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Press Releases
- Sam Hodder, President and CEO of Save the Redwoods League, Announces Plans to Step Down After More than a Decade Leading 107-year-old Conservation Organization
- California State Parks and Save The Redwoods League Unveil New Plan to Safeguard Iconic Redwood Parks in Santa Cruz County
- Save the Redwoods League Acquires 750 Acres of Redwood Forest in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties for Future Parks Expansions
Press Coverage
2024
CBS Evening News: More than a century after their land was ravaged by the California gold rush, Yurok Tribe to reclaim territory
December 2024
The Travel : You Can Get A California Redwood Grove Named After You: Here’s How
December 2024
Back Road Ramblers: Explore the California Redwoods in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
December 2024
Islands.com: The National Park Service Only Issues Around 50 Permits A Day For This Secret California Redwood Hike
December 2024
Los Angeles Times: Charred by fire, these grand California redwoods rise again. How to hike among them
December 2024
Redheaded Blackbelt: Rep. Jared Huffman Nominated as Ranking Member of House Natural Resources Committee
December 2024
Patch: Gift Of Giving: CA Charities That Need Your Support To Wrap 2024
December 2024
SFGate: Only 50 permits a day are issued on this stunning Northern California hike
November 2024
TheAlmanac: The CZU Fire burned more than 24K acres across Big Basin and nearby state parks. Here’s how they’re recovering – and building resilience for the future
November 2024
SFGate: How to get a California redwood grove named after you
November 2024
Mad River Union: An inspiring celebration: CUMBRE Humboldt’s fifth anniversary
November 2024
The Mercury News: Environment, parks and open space measures pass across the Bay Area and California
November 2024
YubaNet.com: National Park Service Issues First Director’s Order Strengthening Procedures for Consultation with Indian and Alaska Native Tribes
November 2024
Politico: Expect some ballot measure surprises tomorrow
November 2024
Giant Sequoia News: Burning in South Grove: Long-awaited effort in Big Trees state park
November 2024
Associated Press: San Francisco 49ers and Delta Dental of California Partner to Champion Community Health and Sustainability
October 2024
The Travel: Skip Redwoods National Park: 7 Underrated Places To See Redwoods In California
October 2024
Backyard Boss: The 5 World’s Tallest Trees and Where To Find Them
October 2024
Eureka Times Standard : Grove south of Phillipsville celebrates 100 years since dedication
October 2024
Islands: America’s ‘Highest-Rated State Park’ Is A Lush California Paradise Of Towering Trees
October 2024
Daily Kos: The Daily Bucket – My First Trip to Redwood Country
October 2024
Giant Sequoia News: Paying for forest health; Prop. 4 would allow state to borrow $10 billion
October 2024
Philanthropy News Digest: Voters to decide on $10 billion climate bond in November
October 2024
SF Chronicle: Endorsement: Prop 4 is a drop in the bucket in the climate change fight. But we need all the drops we can get
October 2024
Fullerton Observer: Groups Backing the Statewide Ballot Measures
October 2024
Eureka Times Standard : My Word | Prop. 4 is a smart investment in North Coast’s climate future
October 2024
Times Publishing Group: Measure Q: Campaign Raises $682,158
October 2024
Porterville Recorder : Good Fire:’ Cultural burn held at Alder Creek Grove
October 2024
Porterville Recorder : Cultural burn to be conducted Monday at Alder Creek
October 2024
Marin Living: Here Are the Latest Updates on Land Conservation in Marin
October 2024
English Times U.K.: Three miles of unspoiled Northern California scenic coastline near Fort Ross
October 2024
World Journal: Save Redwoods Armstrong Reserve to expand Sonoma Coast Redwoods (Chinese)
October 2024
Mendocino Voice: Save the Redwood League acquires 750 acres of land to expand Montgomery Woods, Armstrong Woods
October 2024
94.5 K-WINE: PM Update
October 2024
SFGate: Nonprofit Acquires 750 Acres Of Land To Expand Two State Natural Reserves
October 2024
SF Chronicle: One of California’s most popular old-growth redwood parks is about to get bigger
October 2024
Press Democrat: Land acquisitions totaling 750 acres will expand Armstrong Redwoods, Montgomery Woods state natural reserves
October 2024
Wherever Family: Fall Foliage for Families in Northern California
September 2024
NCESC: Is it illegal to harvest redwoods?
