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Press Releases
Press Coverage
2023
More Than Just Parks: 10 Surprising Facts About Lassen Volcanic National Park
February 2023
Newsbreak: New U.S. House Natural Resources chair opposes limits on fossil fuel development
February 2023
Sustainable Business Magazine: Californian Native American group reclaims 500 acres of ancestral land
January 2023
SF Standard: Listen Up: Become a Bay Area Expert With These 9 Essential Local Podcasts
January 2023
New York Times: California’s Redwood Forests Don’t Mind Wet, Windy Weather
January 2023
AZO CleanTech: Study Investigates How Redwoods Respond to the Changing Climate
January 2023
Newswise.com: Redwoods and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Hopeful Potential in World’s Tallest Trees
January 2023
Porterville Recorder: Save The Redwoods League transferring management of Red Hill to forest service
January 2023
Bay Nature: San Vicente Redwoods, a Forest Reborn, Opens After a Century Off-Limits
January 2023
SF Gate: San Vicente Redwoods in Santa Cruz County is tribute to wildfire resilience
January 2023
2022
Calaveras Enterprise: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition members share their progress to save the big trees
December 2022
Wine Country This Week: Jesse Fox, Sequoia Grove Winery
December 2022
MSN: The most positive news of 2022: A big part of California’s redwood forests were returned to Native American tribes
December 2022
Mendocino Beacon: Mendocino County historian releasing book on the history of Lake Leonard
December 2022
Visalia Times-Delta: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition spends $10M to restore giant sequoia groves from wildfires
December 2022
Sun-Gazette: New coalition plants thousands of new Sequoia trees
December 2022
Calaveras Enterprise: Save The Sequoias: Land managers discuss urgent work to protect California’s giants
December 2022
Public News Service: Coalition Teams Up to Save Sequoias
December 2022
CapRadio: Coalition of tribes, government agencies unite to restore California’s giant sequoia population
December 2022
Porterville Recorder: Coalition makes progress to save trees from wildfire
December 2022
Union Democrat: Coalition announces plan for more prescribed burns at Calaveras Big Trees in 2023
December 2022
FreeRepublic: Large Number of Trails Opening in Santa Cruz Mountains
December 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: A huge effort is under way to save California’s giant sequoias from future fires. Here’s how it’s going
December 2022
Associated Press: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Gains Momentum in Fight to Protect Giant Sequoias Threatened by Unprecedented Wildfire Risk
December 2022
The Field: 2022 HALS Challenge Results: Olmsted Landscapes
December 2022
Hunt Scanlon: Steven John & Associates Recruits General Counsel for Save the Redwoods League
December 2022
SF Business Times: New hire: Jeffrey Hoelsken, General Counsel at Save the Redwoods League
December 2022
The Mercury News: Weekend getaway: On the search for giant trees in Humboldt’s mighty forests
December 2022
Global News Wire: With $3.1 Million in New Grants, Walmart’s Acres for America Program Surpasses Milestone of 2 Million Acres Conserved
December 2022
MSN: 50 US Vacation Spots To Add To Your Bucket List
December 2022
Eureka Times Standard: Save the Redwoods has new legal counsel
December 2022
Nob Hill Gazette: Into the Woods (Take me to the Trees)
December 2022
MotherLode: Mother Lode Non-Profit Trusted With Possibly Oldest Living Tree
November 2022
American Hiking: American Hiking Joins Coalition in Support of Increase in FY24 Recreation Funding
November 2022
Calaveras Enterprise: 3,000-year-old tree now under local stewardship; Save the Redwoods League donates Bennett Juniper to Mother Lode Land Trust
November 2022
Union Democrat: Tuolumne County’s landmark Bennett Juniper now under the long-term care of Mother Lode Land Trust
November 2022
Ledger Dispatch: Save the Redwoods League Donates one of the Oldest Trees in the World, Bennett Juniper, to Mother Lode Land Trust
November 2022
Public News Service: Work on Gateway to Redwood National Park Winds Down for 2022
November 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: Large number of trails opening in Santa Cruz Mountains, thanks to conservation work
November 2022
Santa Cruz Sentinel: New public trail system soon to open in San Vincente Redwoods
November 2022
NBC LX: Giant Sequoias Have Survived Thousands of Years, but They May Not Last Much Longer
November 2022
Care More Be Better: Proforestation: From Its Definition by Dr. William Moomaw to The Opening of San Vicente Redwoods Forest Trail System In Santa Cruz, California
November 2022
KZYX Public Affairs: New Jackson Advisory Group (JAG) Member Joanna Nelson (Audio)
June 2022
Porterville Recorder: Save The Redwoods League, SQF form partnership to help preserve groves
