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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
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
Les #séquoias, âgés pour certains de plus de 2000 ans, font partie du patrimoine de la #Californie. Ils sont aujourd'hui menacés par la #sécheresse et les #incendies. Reportage au cœur de la forêt des arbres à l'écorce rouge.
📺 @AgnesVahramian @alicesangouard @BaptisteLaigle pic.twitter.com/IAeqIzCjvb
— France TV Washington (@F2Washington) October 12, 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
(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
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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