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Press Releases
- Save the Redwoods League Names Joanna Nelson, Ph.D., as Director of Science and Conservation Planning
- New Maps Issued Today Show More Than 93% of Giant Sequoia and 55% of Coast Redwood Ranges in Extreme-to-Exceptional Drought Conditions
- Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks to Reopen Fully Renovated Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Big Sur on June 18
Press Coverage
2021
NBC News: Inside race to save world’s largest tree from wildfire
September 2021
Today.com: Efforts underway to save giant sequoia trees from California wildfires
September 2021
The Weather Channel: Wildfires Burn Into Giant Sequoia Groves
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
The Washington Post: Wildfires shutter Sequoia National Park 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
The Hill: How the world’s mightiest trees are being wiped out by climate change
September 2021
CNN: Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
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
California News Times Today: Save the Redwoods League in Santa Cruz County, California (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
California News Times: Nearly All of California’s Giant Sequoias Are In ‘Exceptional Drought’ Areas (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
(external Link)
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
(external Link)
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
(external Link)
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
(external Link)
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
(external Link)
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
(external Link)
March 2021
Willits News: Huffman Bill passes in multi-state public lands package
(external Link)
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
MSN Australia, New Zealand: Year in review: 50 stunning science images from 2020 (external Link)
January 2021
2020
Middletown Press: Year in review: 50 stunning science images from 2020 (external Link)
December 2020
YubaNet.com: Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire
(external Link)
December 2020
Wahoo News Ashland: 50 Stunning Images from 2020 (Giant Sequoias) (external Link)
December 2020
San Mateo Daily Journal: Big Basin recovery efforts underway; Officials using $543K in donations for hazard and infrastructure repair (external Link)
December 2020
Los Altos Town Crier: Los Altos org trumpets donations for restoring Big Basin (external Link)
December 2020
Smithsonian Magazine: Twenty-Four Ways to Turn Outdoor Passions Into Citizen Science (Redwood Watch) (external Link)
December 2020
Futurity: Tool Predicts Which Forests Will Regrow on Their Own (external Link)
December 2020
Sierra Sun Times: UC Davis Study: Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire – A Future of Fewer Christmas Trees? Conifers Expected to Decline (external Link)
December 2020
Redheaded Blackbelt: Odd Old News: Women Save the Redwoods (external Link)
December 2020
The Conversation: How curators transferred Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks’ archives to escape wildfires (external Link)
December 2020
Sierra Club Magazine: Dorceta E. Taylor on Environmental Justice; The future of environmental justice is true equality (external Link)
December 2020
Backstage Axxess: Michael Franti Says Goodbye to 2020 with a Lighter and a Special New Year’s Eve Livestream (external Link)
December 2020
AZO CleanTech: New Tool can Help Predict Where to Reforest After Megafires (external Link)
December 2020
Los Angeles Times: Big Basin to receive more than $500,000 to help precious redwood forest recover from devastating wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
Redheaded Blackbelt: Odd Old News: The Early History of the Save the Redwoods Movement (external Link)
December 2020
KAZU: Our redwoods are beloved! So beloved that people from around the world have donated over $500,000 towards recovery efforts in Big Basin Redwoods State Park after this summer’s major wildfire. (external Link)
December 2020
Davis Enterprise: Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire; A Future of Fewer Christmas Trees? Conifers Expected to Decline (external Link)
December 2020
KTLA 5 News: Big Basin to get $540K to help precious redwood forest recover from devastating wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
UC Davis News: Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire
A Future of Fewer Christmas Trees? Conifers Expected to Decline (external Link)
December 2020
Patch.com: UC Davis: Identifying Where To Reforest After Wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
Health Medicine Network: Identifying Where To Reforest After Wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
Zephyrnet: Identifying Where To Reforest After Wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
ScienMag: Identifying Where To Reforest After Wildfire (external Link)
December 2020
Mail Tribune: Trail to the Titans (external Link)
December 2020
The New York Times: The Year in Climate (external Link)
December 2020
