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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

STL News: California Governor Newsom Announces Appointments
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

PowWows.com: Native American Tribes Reclaim Part of California’s Redwood Forest
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

South Africa Today: California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation
January 2022

Suncoast News Network: 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

2021

ScientificAmerican.com: Wildfires Are Putting Giant Sequoias at Existential Risk.The future of these guardians of the forest, some thousands of years old, is not assured.
December 2021

KZYX News – Mendocino: Save The Redwoods League Director of Land Protection, Becky Bremser discusses the League’s recent efforts to save 5 miles of coastline and 2250 acres of coastal redwoods in northern Mendocino County (Audio)
December 2021

UC Davis News: Coast Redwood and Sequoia Genome Sequences Completed; Research Reveals Genes for Climate Adaptation and Insights Into Genetic Basis for Survival
December 2021

The Nau Review: Mapping the redwood genome
December 2021

NTD News: Group Aims to Buy Threatened Coastal Redwoods
December 2021

LA Times: Conservation group bids to save redwoods on Northern California’s Lost Coast
December 2021

SF Chronicle: Northern California redwood forest could be rescued from timber production, but preservation group needs to find $37 million before the end of the year
December 2021

KTVU: California’s Lost Coast redwoods could be saved from logging
December 2021

LA Times: California, it’s time for some trash talk on food waste
December 2021

Associated Press: Scenic stretch of Lost Coast redwoods to be spared the ax
December 2021

The Independent: Once-logged coastal land set to be sold to save redwoods
December 2021

SF Gate: Five miles of Northern California coastline to be bought by San Francisco environmental group for $36.9 million
December 2021

The Mercury News: Once-logged Northern California coastal land set to be sold to save redwoods
December 2021

The East Bay Times: Five miles of stunning Northern California coastline preserved in landmark redwoods deal; $36.9 million purchase is largest land conservation deal on Northern California coast since 1998
December 2021

Marin Independent Journal: Five miles of stunning Northern California coastline preserved in landmark redwoods deal
December 2021

The Seattle Times: Scenic stretch of Lost Coast redwoods to be spared the ax
December 2021

The Mercury News: Five miles of stunning Northern California coastline preserved in landmark redwoods deal
December 2021

California Patch.com: Sequoia National Park Reopens Giant Forest After Wildfire Damage
December 2021

Mercury News: After $14 million in damage, how a redwood park is rebounding from last year’s devastating wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains
December 2021

Phys.org: Coast Redwood and Sequoia Genome Sequences Complete
December 2021

Times-Standard: Researchers complete sequencing for Redwood Genome Project
December 2021

ScienMag.com: Coast redwood and sequoia genome sequences completed
December 2021

Medium.com: GN/ Coast redwood and sequoia genome sequences completed
December 2021

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: O redwood tree, o redwood tree, can tree genetics save thee?
December 2021

Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Estate donation from late Sea Ranch couple helps preserve Sonoma County landscapes
December 2021

KTVU: Conservation group plans to buy 5 miles of California coast
December 2021

KGO Radio: Conservation plans to buy 5-mile stretch of the Lost Coast (Audio)
December 2021

KGO Radio: Conservation group plans to buy stretch of coastal land from lumber company (Audio)
December 2021

KQED Radio: California conservation group announces plans to buy property on Lost Coast  (Audio)
December 2021

KNX-AM Radio: Conservation planning to buy stretch of land on Lost Coast (Audio)
December 2021

CapRadio News: Save the Redwoods League fundraising to purchase Lost Coast Redwoods property (Audio)
December 2021

CounterPunch.org: The Redwood Coast: Dispatches From a Forest in Distress
December 2021

The Real Truth: Wildfires Torched up to a Fifth of All Giant Sequoia Trees
December 2021

Denik.cz: Naděje v hromadách popela. Malé sekvoje v Kalifornii jednou vyrostou v obry
Zdroj: https://www.denik.cz/ze_sveta/sekvoje-kalifornie-vysadba.html
December 2021

Salem Statesman Journal : A ‘place of reverence and awe’: : New trail into Grove of Titans showcases mythic redwoods
December 2021

Mt. Shasta News: New trail into Grove of Titans showcases mythic redwoods
December 2021

