Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced a necessary emergency action to initiate fuels reduction treatments in the next 18 to 20 months to protect giant sequoia groves from immediate wildfire threats.
Thousands of park visitors passed through the Pioneer’s Cabin Tree on foot and horseback and by carriage and motorcar. But the famous sequoia toppled five years ago, after a period of heavy rain and high winds. A new exhibit commemorates 1,233-year-old fallen “tunnel tree” in Calaveras Big Trees State Park — it opens on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Donors help us raise funds for Atkins Place.
Summer in the Redwoods event caps of California State Parks Week
Giant sequoia groves mired in exceptional drought
New legislation would provide much-needed help for giant sequoias.
The bipartisan Save Our Sequoias Act authorizes emergency measures and funding that will enable federal agencies, tribal organizations and nonprofits to do the work on the ground to protect these irreplaceable natural treasures from the unprecedented wildfires that have become a regular occurrence in the Sierra Nevada.
Blom to oversee care and restoration of coast redwood and giant sequoia forests to improve their health and promote wildfire, climate resilience
A pioneering organizer inspires her descendants to protect redwood forests. More than 100 years ago, Eureka’s Laura Perrott Mahan helped galvanize the movement to protect old-growth redwoods in danger of being clear-cut. In recent months, dozens of Mahan descendants and friends continued her legacy by supporting Save the Redwoods’ work to protect coast redwoods — raising funds to help the League purchase Atkins Place in Mendocino County.
Parks across the state will offer special community events with in-person and virtual programming from June 14-18, 2022.
Nearly all of giant sequoia range in highest drought category.
Traveling on foot, wheels, and hooves are some ways to see the world’s tallest trees, but there’s nothing like paddling past magnificent coast redwood forests on beautiful rivers. These are the realms of playful river otters, magnificent ospreys, and at …
Realigned Mill Creek Trail and new boardwalk through the famed grove now open for visitors to Redwood National and State Parks
In 25 years of granting, scientific findings inform stewardship and land management efforts in both forest ranges
Volunteers plant giant sequoia seedlings in Sequoia Crest hit heavily by Castle Fire.
The Atkins Place property is a critical habitat corridor, connecting Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve and Bureau of Land Management protected lands.
Save the Redwoods League today announced that its Forever Forest Campaign raised more than $139 million, surpassing its five-year goal of $120 million. More than 50,000 individuals and organizations from around the world contributed to the campaign toward conservation across the coast redwood and giant sequoia ranges.
A day trip to Portola Redwoods State Park highlights just a few of the fun things you can do in the redwoods.
Parks across the state will offer special community events with in-person and virtual programming from June 14-18, 2022.
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County and conservation partners plan opening of initial 8.5 miles of multi-use public access trails on San Vicente Redwoods in fall 2022
All gifts matched up to $100,000 for ‘O Rew Redwoods Gateway!
