

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A century may be no big deal to a 2,000-year-old redwood tree. But for us humans, a 100-year anniversary calls for one heck of a party. On August 26th, Save the Redwoods League staff joined more than a thousand fellow …


An insider’s look at the Russian River Redwoods

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League President and CEO Sam Hodder offers an up-close look at Russian River Redwoods as he shares the incredible opportunity to save this magnificent forest and the beloved Clar Tree. Learn more about the Russian River Redwoods project and how …


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Exciting moments as water flows into restored Prairie Creek

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The first thing you realize when you visit the Prairie Creek restoration project is the sheer scale of it. For someone like me who had only seen the project through photographs and maps and artist renderings, it was shocking to …


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Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria pleased to work with the League

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As direct descendants of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo People, who were the original land stewards, we possess cultural knowledge that has been passed down through generations since time immemorial of our ancestral homelands of Marin and Sonoma Counties. …



A group of smiling children and adults sit and kneel on the floor of a redwood forest

League brings 72,000 youths to the magical redwoods

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For many people, visits to the young forest of Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland are lovely escapes close to the city. For Alejandro, trips to this place were profound. Alejandro recently visited Reinhardt with Youth Spirit Artwork (YSA), a …


Cover of the book "Must Love Trees: An Unconventional Guide," by Tobin Mitnick

Tree book hits funny bone

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Unlike banana peels and hand buzzers, trees aren’t exactly known as a source of laughs. But in his debut book, Must Love Trees: An Unconventional Guide, Tobin Mitnick finds plenty of funny in the forest, along with much to admire …


People in bright yellow clothes build a trail surrounded by lush foliage

Sneak peek at 2 new Lost Coast trails

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About 225 miles north of San Francisco, the rugged coastline forces California State Route 1 inland, leaving a 60-mile stretch of wilderness called the Lost Coast. Here, along the Pacific Ocean, the famed Lost Coast Trail offers one of the few coastal wilderness …


A black bird with white underwings soars with its wings spread in a clear blue sky

Saving prey-go-neesh, the endangered California condor

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Research supported by Save the Redwoods League could help inform work in re-establishing a flock of endangered California condors near Redwood National Park. The Yurok Tribe and Redwood National Park are working together to re-establish the prey-go-neesh, the Yurok name …


3 uniformed rangers of the US Forest Service and one man in checkered shirt and jeans notetaking in a Giant Sequoia forest

Emergency restoration resumes in a famed giant sequoia grove

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Save the Redwoods League this month resumed emergency restoration work for 2023 on a beloved giant sequoia grove to reduce fuels and the risk of severe climate-driven wildfires. In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, the League is restoring the …



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Video: How to restore a giant sequoia grove

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For several hours on a sunny day in late May, crews worked their way up the south-facing hillsides on the heavily burned section of the League’s Alder Creek property. With various tools in their hands, and backpacks full of seedlings, …


A vintage black locomotive heads through the redwoods and straight toward the camera

Vintage trains are your ticket to the redwoods

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Who says time travel is impossible? These vintage trains transport passengers to the early days of California, when steam-powered locomotives thundered across the state and “All aboard!” was an invitation to adventure. Railways that once brought massive redwood trees to …