KION: Donors contribute more than half a million dollars to Big Basin wildfire recovery (external Link)
December 2020
Los Altos Online: Los Altos org trumpets donations for restoring Big Basin (external Link)
December 2020
Daily Republic: Fire-damaged Big Basin receives $543,000 in donations for recovery (external Link)
December 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: Fire-damaged Big Basin receives $543,000 in donations for recovery (external Link)
December 2020
Santa Cruz Sentinel: More than $540,000 raised for Big Basin Redwoods State Park’s fire recovery (external Link)
December 2020
Monterey Herald: More than $540,000 raised for Big Basin Redwoods State Park’s fire recovery (external Link)
December 2020
The New York Times: Times Insider: After Wildfires, Mourning the Loss of California’s Giants (external Link)
December 2020
Capital Public Radio: After Drought And Wildfires, California’s Great Sequoias Face A New Enemy: Bark Beetles (external Link)
December 2020
Seattle Times: The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees (external Link)
December 2020
New York Times: They’re among the world’s oldest living things. The climate crisis is killing them. (external Link)
December 2020
Fox KTUV: Protecting open spaces in the Bay Area (Video)
December 2020
NPR: California’s Ancient Redwoods Face New Challenge From Wildfires And Warming Climate (external Link)
December 2020
NECN.com: California Fire Danger Remains High Even as Winds Ease (external Link)
December 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: In rebuilding Big Basin, which history do we want to remember? (external Link)
November 2020
Radio.com: Wildfires destroy as many as 1,000 giant sequoia trees in the Sierra (external Link)
November 2020
KCBS Radio: Audio of Interview with Dr. Kristen Shive by Betsy Gebhart, KCBS | Wildfires destroy as many as 1,000 giant sequoia trees in the Sierra (Audio)
November 2020
Blogarama: Mendocino To Eureka: Beaches, Redwoods & Mansions (external Link)
November 2020
Eureka Times-Standard: Saving the redwoods: Zoom lecture looks at women who led early preservation campaigns (external Link)
November 2020
National Parks Traveler: Exploring The Parks: A Trail To The Titans (external Link)
November 2020
NBC-11: Experts Frustrated by Stalled Efforts to Counter Megafires (external Link)
November 2020
The Mercury News: Big Basin redwoods: Drone video shows extent of wildfire over famed state park (external Link)
November 2020
Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of towering giant sequoias killed by the Castle fire — a stunning loss (external Link)
November 2020
The Hill: Recent fires likely killed hundreds of giant sequoias, some 1,000 years old (external Link)
November 2020
The Porterville Recorder: Fire impact on National Monument being assessed (external Link)
November 2020
MyMotherLode.com: Prescribed Burn Today At Calaveras Big Trees (external Link)
November 2020
Sierra Sun Times: California State Parks and CAL FIRE Plan Prescribed Burn at Calaveras Big Trees State Park Expected to Begin November 12 (external Link)
November 2020
Backpacker Magazine: What Backpacking Lost in the California Fires (external Link)
November 2020
G3 Journal: A Reference Genome Sequence for Giant Sequoia (external Link)
November 2020
The Willits News: Peter Douglas Trail through Shady Dell candelabra redwood trees reopened (external Link)
October 2020
NBC Los Angeles: Party on for the Redwoods and Raise Funds for the Future: “Take Me to the Trees” is a virtual celebration, so join in from wherever you are and show support for Save the Redwoods League. Extra sweet: It’s free to join.
(external Link)
September 2020
KCBS Radio: On-Air Interview with Save the Redwoods League President & CEO, Sam Hodder (Audio)
September 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: Why we need redwoods to fight climate change (external Link)
September 2020
NBC-LX: Inside the Battle to Protect Thousand-Year-Old Redwoods From the California Wildfires (external Link)
September 2020
NBC-LX: One Way to Prevent Massive Wildfires? Burning Forests Intentionally (Video)
September 2020
Slate: The Indigenous Tradition That Can Help California Avoid Some of Its Endless Wildfires–In Short: Fighting Fire With Fire (external Link)
September 2020
Grist: Meet the DIY firestarters trying to save California from itself (external Link)
September 2020
NBC Los Angeles: Map: More Than Two Dozen Major Wildfires Are Burning in California (external Link)
September 2020
La Stampa: Environment, Hispanics and Security: Trump and the Nodes of the Electoral Campaign (external Link)
September 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: Is climate change worsening California fires, or is it poor forest management? Both, experts say (external Link)
September 2020
Los Angeles Times: 150 million dead trees are fueling huge Sierra wildfires (external Link)
September 2020
Los Angeles Times : Column: There’s actually a word for the climate change-induced despair you’ve been feeling (external Link)
September 2020
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Big Basin Redwoods State Park caretakers see opportunity in fire’s destruction (external Link)
September 2020
