Restoring waterways once buried by logging activities
Follow the daylighting work of the Redwoods Rising initiative—a collaboration between Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and the National Park Service—uncovering and restoring once-buried streams in California’s redwood forests.
The forest restoration experts that do the crucial work of daylighting act as forensic hydrologists by:
• Revealing vital streams buried by logging activity
• Removing decades of sediment to restore natural water flow
• Recontouring landscapes to mimic natural hillsides
• Restoring clean gravels essential for spawning salmon and steelhead trout
Why it matters
These efforts are critical for salmon and steelhead populations and the countless organisms that depend on healthy stream ecosystems—including redwood trees. And the results are already visible: Fish are returning to restored spawning grounds that have, well, seen the light.