The Mendocino Voice: Nonprofit seeks help buying 5 miles of Mendocino coastline to restore old growth
December 2021

Sky News: U.K. National The Daily Climate Show: Save the Redwoods League has agreed to pay nearly 37 million $ to buy the land from along the company if it can raise the funds by the end of the year
December 2021

California Sun: A conservation group signed an agreement to buy a scenic stretch of the Lost Coast from a lumber company
December 2021

MomBlogSociety.com: Year in Review: Supporting National Parks in 2021; National Park Foundation Celebrates 2021 Highlights, Made Possible By A Growing Community Of Park Champions
December 2021

KCBS Radio: Sequoia National Park opens with limited access (Audio)
November 2021

KTLA 5 News: Part 3: Sequoia National Park lost at least 7,500 big trees during Castle Fire, NPS says
November 2021

KTLA 5 News: Part 2: Decades of fire suppression pose new threat for California’s Sequoias
November 2021

KTLA 5 News: Part 1: Sequoias face new dangers from climate change-fueled fires
November 2021

KTLA 5 News: California’s sequoia trees are at risk from climate change-fueled fires, but officials are working to save them
November 2021

TheOutbound.com: California Trees Stand Tall as Our Elders
October 2021

NBC Los Angeles; NBC San Diego: Free and Virtual: Celebrate the Redwoods From Home
October 2021

Nob Hill Gazette: What To Do This Week: Oct 13 – Oct 17
October 2021

Good Times Santa Cruz: Local Agencies’ Conservation Efforts Hope to Help Coho Salmon Populations Rebound
October 2021

SF Gate: How a California state forest became a battleground for logging redwoods on public land
October 2021

Weather.com: California Drought: What Happens Next?
October 2021

MyMotherLode.com: Prescribed Burn To Protect Giant Sequoia In Calaveras County
October 2021

KCBS.com: The future of California’s iconic giant sequoias amid catastrophic wildfires
October 2021

CNN: Hundreds of giant sequoias may have burned as the Complex Fire rages in California
October 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mill Creek waters run free after dam removed in San Vicente Redwoods
October 2021

France TV Washington: Séquoias: menace sur les géants de Californie. Les séquoias, âgés pour certains de plus de 2000 ans, font partie du patrimoine de la Californie.
October 2021

Bay Nature: Take Me to the Trees – A Redwoods Celebration
September 2021

SF Gate: Creating the Next Generation of Redwood Parks & Reserves: Take Me to the Trees
September 2021

Do The Bay: Save the Redwoods League Presents: TAKE ME TO THE TREES
September 2021

MyCentralOregon.com: Wild & Scenic Film Fest Friday
September 2021

Mail Tribune: Elevated boardwalk opens amid giant redwoods: Walkway protects Grove of Titans trees
September 2021

Yahoo News: Elevated boardwalk opens amid giant redwoods
September 2021

SF Gate: On the Lost Coast, a lawless Calif. state park has been overtaken by off-roading, fireworks, raves
September 2021

Chron: Lawless Calif. state park has been overtaken by off-roading, fireworks, raves
September 2021

Active NorCal Podcast: Palisades Tahoe, Shasta’s Sunken Ship, and a Forest Management/Climate Change Discussion with Joanna Nelson | Talking NorCal
September 2021

Counter Currents: California wildfires threaten millennia-old giant sequoias
September 2021

Times-Standard: $15 million secured for old growth redwoods ecosystem project
September 2021

Wild Rivers Outpost: Assemblyman Wood Secures $15 Million for Redwoods Rising Project
September 2021

Del Norte Triplicate: Wood secures $15 million for Redwoods Rising Project
September 2021

LA Times: As fires threaten the Ancient Ones, sequoia lovers wonder what else will no longer endure
September 2021

Del Norte Triplicate: Boardwalk construction complete in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
September 2021

Travel Industry Today: A PLAN TO FOIL FIRE: World’s largest tree at risk
September 2021

The Weather Channel: Wildfires Burn Into Giant Sequoia Groves
September 2021

NBC News: Inside race to save world’s largest tree from wildfire
September 2021

East Bay Times: Sequoia Trees Get Blanket Coverage
September 2021

Today.com: Efforts underway to save giant sequoia trees from California wildfires
September 2021

