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Current Land Projects
We protect redwoods by purchasing redwood forests and the surrounding lands and waterways needed to nurture these forests.
Your Help Secures Historic Forest
April 30, 2012: Just a few hours north of San Francisco in northern Mendocino County lies a special place for redwoods, wildlife and American Indians. Known as Four Corners, this 164-acre parcel is covered with beautiful redwoods and offers a home to threatened wildlife. For more than a thousand years, this land has been the meeting place for native and non-native local residents. With your gifts, Save the Redwoods League has protected and donated the property to descendants of the land’s original inhabitants. Learn about our unique agreement.
Other Land Projects
Shady Dell: Matching Gift Goal for Reached, Your Help Still Needed!
February 14, 2012: Because of your donations, Save the Redwoods League last month raised the funds to get a $300,000 matching gift that will help protect and restore Shady Dell, home of the magical redwood Enchanted Forest (pictured) and a mile of the remote Lost Coast. Thank you for your generosity! We still need your help to fund the purchase, restoration and stewardship of this property! Donate today. Your gift will make a difference. See how close we are to our overall fundraising goal.
You Protected Noyo River Redwoods Forever!
April 10, 2012: A League member's phone call exemplified your commitment to the redwood forest. The Midwest gentleman called during the campaign to protect the wild, ancient and spectacular Noyo River Redwoods from imminent harvest. He asked, "How are we doing?" He felt part of the effort, as did thousands of you. The Noyo project generated an outpouring of support: 4,000 generous gifts, at least one from every state. Now this forest is under the permanent care of our partner, Mendocino Land Trust. Learn more about this transfer.
Purchase Preserves Humboldt Redwoods SP Scenery
March 13, 2012: In Humboldt Redwoods State Park near the town of Pepperwood is a swath of ancient redwoods so dense that it seems impenetrable (pictured). Abundant fog nurtures the lush ferns and sorrel that cover the ground. The Eel River runs turquoise nearby. Save the Redwoods League has been protecting this park's forest piece by piece since 1921, safeguarding an area that today is the size of four Manhattan islands. Last month, we purchased another piece near this incredible ancient grove for later donation to the park. Learn more about this purchase.
Purchase Protects Giant Sequoias, Clean Water
January 10, 2012: In the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains, up a winding, remote dirt road, you'll pass towering red columns — amazing giant sequoias, some 6 paces wide. Eventually, you'll reach property where younger sequoias grow. Save the Redwoods League in December 2011 purchased this land to protect clean water and the magical giant forest. Learn more about this land.
CEMEX Redwoods: Help Old, Future Giants
December 13, 2011: Less than an hour from the hustle of California's Silicon Valley is a huge, thick redwood forest (pictured) rolling over the rugged Santa Cruz Mountains. CEMEX Redwoods' tops reach out of sight. Dense growth muffles sound, except for the rush of creeks as they tumble over their rocky beds. You feel at peace here. Places like this are so special that they are worth saving forever. Unless we take care of CEMEX Redwoods, it may be developed into luxury homes. Learn more about CEMEX Redwoods.
Purchase Helps Preserve Humboldt SP Scenery
November 08, 2011: The scenery along the famous Avenue of the Giants (pictured) just gained more protection when Save the Redwoods League purchased a ½-acre inholding fronting the avenue in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. South of Phillipsville, this $50,000 parcel also helps protect the neighboring Rocky Glen Creek, which drains into the South Fork Eel River. This river flows north through the park's ancient redwood forest. We plan to donate this undeveloped land to California State Parks after removing refuse there. Our members' support made this purchase possible.
Event Honors Naturalist, History of Big Sur Parcel
October 11, 2011: A celebration this month commemorated the late naturalist Jeff Norman (pictured) and his commitment to protecting Big Sur. His property was safeguarded when it was sold to Save the Redwoods League. The celebration featured the unveiling of a new plaque marking the history of 20 acres that we recently purchased and restored in 2010, thanks to our members. The ridgetop property, bordered by Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and Los Padres National Forest, is upslope from old-growth redwood forest. Learn more about the property.
Salmon Habitat Protected; Help Replenish Fund
June 14, 2011: Our recent purchase of a 2.5-acre property inside Redwood National Park now safeguards important habitat (pictured) for imperiled salmon, thanks to Save the Redwoods League members' gifts to the Redwood Land Fund. Without these contributions, we would not have been able to raise funds in time to make the purchase, the land would have been sold to someone else, and it might have been decades before the land entered the market again. Please donate to the fund so we can act swiftly in the future. Learn more about the property.
Transfer Helps Protect Some of Earth's Tallest 10 Trees
April 12, 2011: The Tall Trees Grove (pictured) in Redwood National Park gained more protection after Save the Redwoods League recently facilitated the donation of a 120-acre buffer property from private landowners to the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Learn more about the property transfer.
Land Cleanup Protects Endangered Condors
January 11, 2011: Cleanup of a remote property that Save the Redwoods League purchased has protected endangered California condors, thanks to our members. A helicopter recently removed 24 loads of refuse, each weighing up to 4,000 pounds, from the property acquired in 2010 for addition to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. We had to remove building debris remaining from a 2008 forest fire because the land is habitat for young condors, which may mistakenly eat the refuse.Learn more about this project.
Your Help Secures Historic Forest
Just a few hours north of San Francisco in northern Mendocino County lies a special place for redwoods, wildlife and American Indians. Known as Four Corners, this 164-acre parcel is covered with beautiful redwoods and offers a home to threatened wildlife. For more than a thousand years, this land has been the meeting place for native and non-native local residents. With your gifts, Save the Redwoods League has protected and donated the property to descendants of the land’s original inhabitants. Learn about our unique agreement.
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Redwood National and State Parks
HIGHLIGHTS: Up in the rugged and wild terrain of the northernmost region in California you can find Redwood National and States Parks.
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