Carry an old-growth redwood in your back pocket
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This is a place for personal insights into our work by Save the Redwoods League leaders. You can explore posts by category: It Takes a Forest SM focuses on League project and program updates; Off the Beaten Path gets you into the redwood forest; Redwoods Futures illuminates the issues affecting our redwood forests; and The Eighth Wonders explores the art, education, and science of the redwood forests. Please join the conversation by posting your stories and comments.
Field Notes From a Sequoia Forest Fellow
onThe League’s giant sequoia forest fellow shares her story about how she came to work in giant sequoia conservation, and what needs to be done to protect the forest and restore its fire resilience.
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Take Me to the Trees a terrific success
onMore than a thousand redwoods champions joined our annual celebration, raising more than $676,000 for the League’s parks programs.
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A new day for California’s redwood parks
onI’ll never forget my first time visiting a redwood forest. Even though I was born and raised in California, I didn’t see a redwood in real life until I was well into adulthood and I went to Muir Woods National … Continued
Redwood National Park features prime social distance camping
onAs urban Californians weary of Covid resort to overnighting in nature to break up the monotony of social distancing, one little known spot stands out for its remoteness and beauty.
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Another creature of the redwoods gets protection under Endangered Species Act
onHumboldt marten listed as threatened under endangered species act
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Lectura: El árbol generoso, de Shel Silverstein
onDurante generaciones, niños y niñas de todas las edades han disfrutado del libro de Shel Silverstein, “El árbol generoso”. Esta lectura fue elegida por ser una tierna y conmovedora historia que nos enseña muchas lecciones sobre nuestra conexión con los árboles.
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Book reading: The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
onFor generations, kids of all ages have enjoyed Shel Silverstein’s book, “The Giving Tree.” Deborah chose this book specifically because it’s both fun and teaches a lot of great lessons about our relationship with the trees around us.
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Post-Fire Alder Creek Update
onFollowing the SQF Complex Fire, the fire impacts on the giant sequoia of the Alder Creek property appear to be beneficial.
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Reckoning with the League Founders’ Eugenics Past
onSave the Redwoods League has long disavowed our founders’ connections to eugenics. We now publicly acknowledge that piece of our history.
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Resilience of giant sequoia put to the test in the Sierra
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Donors rally to jumpstart recovery of beloved Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onNews that wildfire had destroyed most of the buildings and facilities at Big Basin Redwoods State Park created an outpouring of generosity over the past two weeks from donors looking to speed up the iconic park’s comeback.
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Fire at Big Basin Redwoods State Park derails nature museum project
onFire destroyed the Big Basin Redwoods State Park Nature Museum. Work on the project was well underway in the original building when the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire came through the headquarters on Aug. 18, destroying everything.
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We Thank Our Global Community for Our 2019-20 Successes
onOur 2019-20 Annual Report offers a look back at the year’s accomplishments that you made possible.
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Sequoia Complex Fire nearing giant sequoia grove
onFire nearing giant sequoia: We’re continuing to closely monitor the Sequoia Complex Fire in the Sequoia National Forest. As of right now, it appears the fire has started to move west, and is now about a mile away from the Freeman Creek giant sequoia grove.
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League welcomes new Director of California State Parks
onArmando Quintero has been named to head California State Parks. Director Quintero has had a long and outstanding career in parks and conservation, including his work to engage, train and inspire the next generation of park leaders. We look forward to working with him!
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Out of destruction, hope
onSince the League joined with Sempervirens Fund last week to create the Big Basin Recovery Fund, so many generous people have stepped forward to help. Pachama offered a $5,000 match to the Big Basin Recovery Fund to inspire others to take an active role in rebuilding this wondrous park and the forest around it. Together, we’ve raised more than $100,000 to fund the park’s immediate needs, as well as help lay the groundwork for its reconstruction.
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Keeping an eye on fire burning near Sierra giant sequoia
onWith attention on the coast redwoods, we’re also keeping our eye on fire near giant sequoia. Unlike their coast redwood cousins, giant sequoia lack the ability to sprout after fire, so a severe wildfire can outright kill these ancient trees.
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Interactive map allows you to track fire proximity to redwood forests
onOf more than a million acres burned, wildfires have burned approximately 72,000 acres of coast redwood forest during the August Lightning Siege of 2020. Roughly 9,000 acres of this has been in old-growth redwoods.
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Cautious optimism for coast redwoods amid fires
onCoast redwoods are naturally adapted to resist fire damage. It’s going to be a while before it’s safe for us to visit these forests and assess the fire effects, and it will be longer still before we fully understand the short- and long-term impacts on the trees. In the meantime, we will maintain that cautious optimism, knowing that the ancient giants have survived for centuries and lived through many wildfires.
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