September 2024
East Wing Magazine: Essay: Walking Among the Redwoods
September 2024
California Travel: Visiting Humboldt Redwoods State Park: Guide to California’s Majestic Forest
September 2024
KSRO: INTERVIEW: California Firefighters Support Prop 4
September 2024
Trinity Journal: Prop. 4 focuses on climate, environment
September 2024
KCRA: Prop 4 explained: Borrowing money to fund environmental and climate-related projects
September 2024
News From Native California: California Native American Day 2024: The Fight for the Right to Vote
September 2024
Community Voice: Group seeks to protect forest from residential development
September 2024
ChineseinSFBay.com: This coastal redwood forest in the Bay Area may soon be open to the public
September 2024
Patch: Group Seeks to Save Sonoma Coast Redwoods From Threat of Development
September 2024
SF Gate: 1,600 private acres of Bay Area coastal forest may soon open to the public
September 2024
MendoFever: Time Running Out to Protect Sonoma Coast Redwoods from Development Threat
September 2024
Sonoma County Gazette: How you can help save the Sonoma Coast redwoods
September 2024
SF Business Times: Nonprofit scores deal to buy, preserve Sonoma Coast property along Highway 1
September 2024
KSRO: Save the Redwoods League Looks to Buy and Preserve Property Near Sonoma Coast
September 2024
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Save the Redwoods League seeks to conserve land near Fort Ross state park
September 2024
Mercury News: Three miles of scenic Northern California coastline preserved in major redwoods deal
September 2024
SF Chronicle: Major Sonoma land deal will preserve redwood tract by ocean
September 2024
Marin Independent Journal: Big Basin Redwoods State Park rebuilding plans unveiled four years after massive wildfire
August 2024
Sierra Sun Times: American Indian Council of Mariposa County Granted $520,000 as California Wildlife Conservation Board Awards $44 Million in Grants to 23 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects
August 2024
California Wildlife Conservation Board : Wildlife Conservation Board Awards $44 Million in Grants to 23 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects
August 2024
Living on Earth: Land Back for the Yurok Tribe
August 2024
Maven’s Notebook: How indigenous land reclamation is helping heal California’s Klamath River
August 2024
Salon: An Indigenous tribe is regaining control of its ancestral lands while fighting climate change
August 2024
Lookout Santa Cruz: Labor union council backs Santa Cruz County’s Measure Q
August 2024
KQED: Historic Redwood Grove in Sonoma County Acquired for Conservation, Public Access
August 2024
Press Democrat: Sonoma County supervisors approve funding for 2 new redwood preserves, one of which is home to the county’s largest tree
August 2024
SF Standard: Redwood forest with Sonoma County’s most famous tree is now protected forever
August 2024
Napa Valley Register: Orums pledge to support charity with wine from historic St. Helena vineyard
July 2024
More Than Just Parks: 17 EPIC Things to Do in Sequoia National Park (Helpful Guide)
July 2024
DrivinVibin: The Stillness of The Redwoods: A Soulful Journey
July 2024
Mercury News: $20 billion for climate change and school construction bonds heading toward November ballot
July 2024
Yahoo! Finance: Donor Advised Funds Increase Annual Giving by 96%, Reveals New Chariot/K2D Strategies Five-Year Study With 20 Leading Nonprofits
July 2024
PR Newswire: Arborum Napa Valley Commits $1 Million to Local and Environmental Causes Before August 20 Wine Release
July 2024
NorCal Public Radio: Russian River Redwoods destined for long-term preservation
July 2024
Inside Climate News: Fire Once Helped Sequoias Reproduce. Now, it’s Killing the Groves
July 2024
Porterville Recorder: Studies: Megafires affecting Sequoias regeneration ability
July 2024
Valley Voice: New studies reveal low number of Giant Sequoia seedlings in some areas burned by megafires
July 2024
Visalia Times-Delta: New research shows giant sequoia seedlings are growing under new climate conditions
July 2024
Public News Service: Report: CA giant sequoia groves in peril after megafires
July 2024
Sun Gazette: Mega-fires put giant sequoia restoration efforts at risk
July 2024
New York Times: To Protect Giant Sequoias, They Lit a Fire
July 2024
Haute Living: Save the Redwoods League Take Me to the Trees 2024
June 2024
TPG Online: Ballot Measure: $87 Parcel Tax
June 2024
Wildland Fire: Wildfires Threaten CA Sequoias. Will a New Farm Bill Measure Actually Help?