November 2022
MSN Travel: Explore the California Redwoods in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park; It’s an Experience Not to be Missed
November 2022
Nob Hill Gazette: Big Branches Raised by Save the Redwoods League
November 2022
North Coast Journal: Restoration in the Redwoods; Orick Mill Site park project moving forward
November 2022
Santa Cruz Local: San Vicente Redwoods trails to open Dec. 3
November 2022
San Francisco Business Times: Save the Redwoods League takes fundraising to new heights in $143 million campaign
November 2022
Eureka Times Standard: Come see restoration work being done at Redwood National, State Parks this Saturday
November 2022
MailTribune: New book gives voice to the little-known Klamath Mountains
October 2022
RSN.org: On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Five Inspirational Nature Conservation Stories in the US
October 2022
Mendocino Voice: Save the Redwoods League to purchase portion of Weger Ranch, bringing ‘cornerstone of Montgomery Woods Initiative’ within reach
October 2022
Associated Press: Save the Redwoods League and USDA Forest Service Sign Stewardship Agreement to Accelerate Giant Sequoia Emergency Action
October 2022
Eureka Times Standard: Rhythm of the redwoods
October 2022
ThePineTree.net: California State Parks and CAL FIRE Expected to Begin Prescribed Burns at Calaveras Big Trees State Park on October 20th
October 2022
MSN.com: Complete Guide to Redwood National Park
October 2022
The Mercury News: Santa Cruz redwoods hiking: 7 miles of new trail open in December
October 2022
California Globe: Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl
October 2022
Bay Nature: Logjam: The Supply Chain Problem That’s Keeping California From Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires on Private Land
October 2022
Valerie & Valise: How to See California’s Sequoias on Two Redwoods Road Trips
October 2022
Free Republic: Mill Creek Waters Run Free After Dam Removed in San Vicente Redwoods
October 2022
Del Norte Triplicate: For many students, a trip to the forest can be a game changer
October 2022
The Porterville Recorder: Congress continues to debate Giant Sequoia protection legislation
October 2022
Only In Your State: These 19 Bucket-List Worthy State Parks That Rival Any Of The Country’s National Parks
October 2022
The Planet D: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO VISITING REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK
October 2022
CitySpark: Take Me to the Trees: A Redwoods Celebration
October 2022
Events.com: Take Me to the Trees: A Redwoods Celebration Hosted by Save the Redwoods League
September 2022
The Ukiah Daily Journal: Save the Redwoods League buys Atkins Place redwood forest in Mendocino County
September 2022
ESA Journals: Human food subsidies drive individual specialization and intrapopulation dietary differences in a generalist predator
September 2022
The Mendocino Voice: Save the Redwoods League purchases, protects 453-acre Mendocino coast redwood forest
September 2022
Inside Climate News: In California, a Race to Save the World’s Largest Trees From Megafires
September 2022
Times Standard: Prairie Creek restoration underway as part of transformation of former Orick mill site
September 2022
Discover Magazine: 5 Hispanic Scientists That Made Amazing Contributions To Science
September 2022
Public News Service: For Students, A Trip to the Forest is a Game Changer
September 2022
MassLive: Where will Boston’s new redwood trees end up? Officials offer clues
September 2022
Outsider Magazine: Top 10 Things to Do in Redwood National & State Parks
September 2022
Lady Freethinker: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WORKING TO SAVE ANCIENT REDWOODS ALONG CA COAST
September 2022
New York Times: The Elusive Future of San Francisco’s Fog
September 2022
The Front Steps: The Elusive Future of San Francisco’s Fog *No Paywall*
September 2022
KQED-FM: We Have a Vision’: East Bay Ohlone Tribe Looks to Future as Oakland Announces Landback Plan
September 2022
North Coast Journal: Along the Historic Yurok Loop
September 2022
HappeningNext.com: The Olmsteds’ Conservation Legacy Conference
September 2022
Outdoor Industry Association: OIA ELECTS TWO RETURNING AND TWO FIRST-TERM BOARD MEMBERS
August 2022
Mendocino Beacon: Manchester ranchers dedicate their redwood grove to local activist
August 2022
The Potrero View: Publisher’s View: Wildlands
August 2022
Press Democrat: Cal Fire announces ‘new vision’ for Jackson Forest, reduces cutting of big trees
August 2022
Visalia Times Delta: A lot of hope’: US Forest Service announces plans to protect giant sequoias from wildfires
August 2022
Your Central Valley: Work to start on protecting Giant Sequoias from fires
August 2022
The Porterville Recorder: Sequoia National Forest implements emergency response for 11 groves
August 2022
Washington Post: California’s giant sequoias are burning up. Will logging save them?
