Redwood Connect grantees providing meaningful redwood experiences
onRedwood Connect Grants provide meaningful experiences in nature.
Deborah joined the League's staff in 2013 as the Education & Interpretation Manager. She brings with her extensive experience teaching science, developing curriculum and connecting kids to the natural world.
Video: Oakland students explore fascinating link between redwoods and the bay
onExplore Your Watershed gives Oakland students a chance to explore nature.
Tribal artist brings craft to redwood state parks
onYurok Tribal artist creates stools for redwood parks
Updating our grantmaking process to reflect our values
onChanges will make League’s grants more community-driven and equitable
Announcing our 2022 Redwood Connect grantees
onSave the Redwoods League announces Redwood Connect grantees
Book reading: Under One Rock
onJoin us as we dive into the mysterious world of what lives under a rock. From hundreds of ants, to slimy worms and black spiders to jumping grasshoppers, you can discover a lot if you just know the right place to look.
Book reading: Scampers Thinks Like a Scientist
onAnyone can be a scientist. All it takes is to make observations, ask some questions and create an experiment. After reading this book hopefully you are encouraged to think like a scientist as well.
Lectura: Debajo de una piedra
onÚnete a nosotros mientras nos sumergimos en el misterioso mundo de lo que vive debajo de una roca. Desde cientos de hormigas hasta gusanos viscosos y desde arañas negras hasta saltamontes saltarines, puedes descubrir muchas cosas si sabes donde buscar.
Lectura: Scampers piensa como un científico
onTodos y todas pueden ser científic@s. Todo lo que se necesita es hacer observaciones, hacer algunas preguntas y crear un experimento. Es de esperar que después de leer este libro también te animes a pensar como un científico.
League completes new redwood curriculum
onSave the Redwoods League launches new redwoods education curriculum
New League Program Introduces Students to Magical Forests Among Them
onThe North Coast Redwood Education Program brings comprehensive redwood curriculum and field trip opportunities to students who live among California’s North Coast redwood forests.
Apply Now: Education Grants Available
onSave the Redwoods League is accepting applications for our Education Grants Program for the 2019-2020 school year. A single school field trip or outdoor family experience can have a lasting impact on youth at any age. That is why the League makes it a priority to connect youth to the redwoods, so they can experience and study these awe-inspiring forests.
Grab Your Binoculars: It’s World Migratory Bird Day!
onWorld Migratory Bird Day is when we celebrate our beautiful feathered friends for everything they contribute to our environment and for the long journeys they take across the globe every year.
New Oakland Exhibit Reveals History of Area’s Once-Ancient Forest
onDid you know the ancient coast redwoods that once stood in the San Francisco Bay Area’s East Bay were thought to have been some of the largest? Now you can learn about this history and see the footprint of a giant redwood that once stood in Roberts Regional Recreation Area. The League and East Bay Regional Park District recently unveiled a permanent exhibit.
Counting Banana Slugs
onThe League’s education program brings thousands of students to the redwoods every year. Students may look at redwoods differently, but one thing that unites them is their love for finding and counting banana slugs.
Apply Now! Redwood Education Grants
onEducation Grants Program gives $100,000 every year to various schools, non-profits, and parks throughout the redwood range to enhance redwood education programs and bring more people to our iconic forests.
Tree Ring Analysis of the Pioneer Cabin Tree
onCalifornia State Parks and Save the Redwoods League are collaborating to study the fallen Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park to learn about its long life and the environmental changes within the forest over time.
“Best of” List for 2017
onAs 2017 comes to a close, it’s that time again for the “best of” lists to come out. Best movies of the year, best music, etc. So here is my own “best of” list for the past year.
Redwood Education Grants Program
onOne of our grantees, the Humboldt County Office of Education, worked with students this year from Fortuna High School’s videography class to create “art” in the redwoods after learning about redwood ecology.
Watching Ferns in the Redwoods for Signs of Climate Change
onThe sword fern, one of the most common redwood forest plants, has become prominent in my life over the past few years. This is mostly due to the League’s Fern Watch project, which monitors the health of sword ferns throughout the redwood range. Even though these ferns are common, little is known about their ecology and how they respond to climatic change.