June 2024
LA Times: California will help return tribal lands as part of the historic Klamath River restoration
June 2024
DiversityComm: The Yurok Tribe & Save the Redwoods League Repatriate Native Land
June 2024
Santa Monica Daily News: Council takes first step in researching Silas White resolution
June 2024
Public News Service: Dozens of events planned this weekend for CA State Parks Week
June 2024
Sierra Sun Times: California’s Newest State Park, Dos Rios, Now Officially Open to the Public – Close to Modesto in the San Joaquin Valley
June 2024
Mad River Union: Range of exciting Cal State Parks Week events
June 2024
San Clemente Times: San Onofre, SC State Beaches to Host State Parks Week Festivities
June 2024
YubaNet.com: California’s Newest State Park, Dos Rios, Now Officially Open to the Public
June 2024
Adventure Sports Journal: California State Parks and partners celebrate the official opening of Dos Rios on June 12, 2024.
June 2024
MyMotherLode: California State Parks Week Returns With Over 200 Events Statewide
June 2024
California Culture Today: California State Parks North Coast Redwoods District Celebrates 3rd Annual CA State Parks Week June 12-16 with Diverse Events
June 2024
Wire News Fax: Researchers scale General Sherman in search of new threat to sequoias
June 2024
Extraordinary Stories by an Ordinary Guy (blog): The “Biggest Tree Passes A Health Test” Story
June 2024
Fast Company: California’s 2,200-year-old tree, General Sherman, is okay for now, but threats loom
June 2024
San Francisco Chronicle: California’s General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, may be at risk
May 2024
Associated Press: General Sherman passes health check but world’s largest trees face growing climate threats
May 2024
ABC7/KGO-TV: Researchers inspecting General Sherman largest known living tree on Earth
May 2024
KRON4-TV: Video: Scientists climb California’s General Sherman Tree, largest tree on Earth
May 2024
LA Times: Column: In the land of giant sequoias, the largest tree in the world gets a checkup
May 2024
Giant Sequoia News: A health check-up for General Sherman
May 2024
SFGate: Devastating’: Tiny insects are killing giant sequoias in California national parks
May 2024
Porterville Recorder: Battling the Beetle: General Sherman still in strong shape
May 2024
LA-Ist: Giant Sequoias Threatened
May 2024
NPR: Some of the oldest trees on Earth — the giant sequoias — are facing new challenges
May 2024
LaVoceDiNewYork: General Sherman, Oldest and Most Revered Sequoia in America, Finally Scaled
May 2024
True Activist: Native Americans Formerly Living On Land Now Co-Manages It As A National Park
May 2024
SCVNews.com: Celebrate Third Annual California State Parks Week June 12-16
May 2024
Mercury News: Opinion: Climate change won’t wait for better budget years. Californians need climate bonds now
May 2024
SFGate: It’s a dream when this California national park road closes to cars
May 2024
The Cool Down: Parkgoer shares frustrating photo of another visitor blatantly ignoring national park warning signs: ‘These people should be fined’
May 2024
PaperBlog.com: A Comprehensive Guide to the Redwood National Park and State Park in California
May 2024
SF Business Times: Save the Redwoods League selects Kirsten Saenz Tobey as COO
May 2024
Giant Sequoia News: Save the Redwoods League’s Ben Blom
May 2024
MendoFever: Mendocino County’s Montgomery Woods Grows by 80 Acres With the Addition of Rocky Ridge
April 2024
Community Voice: Jack London State Historic Park celebrates California State Parks week – Free “Mindful Walk”
April 2024
Marin I-J: 5 interesting films with Marin ties coming to DocLands
April 2024
Marin Magazine: DocLands 2024: 5 Extraordinary Films Not to Miss at This Year’s Festival
April 2024
Public News Service: On Earth Day, climate activists press for CA bond measure
April 2024
KCBS Radio: Conservation expert says “Now is the time to invest in building our resilience”
April 2024
Michele Bigley (Substack): Crazy ideas that seem impossible
April 2024
Harper’s Bazaar (Italy): The lands returned to the Californian Yurok tribe