August 2022
VN Explorer: Explore the California Redwoods in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
August 2022
Marin Magazine: The Outdoor Art Club in Mill Valley Celebrates 120 Years of Conservation Activism
August 2022
San Diego Union Tribune: Opinion: Here’s how the Save Our Sequoias Act will help California’s beloved trees
August 2022
Sierra Magazine: Can the Save Our Sequoias Act Match Up to Its Name?
August 2022
Science Times: World’s Tallest Tree Now Officially Off-Limits; National Park Officials Say Foot Traffic May Cause Soil Compaction, Damage to Nature’s Greens
August 2022
Science Times: World’s Tallest Tree Now Officially Off-Limits; National Park Officials Say Foot Traffic May Cause Soil Compaction, Damage to Nature’s Greens
August 2022
Nature World News: Concealing the 800-Year-Old Redwood Tree Trying: How Officials at California’s Redwood National Park Did It; Visitors Caught Could Face Jail Time
August 2022
Good Times Santa Cruz: Sound Tribe Sector 9 Might Be the Most Successful Band in Santa Cruz
August 2022
LA Times: California trying to make the world’s tallest tree invisible. Now visitors face jail, fines
August 2022
ChipChick: A $5,000 Reward Is Being Offered For Any Information That Leads To The Prosecution Of Historic Redwood Poachers
July 2022
New York Times: At Yosemite, a Preservation Plan That Calls for Chain Saws
July 2022
PBS/Associated Press: U.S. takes emergency action to save giant sequoias from wildfires
July 2022
Bay Nature: In the Wake of Wildfire, Big Basin Redwoods State Park Partially Reopens to the Public
July 2022
Big Blend Radio: Interview with Sam Hodder – Save the Redwoods League (Audio)
July 2022
Bay Nature: In the Wake of Wildfire, Big Basin Redwoods State Park Partially Reopens to the Public
July 2022
More Than Just Parks: 15 Epic Things to Do at Sequoia National Park (Photos and Tips)
July 2022
Associated Press: Interpretive Exhibit About the Famed “Tunnel Tree” Giant Sequoia to open in Calaveras Big Trees State Park on Saturday, July 23, 2022
July 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: California is desperate to stop mega-fires. But controversy rages over tree thinning
July 2022
Valise Magazine: The 4 Best Places to See Redwoods Near San Francisco
July 2022
KGO-ABC7: Indigenous peoples use ceremonial burns as Redwood forest management tool in Santa Cruz mountains
July 2022
The Porterville Recorder: The Time Is Now: Urgency to pass SOS Act stressed
July 2022
True Median: The key to protecting Yosemite’s sequoias from wildfires?