The Mercury News/BANG: Sequoia National Park fire: Flames enter at least four giant sequoia groves – Fire crews continue to protect Giant Forest and General Sherman Tree, world’s largest, but other groves burn
September 2021

KCBS Radio: A Unique Strategy to Defend Sequoias from Wildfire – KCBS Radio talks with League Sequoia Restoration and Stewardship Manager Tim Borden (Audio)
September 2021

Audacy.com: Amid California wildfires, saving world’s largest trees comes down to tin foil
September 2021

Mercury News/BANG: Wildfire threatens historic trees at Sequoia National Park. Fireproof blankets are the defense.
September 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Sequoia National Park fire: Crews wrapping world’s largest trees with fireproof blankets
September 2021

The Washington Post: Wildfires shutter Sequoia National Park and threaten famous ancient trees
September 2021

SF Gate: Wildfires shutter Sequoia National Park (home to Giant Forest) and threaten famous ancient trees
September 2021

KGO Radio: Wildfires Threaten World’s Largest Tree – Nikki Medoro talks with League Sequoia Restoration and Stewardship Manager, Tim Borden (Audio)
September 2021

Wild Rivers Outpost: Grove of Titans Boardwalk Up and Running; Full Realignment of Mill Creek Trail Expected in Summer 2022
September 2021

Monterey Herald: State Sen. John Laird joins Coastal Conservancy board
September 2021

The Hill: How the world’s mightiest trees are being wiped out by climate change
September 2021

Los Angeles Daily News: Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
September 2021

CNN: Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
September 2021

ABC 7: Sierra Nevada Sequoias sprouting new life after battling drought, fires
September 2021

NBC-LX: How Wildfires Start – And Why Climate Change Is Making Them Worse
August 2021

SF Gate: Muir Woods park staff annotates own signs with historical corrections for racism, misogyny
August 2021

Patch.com: Reimagining Big Basin’: Timeline Released For Park Recovery
August 2021

Film Festival Today: Film Review: In “Bring Your Own Brigade,” the Inferno Is Upon Us
August 2021

E&E Magazine: When the toughest trees met the hottest fire
August 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: A year after fire, burned Santa Cruz forests sprout with new life but growing takes time
August 2021

Hoodline: Optimism sprouting in Santa Cruz Mountains one year after a devastating wildfire
August 2021

The Economist: Checks & Balance Podcast: Wildfires, soaring temperatures and water shortages—does nature have the upper hand in the American West?
August 2021

Counter Punch: Yurok Youth Ask Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland About State of North Coast Salmon, Climate Crisis
August 2021

Elk Grove News: Yurok Youth Ask Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland About State of North Coast Salmon, Climate Crisis
August 2021

The Mercury News: Big Basin Redwoods: One year after devastating fire, burned wreckage cleared, rebuilding planning just starting
August 2021

East Bay Times: Big Basin Redwoods: One year after devastating fire, burned wreckage cleared, rebuilding planning just starting
August 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Big Basin Redwoods: One year after devastating fire, burned wreckage cleared, rebuilding planning just starting
August 2021

Daily KOS: Yurok Youth Ask Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland About State of North Coast Salmon, Climate Crisis
August 2021

Sierra Sun Online: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Highlights Conservation, Climate Resiliency Efforts in Visit to California’s Redwood Forests
August 2021

U.S. Department of Interior: Secretary Haaland, CEQ Chair Mallory Highlight Conservation, Climate Resiliency Efforts in Visit to California’s Redwood Forests
August 2021

Porterville Recorder: Save The Redwoods League nurturing recovery of Alder Creek
August 2021

North Coast Journal: Interior Secretary Haaland is Coming to Town
August 2021

SoCoNews : Protecting what’s left: Mill Creek property owners voice concern over redwood tree removal
August 2021

Kern Valley Sun: Coalition formed to protect sequoia trees after Castle Fire
August 2021

Foothills Sun Gazette: Coalition formed to protect sequoia trees from wildfires
August 2021

Porterville Recorder: McCarthy offers amendment to fund SQF recovery (external Link)
July 2021

BayVoice.net: Recommended four parks in the Bay Area, which have recently been reopened one after another so that residents of the Bay Area can enjoy them without having to travel far (external Link)
July 2021