April 2024
Mendocino Voice: Mendocino County’s Montgomery Woods expands with State Parks and Save the Redwoods acquisition, with more to come
April 2024
PR Wire India: Earth Day San Francisco Honors New Farm
April 2024
SF Chronicle: ‘No other place like it’: California redwood preserve gains new land
April 2024
The Press: Third annual California State Parks Week is June 12-16
April 2024
Redheaded Blackbelt: CELEBRATE THE THIRD ANNUAL CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS WEEK JUNE 12-16, 2024
April 2024
KTVU: California State Parks Week celebrates natural and cultural history
April 2024
The Eagle: D.C.’s 32nd Environmental Film Festival engages discussions on ecosystems worldwide
April 2024
San Diego County News: CA State Parks Week set to celebrate iconic parks
April 2024
CityBuzz: Annual California State Parks Week Celebrates Nature and Community
April 2024
NoticiasAmbienTales: A California tribe recovers its lands, converted into National Parks
April 2024
Elementist (Japan): Native California tribes become land managers to restore and rebuild lost ecosystems and culture
April 2024
Living on Earth: Land Back for the Yurok Tribe
April 2024
Native News: Historic agreement to return Redwoods land to Yurok Tribe
April 2024
Daily KOS: Good News Roundup for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 — Signs of Spring
April 2024
The Optimist Daily: Restoring Indigenous stewardship: Yurok Tribe to co-manage National Park lands
April 2024
Public News Service: Major progress in effort to protect CA giant sequoias from megafires
March 2024
Scienze Notizie: Restituzione storica della terra alla Tribù Yurok
March 2024
Espanol News: LA TRIBU YUROK RECUPERA EL TERRENO DEL PARQUE REDWOOD PARA CREAR SU PROPIO PARQUE HISTÓRICO
March 2024
Jefferson Exchange: From lumber to restoration: how the Orick mill site will end up in Yurok hands (Public Radio) (Audio)
March 2024
Positive News: A Californian tribe took custody of ancestral lands
March 2024
IFL Science: California’s Yurok Tribe To Regain Lost Gold Rush Land As Gateway To Redwood National Park
March 2024
Nature4Climate: California tribe becomes the first to manage land with National Park Service
March 2024
Vox Populi: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes: Yurok Tribe Becomes First to Steward Land with National Park Service
March 2024
Basin Life: Klamath Basin News, Tuesday, 3/26 – Oregon Tech Catalyze Challenge Is On; BTS Reduces Bus Service, Schedules, Routes
March 2024
Ethnic Media Services: Yurok Make History as First Native Nation to Co-Manage National Park
March 2024
Underscore News: A Land Back Win for the Yurok Tribe
March 2024
Klamath Basin News: Memorandum of Understanding Signed
March 2024
Bioguia: Una tribu de California recupera sus tierras, convertidas en Parques Nacionales: así será su gestión
March 2024
Indian Gaming: Yurok Tribe, Save the Redwoods League, Partners Sign Historic Land Return Agreement
March 2024
Lawyers Guns Money blog: How a Native Led Department of Interior Matters
March 2024
Tribal Business News: Yurok Tribe begins reclamation of sacred land in ‘historic’ partnership
March 2024
NPS.gov: Save the Redwoods League, the Yurok Tribe, and Park Partners Sign Historic Agreement to Return Tribal Land
March 2024
Eureka Times-Standard: ‘O Rew property to be returned to Yurok Tribe in ‘one-of-a-kind partnership’
March 2024
Daily Kos: Weekly Spotlight on Climate & Eco-diaries (3/24/24). Check these recent DK environmental posts
March 2024
Daily Kos: Yurok Tribe and Park Partners Sign Historic Agreement to Return Tribe’s Land
March 2024
GoldRushCam: California State Parks Announce Save the Redwoods League, the Yurok Tribe, and Park Partners Sign Historic Agreement to Return Tribal Land
March 2024
ECO Watch: California’s Yurok Tribe Becomes First to Steward Land Alongside National Park Service
March 2024
Good News Network: CA Redwoods to Be the First National Park Co-managed with a Native American Tribe That Used to Own it
March 2024
NY Times California Today: The rest of the news
March 2024