July 2022
Scientific American: Meet the Giant Sequoia, the ‘Super Tree’ Built to Withstand Fire
July 2022
La Opinion: El incendio Washburn continúa en Yosemite y se extiende a Sierra National Forest
July 2022
San Mateo Daily Journal: We need to do more to rescue the redwoods
July 2022
National Geographic: The key to protecting Yosemite’s sequoias from wildfires? More fire
July 2022
LaCroix: Faced with fires, California flies to the aid of its thousand-year-old redwoods
July 2022
Pedfire: Wildfires Are Putting Giant Sequoias at Existential Risk
July 2022
Pedfire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires
July 2022
Mercury News: Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires
July 2022
New York Times: How to Save an Ancient, Giant Tree from a Wildfire
July 2022
Deseret News: The race to save the giant sequoias at Yosemite National Park
July 2022
USA Today: What to know: Yosemite fire threatens sequoia grove, some of Earth’s oldest, biggest trees
July 2022
Washington Post: Some of the oldest trees in the world are at risk in Yosemite wildfire
July 2022
Guardian Liberty Voice: Wildfire Threatens Yosemite Park Mariposa Grove
July 2022
LA Times: Out-of-control Yosemite fire threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove
July 2022
Mercury News: Big Basin Redwoods State Park to reopen July 22 for first time since massive fire
June 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: Badly burned Big Basin to reopen next month — but reservations required
June 2022
Los Angeles Magazine: Kevin McCarthy Blasts Enemies of Giant Sequoia Rescue Bill
June 2022
NPR: Planet Money: The strange underground economy of tree poaching
June 2022
Backroad Packers: Your Guide to Exploring Redwood National Park
June 2022
SF Business Times: New Hire: Ben Blom, Director of Stewardship and Restoration at Save the Redwoods League
June 2022
Sonora Union Democrat: Draft bill introduced in Congress to protect sequoias
June 2022
Fresno Bee: California’s giant sequoias are being destroyed by wildfires. This bill can save them
June 2022
Washington Post: We know what to do to save the giant sequoias
June 2022
Pedfire: Explore giant redwoods in California’s Grove of Titans
June 2022
LA Times: This secret hike through California’s giant redwoods will take you to another world
June 2022
Courthouse News: Bipartisan bid to save California sequoias launched in Congress
June 2022
Bloomberg: Bipartisan Sequoia Bill Would Speed Up Environmental Reviews
June 2022
Backroad Packers: Your Guide to Visiting the Avenue of the Giants in Northern California
June 2022
Porterville Recorder: Save Our Sequoias; Republican U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy is scheduled to introduce legislation today specifically focused on preserving the Giant Sequoias.
June 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: Congress wants to save California’s giant sequoias from worsening wildfires. Here’s the plan
June 2022
The Hill: Group of bipartisan lawmakers looks to protect sequoias
June 2022
Nature World News: Get to Know About the Biodiversity in Redwood National Park Beyond the World’s Tallest Trees
June 2022
Bay Nature: Fire Recovery Hike – CA State Parks Week
June 2022
Antelope Valley Press: Celebration this week honors 279 state parks
June 2022
Santa Cruz Patch: Celebrate State Parks Stewardship Day
June 2022
Contra Costa Herald: CA State Parks Week: Weeding for Biodiversity on Mt. Diablo Friday, June 17
June 2022
Santa Cruz Patch: Celebrate State Parks Health and Wellness Day
June 2022
Ft. Bragg Advocate-News: Mendocino Coast calendar of events
June 2022
My Mother Lode: Governor Newsom Proclaims First State Park Week
June 2022
Monterey County Weekly: Time to get outdoors—it’s California State Parks Week
June 2022
KCRA (Sacramento): Appreciating the great outdoors: How you can celebrate California State Parks Week
June 2022
Head Topics: California kicks off 1st-ever state parks week with events all over Bay Area
June 2022
Orange County Breeze: Governor Newsom celebrates the first annual California State Parks Week
June 2022
Bohemian: California State Parks Week, June 14-18, presented by the California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League, Parks California and the California State Parks Foundation
June 2022
National Geographic: We Are Here. Native Americans are reclaiming their lands and ways of life.
June 2022
National Geographic: On the importance of protecting land sacred to Native communities
June 2022
Washington Post: The world’s largest trees are struggling to survive climate change
June 2022
NBC Bay Area: First Ever California State Parks Week Brings Events to Bay Area, Across State
June 2022
Press Democrat: Take a free hike in Sonoma County during inaugural California State Parks Week
June 2022
KXTV (Sacramento): Celebrate California State Parks Week: Top 5 Must See Parks
June 2022
CNET: First Annual California State Parks Week Starts Today: What to Know
June 2022
Red Bluff Daily News: Garden Party scheduled at Ide Adobe State Historical Park
June 2022
LAist: Best Things To Do This Week In Los Angeles And SoCal: June 13 – 16
June 2022
Orange County Register: State Parks Week: What to know, where to go around Southern California
June 2022
Cool San Diego Sights: Fun events during California State Parks Week!