The Mercury News: Big Basin: How California’s oldest state park might rebuild after devastating fire (external Link)
September 2020
KSBW 8: Big Basin Redwoods State Park not expected to open for at least a year (external Link)
September 2020
KPIX: Wildfire Damage at Big Basin State Park Extensive but Largest Redwoods Should Survive–Kiet Do’s tour of Big Basin (external Link)
September 2020
Slate: The Redwood Trees Will Be Just Fine (external Link)
September 2020
CapRadio: Wildfires In California Will ‘Continue To Get Worse,’ Climate Change Experts Explore Why (external Link)
September 2020
Green Queen: Yes, The Rise In Forest Fires & Climate Change Are Connected, No Matter What The Skeptics’ Say (external Link)
September 2020
CapRadio: Coastal Fog — Or The Lack Of It — Could Be A Wildfire Risk (external Link)
September 2020
EcoWatch: Western Wildfires Are a Boon for These Native Species (external Link)
September 2020
NPR: Wildfires Hit California’s Redwoods And Condors, But There’s Still Hope (external Link)
August 2020
The New York Times: ‘It’s hard to see your memories burn’: Loss from wildfires grows in California (external Link)
August 2020
Newsweek: California Wildfires Destroy More Than 60,000 Acres In Mojave National Preserve, Big Basin And Yosemite (external Link)
August 2020
The Press Democrat: Walbridge fire hits upper part of Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve (external Link)
August 2020
KTVU Fox 2: California’s oldest state park, Big Basin, suffers extensive damage because of wildfire (external Link)
August 2020
The Mercury News: Exclusive look: Inside what is left of California’s historic Big Basin State Park in the heart of Bay Area wildfires (external Link)
August 2020
The Mercury News: Wildfire destroys historic buildings at Big Basin State Park, some redwoods have fallen (external Link)
August 2020
KMUD: Save the Redwoods Acquire Keystone Lost Coast Old Growth Forest (external Link)
August 2020
The Willits News: Save the Redwoods League protects Mendocino Redwoods along the Lost Coast (external Link)
July 2020
Scoop World: Report Finds Economic Benefits Of Protecting 30% Of Planet’s Land & Ocean Outweigh The Costs 5-to-1; Save the Redwoods League is now focusing on preserving and restoring forests that have been clearcut in the past 100 or so years, after studies showed these forests sequester more carbon, faster than any other forest in the world (external Link)
July 2020
Forbes: Try These Fun And Free Family Outdoor Activities In Your State (external Link)
July 2020
Nonprofit Pro: Remaining Relevant: Keeping Donors Engaged During a Crisis (external Link)
July 2020
Land Trust Alliance: Looking through a new lens (external Link)
July 2020
Bay Area News Group (BANG) – Mercury News, East Bay Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Marin I-j, Press Democrat: Muir Woods National Monument to reopen on Monday (external Link)
June 2020
AZO Clean Tech: Identifying Suitable Habitats for Vulnerable Species has Major Implications for Carbon Sequestration (external Link)
June 2020
KIEM-TV: Greater Mill Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project set to start, Live panel discussion set for Thursday (external Link)
June 2020
ScienMag: Airborne Mapping Sheds Light On Climate Sensitivity Of California Redwoods (external Link)
June 2020
Press Democrat: Garden docs: How to tell the difference between a dawn redwood and a bald cypress (external Link)
June 2020
Sunset Magazine: Senate Gives Public Lands Big Victory with Great American Outdoors Act (external Link)
June 2020
Nantucket Magazine: The newest name in award-winning wine has Nantucket roots (external Link)
May 2020
KTEJ (PBS): Walkin’ California: The Redwoods (Video)
May 2020
Redwood Times & Times Standard: 10 cool things about redwoods (external Link)
May 2020
Californiahighsierra.com: Six Hidden Gems In The High Sierra To Visit In The Summer (external Link)
May 2020
The Outbound: Outbound Films Selected for Mountainfilm Fest 2020 (external Link)
May 2020
Daily Republic: California redwoods are tops in carbon storage needed to fight climate change, nonprofit says (external Link)
May 2020
Press Democrat: California redwoods are tops in carbon storage needed to fight climate change, nonprofit says (external Link)
May 2020
Redheaded Blackbelt: Save the Redwoods League and HSU Research Confirms Redwoods’ Role in Climate (external Link)
May 2020
SF Chronicle | Bay Briefing: Reconstructing California’s redwoods (external Link)
May 2020
SF Chronicle: New reason to conserve redwoods — they’re best at storing polluting carbon (print edition) (external Link)
May 2020
Lost Coast Outpost: Redwood Forests Can Play ‘Exceptionally Large Role’ in California’s Climate Change Strategy, According to Research Just Published by HSU and the Save the Redwoods League (external Link)
April 2020
SF Chronicle: New reason to conserve redwoods — they’re best at storing polluting carbon (external Link)
April 2020
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Letter to the Editor (external Link)
March 2020
KTVU.com: The complete list of California state parks that are closed, and still open (external Link)
March 2020
KPIX: On Friday, a cocktail celebration was held to raise awareness for the Save the Redwoods League, an organization protecting redwood forests (external Link)
