Save the Redwoods League is strengthening a 91-year partnership with two of its founding organizations—the Wildlife Conservation Society and the National Geographic Society—by contributing to an unprecedented redwoods study that is expected to capture attention worldwide.
In September and October 2009, more than 100 million people are projected to learn about threats to redwoods from these three partner organizations. The October issue of National Geographic magazine and National Geographic Channel’s EXPLORER: Climbing Redwood Giants tell the story of the pioneering study called “The Redwood Transect.”
The study of the transect, a continuous strip of sample area the length of the entire coast redwood range, was conducted by J. Michael (Mike) Fay, Wildlife Conservation Society Senior Conservationist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. He reinvigorated the three organizations’ partnership to highlight redwoods’ exploitation and spur changes in how forests are used globally.
Redwood forests face threats from poorly planned development, unsustainable logging practices and global climate change, among others.
“We hope that National Geographic’s redwoods coverage will inspire a new generation of conservationists to explore the unique redwood forests and experience their beauty today, tomorrow and in the future,” said Ruskin Hartley, Executive Director of Save the Redwoods League.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The Redwood Transect is the latest project among organizations whose collaboration began more than 90 years ago. In 1918, leaders from the Wildlife Conservation Society and National Geographic Society joined with other noted conservationists to start the movement to save the coast redwoods by founding Save the Redwoods League.
The June 1920 issue of National Geographic magazine includes the article, “Saving the Redwoods,” by Madison Grant, one of Save the Redwoods League’s founders. This article helped launch the movement to save redwoods.
The National Geographic Society has a long history of advocating for protection of the redwoods, including providing funding that was instrumental in charting boundaries for Redwood National Park in 1963, outreach to Congress in 1977 to expand the existing park, and mobilization of donations to adopt a grove of trees in 1981.
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