NPR Radio: The Yurok tribe regains redwood park land to create their own historical park
March 2024
KTVU-TV: Mornings on 2. Land Near Redwood National Park to be Returned to Indigenous Stewardship
March 2024
San Francisco Chronicle: The entrance to California’s greatest redwood park will soon change
March 2024
SF Gate: NorCal tribe to take back 125 acres, create new national park entrance
March 2024
California Trout: Prairie Creek Project Site Land Will be Returned to Yurok Tribe in Historic Agreement
March 2024
Times Standard: ‘O Rew property to be returned to Yurok Tribe following ‘one-of-a-kind partnership’
March 2024
KWED: Northern California Tribe to Get Back 125 Acres of Ancestral Land Stolen During Gold Rush
March 2024
KRCR: Landmark agreement returns 125 acres of historic tribal land to the Yurok Tribe by 2026
March 2024
AP News: California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
March 2024
Fortune: California tribe that lost 90% of its land during the Gold Rush get back 126 acres with the world’s tallest trees
March 2024
Local Coast Outpost: Yurok Tribe to Become First in the Country to Co-Manage Land With National Park Service Following Historic Return of Tribal Property at Orick Mill Site
March 2024
Jefferson Public Radio: Historic agreement creates shared land management between national park and Yurok Tribe
March 2024
Giant Sequoia News: An update from Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition: ‘We can accomplish more together than individually’
March 2024
KQED-FM: Can California’s Climate Bond Weather the Storm of State Deficits?
March 2024
SunCruise Media: A Canadian Snowbird’s Journey on U.S. Route 101
February 2024
LAW360: Enviro Orgs. Target Sequoia Forest Restoration Projects
February 2024
MissoulaCurrent: Feds sued to halt logging projects in Sequoia National Forest
February 2024
Marin Independent Journal: Belvedere honors former mayor for community service
February 2024
NPR: Saving the giant sequoia: Replanting follows wildfires that burned thousands (Audio)
February 2024
Wine Industry Advisor: Win Win Wine: How to Build and Broadcast an Authentic Wine-Charity Partnership
February 2024
Redheaded Blackbelt: As Last Chance Grade Crumbles, CalTrans Considers Two Solutions: Save the Redwoods League
February 2024
GoldRushCam: Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) to Consider $27.5 Million in Wildfire Recovery and Forest Resilience Grants at March 7, 2024 Meeting – Includes Projects in Calaveras, Fresno, and Tuolumne Counties
February 2024
Civil Eats: The Land Back Movement Is Also About Foodways
February 2024
SF Gate: How to get Calif.’s Redwood National and State Parks all to yourself on one of its best hikes: Waterfalls, mushrooms and newts, oh my!
February 2024
Ledger Dispatch: California State Parks and Partners Announce Arts in California Parks Advisory Committee
February 2024
K-WINE: Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve Park Improvement Projects
February 2024
Daily Californian: A brief look into environmentalism at UC Berkeley
February 2024
Recreation Management: California State Parks Recommends Grants for Recreational Trails
February 2024
Public News Service: Conservation groups cheer feds’ move to protect old-growth forests
February 2024
High Country News: Gov. Newsom releases new plan to save California salmon
January 2024
CalTrout.org: Governor Newsom Tours CalTrout Projects and Releases New Salmon Strategy
January 2024
365project.org: Avenue of the Giants and Humboldt Redwoods State Park
January 2024
Money Talks News: 10 Incredible Unspoiled Places You Must Visit
January 2024
KRCR-TV: Humboldt County reforestation efforts by multiple organizations
January 2024
California Sun: John “Griff” Griffith viral video
January 2024
LA Times: Column: New Year’s resolutions? Let’s start with 6 things I will absolutely NOT do in 2024
January 2024
SF Standard: 8 Essential Bay Area Podcasts for 2024
January 2024
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Former Sonoma County parks director Caryl Hart named chair of powerful California Coastal Commission
January 2024