March 2020
San Jose Mercury News: Other opening-week events (Bloomingdales) will benefit the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Save the Redwoods League, Family Giving Tree, JDRF and the Child Mind Institute (external Link)
March 2020
National Parks Traveler: Public Lands Partnership Awards (external Link)
March 2020
The Points Guy: TPG’s complete guide to visiting California’s redwood forests (external Link)
March 2020
Adventure Journal: Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve, about 2.5 hours north of San Francisco, that was recently acquired by the Save the Redwoods League (external Link)
March 2020
SNEWSNET.COM: A diverse group of outdoor adventurers. A historic first: Here we Stand (video)
March 2020
Gear Junkie: Here we Stand (video)
March 2020
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Where to see giant redwoods in Sonoma County (external Link)
March 2020
Bright Vibes: People from around the world united to help Save the Redwoods League protect Alder Creek, the largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia property on Earth (external Link)
March 2020
Global Citizen: An Ancient Forest of Giant Sequoia Trees Was Just Saved Thanks to a Nonprofit in California (external Link)
March 2020
AFAR: In big news for redwood lovers, a California-based conservation group succeeded in purchasing a 530-acre giant sequoia grove as part of its mission to protect these ancient forests for generations to come (external Link)
March 2020
Mother Nature Network: The world’s largest privately owned giant sequoia forest is now protected March 1 (external Link)
March 2020
Joy Trip Project: “Here we Stand,” a new short film from the Outbound Collective (external Link)
February 2020
The Willits News: Huffman Bill passes as part of multi-state public lands management package (external Link)
February 2020
SnowBrains: World’s Fifth Largest Tree in the Sierra Nevada, CA Protected (external Link)
February 2020
Redheaded Blackbelt: Cupcakes featuring a Banana Slug on a fern frond will benefit Save the Redwoods League (external Link)
February 2020
The Mercury News: Here’s when Bloomingdale’s will open at Westfield Valley Fair (external Link)
February 2020
Half Moon Bay Review: CalFire awards grant to conservation districts (external Link)
February 2020
The Mercury News: Recognize this view on the San Mateo County Coast? It was just bought for $13.5 million (external Link)
February 2020
USA Today: News from around our 50 states (external Link)
Patch: $1M Needed For Conservation Group To Buy 564-Acre Redwood Forest (external Link)
February 2020
Upon Arriving: 11 Places to See (Stunning) Redwood Trees in California [2020] (external Link)
January 2020
KPIX: Old Growth Forest In Santa Cruz Mountains Sold To Save The Redwoods League For $9M (external Link)
January 2020
Bay Nature: Save the Redwoods Reaches Deal for 564-Acre Cascade Creek Forest Near Año Nuevo (external Link)
January 2020
The Mercury News: Redwood forest in Santa Cruz Mountains preserved in $9 million deal (external Link)
January 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: Big grove of old-growth Santa Cruz redwoods saved, helping species restoration (external Link)
January 2020
KTVU – FOX San Francisco: Conservation group buys one of the largest privately-owned giant sequoia groves (Video)
January 2020
KCRA NBC Sacramento: Giant sequoia trees saved (Video)
January 2020
KSBW NBC Monterrey-Salinas: Giant sequoia tree grove now protected (Video)
January 2020
SN-LAX Los Angeles: Conservation group buys Alder Creek (Video)
January 2020
KCRW – NPR Los Angeles: Largest private giant sequoia stand preserved in California (Video)
January 2020
KGPE – CBS Fresno-Visalia: Conservation group buys sequoia forest (Video)
January 2020
KFSN – ABC Fresno-Visalia: Largest giant sequoia stand preserved in California (Video)
January 2020
KHSL – CBS Chico-Reading: Saving California’s Sequoia (Video)
January 2020
California Planning and Development Report: CP&DR News Briefs (external Link)
January 2020
EcoWatch : World’s Fifth-Largest Tree Now Safe From Loggers in an ‘Inspiring Outpouring of Generosity’ (external Link)
January 2020
USA Today: In California: A race to block new drilling and fracking (external Link)
January 2020
Associated Press: Largest private giant sequoia grove saved from development (external Link)
January 2020
Associated Press: Conservation group buys grove of old-growth redwoods (external Link)
January 2020
KTVU: Interview to League’s Parks Program Manager, Jessica Inwood (Video)
January 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: California’s largest private giant sequoia stand saved from development (external Link)
January 2020
SF Gate: Conservation organization raised $16 million to buy giant sequoia grove (external Link)
January 2020
Los Angeles Times : Group raises nearly $16 million to buy Alder Creek giant sequoia grove (external Link)
January 2020
Media Resources
About the League and Redwoods
Additional References
- Online resources
- Reading lists for kids and adults
- The Redwood Forest: History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods by Reed F. Noss