June 2022
KTLA: California State Parks Week: What to know about the first-ever event
June 2022
Active NorCal: Celebrate California State Park Week June 14 – 18
June 2022
SF Gate: To escape the heat, I took a dip in this hidden Northern California swimming hole at Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
June 2022
TheLog.com: Wildlife Conservation Board Approves Funding for Habitat Restoration
June 2022
LA Times: California is home to some of the greatest state parks. Here are 7 you can’t miss
June 2022
Tourist Meets Traveler: Explore Grove Of Titans Redwoods On A New Boardwalk In California
June 2022
True Viral News: A new way to explore California’s Grove of Titans
June 2022
Oakdale Leader: Conservation Board Approves Improvement, Acquisition Projects
June 2022
Del Norte Triplicate: New access to largest and oldest redwoods
May 2022
Redheaded Blackbelt: The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) Approves Almost $6 Million In Grants To Restore The Orick Mill Site For Fish And People
May 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: Fire-ravaged Big Basin Redwoods State Park to reopen this summer
May 2022
The Mercury Times: Big Basin Redwoods State Park reopening plans announced after devastating wildfire
May 2022
KSBW 8 News: Big Basin Redwood State Park is getting ready to reopen to visitors this summer
May 2022
KSQD: Talk of the Bay: Saving the redwoods, one tree at a time (Audio)
May 2022
North Coast Journal: Protecting the Titans: New Trail Provides Safe Access to Ancient Grove
May 2022
FunCheapSF: Brand New 1,300 Foot Long Boardwalk Through the “Grove of Titans” Redwoods; Social-media-famous NorCal redwood grove damaged by visitors reopens with new elevated boardwalk
May 2022
GoldRushCam.com – Sierra Sun Times: Grove of Titans Trail Project Completed, Providing Access to Some of the World’s Largest and Oldest Redwood Trees in California
May 2022
SF Gate: You can now visit the secluded Grove of Titans in the Redwood National and State Parks
May 2022
Outsider.com: Redwood National and State Park Visitors Can Now Access Some of the World’s Tallest and Oldest Trees Thanks to Completed Grove of Titans Trail
May 2022
KTLA 5 Live: Famed California redwood grove damaged by visitors reopens with new elevated boardwalk
May 2022
Los Angeles Times: Once-trampled (and secret) Grove of Titans redwood stand in Northern California reopens
May 2022
VisitCalifornia.com: How to Celebrate the First Annual California State Parks Week: This June, join in activities and events that pay tribute to the Golden State’s amazing parks
May 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: Storied California redwood grove ‘almost loved to death’ reopens this weekend, with new boardwalk
May 2022
Climate One Podcast: Indigenous insights on healing land and sky
May 2022
Mail Tribune: Oregon Outdoors: Grove Of Titans Part 1
May 2022
Fresno Bee via Newsbreak.com: ‘Time to act.’ What’s rising from the ashes of major giant sequoia wildfires in California
May 2022
Porterville Recorder: Devastation of Alder Creek Grove shows need to manage forest
May 2022
Global Travel Media: Santa Cruz, California, Welcomes International Travelers
May 2022
Santa Cruz Style Magazine: Adapting to a Changing Forest: Save the Redwoods League begins the restoration of a fire-devastated Santa Cruz Mountain forest
May 2022
Nature World News: New World’s Oldest Tree Beats 4,853-Year-Old Record Holder
May 2022
Accuweather via Newsbreak.com: Tree may be the world’s oldest, dating to 3,400 years before the birth of Christ
May 2022
California Sportsman: Wildlife Conservation Board Approves Approximately $52.93 Million In Habitat Project Funding
May 2022
NorCal Fishing News – EasternSierraFishReports.com: Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects
May 2022
PlanetWare: 14 Top-Rated Attractions & Things to Do in Half Moon Bay
May 2022
BeLatina: Discover the Story of Ynés Mexía, the First Mexican-American Botanist and Environmentalist
May 2022
Grape Experiences: Summer Events & Festivals Abound in Monterey County, California
May 2022
Daily Kos: Kitchen Table Kibitzing May 1, 2022
May 2022
National Geographic: The Future of Forests
May 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: California’s giant sequoias are being destroyed by our wildfires. Scientists are resorting to extraordinary methods to save them
April 2022
KAWL 91.7 FM Bay Area – “Your Call”: One Planet: The fight to save California’s iconic redwoods and giant sequoias
April 2022
Only in Your State: 15 Unbelievable Destinations In The U.S. That Look Like Something From Middle Earth: Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park – California
April 2022
KGO TV – ABC7: Santa Cruz redwoods provide invaluable lessons on how to save California’s forests from climate change
April 2022
American Vineyard: Sequoia Grove Winery Commits $35,000 To Save The Redwoods League
April 2022
Porterville Recorder: Study: 2015-2017 fires showed what was to come
April 2022
Yahoo!: Forever Forest: The Campaign for the Redwoods Raises $139 Million in Private Support to Protect California’s Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia Forests
April 2022
Washington Post: Can the Indigenous #Landback movement secure self-determination?