Times-Standard: Throwback Thursday: Save the Redwood League dedicates Bolling Grove in 1921 (external Link)
July 2021

Times-Standard: Know Your Nonprofits: Conservancy supports coastal state parks (external Link)
July 2021

Afar.com: 6 Must-See Biodiversity Hot Spots – and How to Visit Ethically (external Link)
July 2021

Mental Floss: Lonely at the Top: Protecting Hyperion, the World’s Tallest Tree (external Link)
July 2021

KCBS: How do wildfires affect our ecosystem? (Audio)
July 2021

National Parks Traveler: National Parks Quiz And Trivia #34: July Notables (external Link)
July 2021

National Park Service: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Formed to Protect Iconic Trees from Threats of Climate Change and Catastrophic Wildfire (external Link)
July 2021

Sierra Sun Times: Park Service Reports Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Formed to Protect Iconic Trees from Threats of Climate Change and Catastrophic Wildfire – Estimates 10,600 Sequoias Killed in California Castle Fire (external Link)
July 2021

Public Now: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Formed to Protect Iconic Trees from Threats of Climate Change and Catastrophic Wildfire (external Link)
July 2021

Porterville Recorder: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Formed (external Link)
July 2021

Yuba.net: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Formed to Protect Iconic Trees from Threats of Climate Change and Catastrophic Wildfire (external Link)
July 2021

Stanford Alumni News: On June 15, 2021, the Stanford Alumni Consulting Team held its annual Volunteer Recognition and Appreciation Event – online like all ACT activities during the time of COVID (Henry Lippincott, MBA ‘13, co-leader of Save the Redwoods League) (external Link)
July 2021

HMdb.org: Humboldt Redwoods State Park – A World class Forest Preserve (external Link)
July 2021

Sierra Sun Times: California State Parks Removes Memorial to Madison Grant from Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (external Link)
July 2021

Redheaded Blackbelt: Odd Old, News: A Carriage Ride Down the Coast in 1892 (external Link)
July 2021

SuperLawyers.com: Husband-and-wife duo Michael Haddad and Julia Sherwin play to their individual strengths (external Link)
July 2021

North Coast Journal: Still Wild: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (external Link)
July 2021

Unofficial Networks: Big Sur Hiking Trail Reopens 13 Years After Wildfire (external Link)
July 2021

San Francisco Business Times, BizJournals.com: People on the Move: Joanna Nelson, Director of Science and Conservation Planning at Save the Redwoods League (external Link)
July 2021

North Coast Journal: Removing a Monument to a Eugenicist Nazi Collaborator (external Link)
July 2021

Trip Savvy: 13 Years After a Fire, This Popular Big Sur Hiking Trail Has Reopened (external Link)
June 2021

Sunset.com: This Popular Big Sur Hike Is Finally Open More Than 12 Years After It Went up in Flames (external Link)
June 2021

Patch.com : Big Basin Restoration: Nature Center’s Opening Marks Milestone (external Link)
June 2021

Frommers: A Favorite Hike Through California Redwoods Is Back After More Than a Decade (external Link)
June 2021

KCAL/CBS Los Angeles: Big Sur’s Pfeiffer Falls Trail Reopens Friday 13 Years After Being Destroyed By Wildfire (external Link)
June 2021

People Magazine Online: A Stunning Hiking Trail Through the Redwoods Destroyed by Wildfire Is Reopening After 13 Years (external Link)
June 2021

Travel & Leisure: A Hiking Trail Through California’s Redwoods Is Reopening After a Wildfire Destroyed It 10 Years Ago – and It’s Better Than Ever (external Link)
June 2021

New York Times: The quiet strength of an old-growth forest (external Link)
June 2021

Lonely Planet: You can hike this incredible Californian trail for the first time in 13 years (external Link)
June 2021

LightlyNews.com: The quiet strength of an old-growth forest (external Link)
June 2021

Del Norte Triplicate: State Coastal Conservancy awards $10.8 million for wildfire resilience (external Link)
June 2021

Fresno Bee: Popular Big Sur trail is reopening 13 years after devastating wildfire (external Link)
June 2021

