This page highlights a redwood forest photo each month from the Save the Redwoods League collection. Add your redwood photos to our Flickr pool.
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A denizen of the coast redwood forest, the rough-skinned newt heads to edges of streams and ponds in winter to breed. Photo: colinbrown, Flickr Creative Commons
The Giant Forest of giant sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is a picturesque setting for winter hikes, cross-country skiing and snowshoe walks. Photo: Janne Huttunen, Entrant in the 2009 Walk Among Giants Online Photo Contest.
Leaves of the dawn redwood turn color and fall off in autumn, unlike those of the giant sequoia and coast redwood. Photo: J.G. in S.F., Flickr Creative Commons. Learn more about the dawn redwood.
The Mill Creek Trail winds through the lush green wonderland that is Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The League has protected more than 5,500 acres in this park. Photo: Miguel Vieira, Flickr Creative Commons.
The coast redwood forest floor is lush with sword ferns and redwood sorrel in Redwood National Park. With members’ and partners’ support, Save the Redwoods League helped build the case for creating this park and has protected almost 400 acres in it. Photo: Jim Lowe, entrant in the League’s 2009 Walk Among Giants Online Photo Contest.
A frog poses in Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Fog and moisture in redwood forests protect permeable-skinned amphibians, while the abundant standing and downed thick-barked trees provide niches in which they can find food and shelter. Photo: mhaimov, contestant in our Walk Among Giants Online Photo Contest on Flickr
An ethereal ridge in the Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve rises above the clouds on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Half Moon Bay. The preserve was established with a gift of $2 million from the Save the Redwoods League. Photo: Satosphere, Flickr Creative Commons.
McWay Falls plummets into the Pacific Ocean in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, in Big Sur, California. Trails on the west side of Highway 1, including the McWay Falls Overlook trail, Partington Cove and the environmental campsites, recently reopened after fires. The League has protected 238 acres in this park, which contains redwoods. Photo: eraine, Flickr Creative Commons.
The sun sets through the redwoods along the Dipsea Trail in Mt. Tamalpais State Park in Marin County, California. Save the Redwoods League has protected redwoods in this park. Photo: ehoyer, Flickr Creative Commons.
Rhododendrons bloom among ancient giants in Prairie Creek Redwood State Park. Save the Redwoods League has protected more than 16,900 acres and dedicated more than 280 honor groves in this park. Photo: Howard King.
While you can drive into Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, the best way to experience the towering redwoods is to follow the park’s trails. Thanks to our members, the Save the Redwoods League Education Program has awarded grants to an organization that hosts redwood education programs in the park. Such programs inspire participants to love and protect redwoods for current and future generations. Photo: Larry Ulrich.
Be amazed by the scale of the ancient coast redwoods in the Stout Memorial Grove of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Several of the park's groves are named after lumbermen who donated their respective areas or preserved them until Save the Redwoods League could purchase them. Save the Redwoods has protected more than 5,500 acres in this park. Learn about events and activities in this redwood park and others. Photo: Julie Martin.