April 2022
Union Democrat: State park officials to address plans for protecting Calaveras Big Trees from fire
April 2022
Risk & Insurance: Pamela Davis has paved a path for nonprofits to receive adequate insurance coverage so that they can continue to fulfill their missions.
April 2022
Yahoo! Finance: Paramount’s 111 Sutter Street Achieves LEED Platinum and the Distinction of Highest Scoring LEED Project in San Francisco
April 2022
New York Times: California Today: And before you go, some good news
March 2022
North Coast Environmental Center: Tails Gateway in Redwood National Park
March 2022
Sunset: So You Didn’t Get a Yosemite Reservation? Here’s What To Do Instead
March 2022
Del Norte Triplicate: Wood Honors Laura Perrott Mahan (1868-1937) as Assembly District 2’s Woman of the Year
March 2022
KMUD: Public Affairs Podcast: What Can We Learn from Ancient Trees – Featuring Save the Redwoods League
March 2022
Travel Awaits: California To Celebrate First State Parks Week With Special Events This Summer
March 2022
The Guardian: California plan would give $100m to Indigenous leaders to buy ancestral lands
March 2022
Attractions Magazine: First annual California State Parks Week is June 14-18
March 2022
Sierra Sun Times: Celebrate the First Annual California State Parks Week June 14-18, 2022 – Parks Across the State Will Offer Special Community Events with In-Person and Virtual Programming
March 2022
OnlyInYourState: The Best Stargazing Is Found At These Incredibly Dark Destinations In The United States
March 2022
Vocus: Original Highlights｜Climate Change and Indigenous Land Management (Also Watch the Self-Introduction of the Crimean Tatars)
March 2022
Nuevo Periodico: California a Venezuela, más tierra bajo control indígena
March 2022
Christian Science Monitor: From a redwood forest to ‘Venezuela’s lungs,’ lands in Indigenous hands
March 2022
Living on Earth: Redwoods Returned to Tribes (Audio)
March 2022
Living on Earth: Redwoods Returned to Tribes (Transcript)
March 2022
Sonora Union Democrat: Calaveras Big Trees’ South Grove in Tuolumne County declared ‘most at-risk’
March 2022
Redheaded Blackbelt: Loleta Woman, Laura Perrott Mahan, Advocate for the Redwoods, Honored as Assembly District 2’S Woman of the Year
March 2022
East Bay Times: Crews set to build first public trails at San Vicente Redwoods near Bonny Doon; Ten years in the making, could open to visitors as soon as fall
March 2022
SF Chronicle: New trails opening soon at fire-damaged redwood preserve near Santa Cruz
March 2022
TrueActivist.com: Redwood Forests Given To The Sinkyone Tribe To Protect Growth In Mendocino, California
March 2022
Sonora Union Democrat: Forest Service takes major step forward on historically massive Tuolumne County project
March 2022
MarketScreener: Pacific Gas and Electric: PG&E Joins Forces with Save the Redwoods and InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council to Conserve Endangered Species Habitat through Major Coastal Land Purchase
March 2022
Ecocentricity: Back Where It Belongs: The Importance of Native American Land Stewardship
March 2022
ABC News Live: 500 acres of ancient redwood forest returned to tribes; Sam Hodder, president of the Save the Redwoods League, discusses the significance of the forest for indigenous tribes who will “protect and heal” the land
February 2022
Smithsonian: More Than 500 Acres of Redwood Forest Returned to Indigenous Tribes; The land is home to 200 acres of old-growth trees and federally threatened animals such as the northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet
February 2022
Red Lake Nation News: More Than 500 Acres of Redwood Forest Returned to Indigenous Tribes
February 2022
Daily Kos: Good News Roundup for Friday, February 4, 2022: Joie de Vivre
February 2022
National Geographic en Español: El bosque con los árboles más grandes del mundo regresa a manos de los nativos americanos
February 2022
Good News Network: 500 Acres of Old Growth Redwood Forests Donated to Tribal Council for Lasting Protection in Mendocino, Calif
February 2022
Indian Country Today: Redwood forest returned to tribes; The transfer marks a step in the growing Land Back movement to return Indigenous homelands to the descendants
February 2022
Noticias De Hoy: El bosque con los árboles más grandes del mundo regresa a manos de los nativos americanos; Con secuoyas gigantes que alcanzan más de 115 metros de altura, este bosque regresa a manos de los nativos americanos.