MSN: Popular Big Sur hiking trail to reopen after 13-year closure due to wildfire damage (external Link)
June 2021

KSBY: Popular Big Sur trail to reopen after 13-year closure (external Link)
June 2021

East Bay Times: Famous Big Sur landmark reopens after being closed for 12 years (external Link)
June 2021

Washington Post: Big Sur trail to reopen after 13-year closure
 (external Link)
June 2021

KCBS: Popular Big Sur trail to reopen after 13-year closure (external Link)
June 2021

San Francisco Chronicle: After fires and rains, Big Sur trails are in rough shape. But this one just reopened (external Link)
June 2021

SF Gate: Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Big Sur reopens this week after 12-year closure (external Link)
June 2021

Mercury News: Famous Big Sur landmark reopens after being closed for 12 years (external Link)
June 2021

Washington Post: Popular Big Sur trail to reopen after 13-year closure (external Link)
June 2021

Telemundo33.com: Luego de 13 años reabre popular sendero en Big Sur
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June 2021

World Atlas: Redwood National and State Parks (external Link)
June 2021

Sacramento Bee: Fire killed thousands of mature giant sequoias, Sierra research shows. What’s happening now? (external Link)
June 2021

Fresno Bee: Fire killed thousands of mature giant sequoias, Sierra research shows. What’s happening now? (external Link)
June 2021

Los Angeles Times: As wildfires decimate the giant sequoia, California faces unprecedented loss
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June 2021

KQED Forum: “It’s a Moonscape” — 10% of the World’s Giant Sequoias Wiped Out By One Wildfire (external Link)
June 2021

San Francisco Chronicle: Super-hot California wildfire wiped out 10% of world’s sequoia trees. Can they survive climate change? (external Link)
June 2021

Patch.com : CA Fire Destroys 10% Of World’s Towering Sequoias: Study (external Link)
June 2021

Visalia Times Delta: Castle Fire may have killed a tenth of the world’s giant sequoia, a shocking new NPS study has found (external Link)
June 2021

Nob Hill Gazette: Nature’s Trailblazer: Latino Outdoors founder José González spreads his wings (external Link)
June 2021

East Bay Times/BANG: Redwoods Starter Grant: West Valley College student Tomas Velazco and his biology instructor, Michelle Geary, have been awarded a $2,000 Save the Redwoods Starter Grant (external Link)
May 2021

Redheaded Blackbelt: Save The Redwoods Receives $1.5 Million Grant For Work On Parks In Del Norte And Humboldt Counties (external Link)
May 2021

PublicNow.com: Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement And Acquisition Projects (external Link)
May 2021

ABC-7 / KGO-TV: California state parks get unexpected funds to deal with wildfires, climate change (external Link)
May 2021

60 Day USA: Day 60: The Golden Road Home (external Link)
May 2021

Sunset: Yosemite’s Sequoia Grove Reopens After Damage Caused by Historic Storm (external Link)
May 2021

KPIX-CBS 5: California’s Giant Redwoods Could Hold Key to Climate Change
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May 2021

The Mercury News/BANG: Big Basin Redwoods: State commits $186 million to wildfire rebuilding at famed park (external Link)
May 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Big Basin Redwoods State Park to partially reopen Memorial Day weekend
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May 2021

Mashable: How a smoking giant sequoia has burned since 2020 (external Link)
May 2021

East County Magazine: Battered, Burned but Alive; Time Will Heal Park’s Wounds, but it needs big money too (external Link)
May 2021

San Mateo Daily Journal: Protect our protection from climate change (Letter to the Editor) (external Link)
May 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: San Vicente Lumber Company’s history in Santa Cruz County | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (external Link)
May 2021

Marin IJ/BANG: Red flag warning in May? While crews battle small blazes in region officials on lookout as offshore winds pick up
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May 2021

East Bay Times/BANG: Red flag warning in May? Fire season arrives early in Northern California (external Link)
May 2021

Daily Democrat/BANG: Red flag warning in May? (external Link)
May 2021

Associated Press: In California Park, Redwood Trees Start Recovery From Fire (external Link)
May 2021

NBC Nightly News: California wildfires threaten iconic redwood trees (external Link)
May 2021

PR News: Winners Announced for PRNEWS CSR & Diversity Awards – Alder Creek Campaign (external Link)
April 2021

Wide Open Roads: Redwood National and State Parks Guard California’s Coastline (external Link)
April 2021

California Sun: 5 Questions With… (external Link)
April 2021

Palo Alto Online: Coho salmon will soon swim free again thanks to dam-removal agreement (external Link)
April 2021

Lookout Santa Cruz: Removal of 100-year-old dam in Santa Cruz Mountains a ‘win-win’ for coho salmon and Davenport residents (external Link)
April 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mill Creek Dam in San Vicente Redwoods, set to be removed (external Link)
April 2021

San Francisco Chronicle: When an old dam in Santa Cruz Mountains comes down, coho will be free to swim home again (external Link)
April 2021

Jacobin Magazine: Save the Redwoods (external Link)
April 2021

PR Newswire: Groups Seek Liability Reforms to Fight Wildfire (California Cattlemen’s Association). (external Link)
April 2021

CBS 8 San Diego: California’s mighty Redwood trees in need of help, only 5% of original forest still stands (external Link)
April 2021

SF Gate: Big Basin Redwoods: Battered, burned but alive (external Link)
April 2021

Cal Matters: Battered, burned but alive: Time will heal park’s wounds, but it needs big money, too (external Link)
April 2021

Associated Press: Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California (external Link)
April 2021

The Mercury News: Big Basin Redwoods: Slow progress on rebuilding after wildfire, “a massive job” (external Link)
April 2021

Seattle Times: Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California (external Link)
April 2021

The Bold Italic: Support these 5 Local Nonprofits Helping to Preserve the Bay Area – and the Planet (external Link)
April 2021

The Bold Italic: ‘Our Only Home’: Climate Week at The Bold Italic;
Let’s all give Mother Nature a well-deserved signal boost (external Link)
April 2021

Only in Your State: Redwood National Park: Get Lost Amongst The World’s Tallest Trees In California (external Link)
April 2021

National Parks Traveler: Giant Sequoias are being tested – perhaps as never before (external Link)
April 2021

NBC.com Los Angeles: Get to Know the Wildflowers Among the Redwoods (external Link)
March 2021

National Parks Traveler: Women And The National Parks (external Link)
March 2021

Bay Area Bountiful/NorCal Public Media: Sempervirens means evergreen: People and Redwoods (external Link)
March 2021

It’s Nice That: Daniel Ballesteros documents California’s redwoods, a species with roots going back 250 million years (external Link)
March 2021

Springer nature: Models and career-makers (external Link)
March 2021

Nature.com: Model organisms on roads less traveled
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March 2021

Willits News: Huffman Bill passes in multi-state public lands package
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March 2021

SF Gate: More than six months after the fire started, Big Basin is still burning (external Link)
March 2021

Bay Nature: Rebuilding Big Basin (external Link)
March 2021

Las Vegas Review Jornal: EDITORIAL: Free-market environmentalism protects redwoods (external Link)
March 2021

Napa Valley Register: A price tag on something priceless (external Link)
March 2021

Fresno Bee: Forest-cleaning fires, not raging infernos, will sustain the Sierra’s giant sequoia (external Link)
March 2021

LA Times: Op-Ed: Last year, fire devastated the sequoia. How we can prevent that from happening again (external Link)
March 2021

7×7 Magazine: Indoor dining, museums, gyms to reopen in SF + more good news around the Bay Area (external Link)
February 2021

NBC Los Angeles: Dog People, There’s a New Guide to Fun in the Redwoods. It’s free, too. (external Link)
February 2021

North Coast Environment: Land Trusts in Humboldt County: Alternative Ways to Protect and Conserve Resources (external Link)
February 2021

Nature.com: Model organisms on roads less traveled (external Link)
February 2021

SFist: SF Nonprofit Spends $24.7M on Easements to Permanently Protect Swath of Redwoods Near Mendocino (external Link)
February 2021

SF Chronicle: Environmental deal protects swath of redwood forest in Mendocino County (external Link)
February 2021

KCBS Radio: Mailliard family signs deal in order to preserve 15 thousands acres in Mendocino County (Audio)
February 2021

KTLA 5 News: San Francisco Bay Area redwood forest receives permanent protection in nearly $25M deal (external Link)
February 2021