February 2022
The Guardian: How Buddhism has changed the west for the better
February 2022
International Action Center: LandBack: Indigenous peoples regain redwoods forest lands
February 2022
Times Standard: Contest focuses on beautiful banana slugs
February 2022
Thrillist: This Ancient National Park Is Home to Some of the Tallest Trees on Earth
February 2022
BrightVibes: More than 500 Acres of Redwood Forest Returned to Indigenous Guardianship
February 2022
California Planning & Development Report: Lost Coast Land Returned to Indigenous Tribes
February 2022
Wrangell Sentinel: California redwoods acreage transferred to tribal council
February 2022
KINK-FM Radio: Redwood Forest Returned To A Group Of Native Tribes
February 2022
Berliner: Indianer-Stämme bekommen 200 Hektar Redwood Forest zurück
January 2022
KVNU-AM: California redwood forest returned to Native American tribes
January 2022
The Weather Channel (Twitter Channel): Nonprofit @savetheredwoods is returning over 500 acres of forest to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council after winning a classic David and Goliath battle against the timber industry.
January 2022
Infobae: Un bosque de secuoyas en California fue devuelto a un grupo de nativos americanos para su conservación
January 2022
LA Times: 500-acre redwood grove in Northern California to be turned over to tribal group
January 2022
Sing Tao Daily: The redwood forest is returned to the old owner and the aboriginal people take back the lost land
January 2022
New York Times: Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes
January 2022
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘An important victory’: Native American tribes reclaim a redwood forest in Northern California
January 2022
CNN: A redwood forest in California has been permanently returned to its Indigenous tribes
January 2022
KQED: A Real Blessing’: Tribal Group Reclaims More Than 500 Acres of Northern California Redwoods
January 2022
Forbes: California Redwood Forest Returned To Tribal Group And Renamed “Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ” (Fish Run Place)
January 2022
KHSU: North Coast Conversations: The Save the Redwoods League (Audio)
January 2022
The Hill: Hundreds of acres of California redwood forest returned to Native American tribes for conservation
January 2022
NPR: A California redwood forest has officially been returned to a group of Native tribes
January 2022
Univision: They bought a forest, recovered it and returned it to the tribes that were its original inhabitants
January 2022
Reuters: Redwood forest in northern California reclaimed by Native American tribes
January 2022
Sierra Club: Land Back on the Lost Coast
January 2022
IFL Science: California Redwood Forest Officially Reclaimed By Indigenous Peoples
January 2022
Native Viewpoint: 523 acres of California Redwood forest land returned to Indigenous people
January 2022
Daily Kos: Earth Matters: Cal. solar proposal follows right-wing ALEC model; redwood forest returned to tribes
January 2022
Upworthy: Redwood forest in California returned to Native Tribes: ‘Our ancestors are still here’
January 2022
Yahoo! News: Save the Redwoods League Debuts Season Two of its “I’ll Go If You Go” Podcast
January 2022
Knee Deep Times: Less is More In Second Growth Forests
January 2022
Yahoo! News: Save the Redwoods League Buys Lost Coast Redwoods, the Longest Stretch of Privately Owned Shoreline in the Coast Redwood Range
January 2022
KPIX/CBS-5: Redwood Seedlings Planted in Fire-Scarred Santa Cruz Mountains
January 2022
New York Times: This Isn’t the California I Married
January 2022
Fresno Bee: Thousands of giant sequoias ravaged in recent Southern Sierra wildfires, study says
January 2022
The Bold Italic: There’s Literally a ‘Floating’ Redwood Growing Near Mount Tamalpais
January 2022
Green Matters: Activists Launch “Outdoorist Oath” Community to Celebrate “Planet, Inclusion, and Adventure”
January 2022
NBC News: California redwood forest returned to native tribal group
January 2022
Sunset.com: ‘California’s Protected Coast’: A Gateway to the Redwoods Is Now Preserved
January 2022
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Additional References
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- The Redwood Forest: History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods by Reed F. Noss