Associated Press: San Francisco Bay Area redwood forest preserved in $25M deal (external Link)
February 2021

US News & World Report: San Francisco Bay Area Redwood Forest Preserved in $25M Deal; A sprawling redwood forest north of San Francisco has received permanent protection under a deal between a Bay Area environmental group and a family who has owned it since 1925. (external Link)
February 2021

The Sacramento Bee: Large privately owned redwood forest is preserved in $24.7 million deal (external Link)
February 2021

CBS San Francisco: Conservationists, San Francisco Family Reach Deal to Preserve Redwood Forest in Mendocino County (external Link)
February 2021

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mendocino redwood forest preserved in $24.7 million deal; Property owned by family of Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, widow of Secretary of State George Shultz (external Link)
February 2021

The Mercury News: Prominent redwood forest preserved in $24.7 million deal (external Link)
February 2021

KMUD News: Listen to Save The Redwoods Conserve Mailliard Ranch by KMUD News on #SoundCloud (Audio)
February 2021

The Press Democrat: PD Editorial: Redwoods at Mailliard Ranch are safe forever (external Link)
February 2021

The Willits News: Save the Redwoods League protects nearly 15,000 acres in Mendocino County; Mailliard Ranch is located in southern region (external Link)
February 2021

The Press Democrat: Mendocino County old-growth redwood forest protected in $24.7 million conservation deal (external Link)
February 2021

Petaluma360.com: Mendocino County old-growth redwood forest protected in $24.7 million conservation deal (external Link)
February 2021

Wine Country Times: Environmental group aims to protect redwood trees in Mendocino County (external Link)
February 2021

CSR Wire | World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Save the Redwoods League Protects Nearly 15,000 Acres in Mendocino County (external Link)
February 2021

The Mendocino Voice: Save the Redwoods pays $24.7 million for conservation easement in Anderson Valley (external Link)
February 2021

CNET: Redwoods are made to survive fire, but they don’t live alone in the forest (external Link)
February 2021

InNaturale.com: FUTURO DELLE SEQUOIE: IN CALIFORNIA CI SONO SPERANZE PER IL FUTURO (external Link)
February 2021

The Good Men Project: How Curators Transferred Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks’ Archives to Escape Wildfires: Why were the archives of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks evacuated? (external Link)
February 2021

The Union: Winner winner: Wild & Scenic Film Festival announces 2021 award winners (external Link)
January 2021

Vermont Community Newspaper Group, VTCNG.com: Mountainfilm on Tour returns to Stowe (external Link)
January 2021

The Sacramento Bee: Op-Ed: Wildfire mitigation is important, but not a one-size-fits-all solution (external Link)
January 2021

World Economic Forum: This tool can help scientists rebuild forests after wildfires (external Link)
January 2021

YubaNet.com: Completely virtual Wild & Scenic Film Festival kicks off Thurs. Jan. 14; Includes 13 world premieres, special guests, panels, workshops, and much more (external Link)
January 2021

Capital Public Radio: California Lawmakers Should Invest One-Time Budget Funds Into Projects With Long-Term Benefits, Experts Suggest (external Link)
January 2021

KQED.org: Here’s How Newsom’s Proposing to Spend $4.1 Billion on the Climate and Environment (external Link)
January 2021

San Francisco Chronicle: Newsom’s budget calls for investment in prescribed fire to combat catastrophic blazes (external Link)
January 2021

Valley Public Radio, KVPR.org: New York Times Journalist Explores The Effect Of Climate Change On California’s Iconic Trees (external Link)
January 2021

CNN.com: 2020 was tied for the hottest year ever recorded – but the disasters fueled by climate change set it apart (external Link)
January 2021

National Geographic: California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them (external Link)
January 2021

Half Moon Bay Review: Save the Redwoods League buys Cascade Creek; Nonprofit plans to restore damaged areas (external Link)
January 2021

Sierra Club Magazine: Ashes to Ashes and Into Trees; This Bay Area start-up wants to change how we think about death (external Link)
January 2021

Bay Nature: Indigenous land repatriation is much discussed and little practiced in the Bay Area. Why is it hard to return stolen land? (external Link)
January 2021

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