Nearly all of giant sequoia range in highest drought category
onNearly all of giant sequoia range in highest drought category.
12 ways to make the most of summer in the redwoods
onSummer is nearly here, with its long, golden days beckoning us outdoors for warm-weather adventures. Don’t let fall sneak up on you without making the most of this sunshiny season! Here are 12 ways to make the most of summertime in the redwoods.
Six picturesque places to paddle in the redwoods
onTraveling 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 …
Time to spy a rare bird in the sky
onNext time you visit Redwood National and State Parks, you may see magnificent creatures that have been absent from this area for more than a century: California condors. The Yurok Tribe and Redwood National Park released the first two young …
Volunteers plant seedlings in giant sequoia grove hit hard in Castle Fire
onVolunteers plant giant sequoia seedlings in Sequoia Crest hit heavily by Castle Fire.
In honor of Nina Roberts
onSave the Redwoods League honors the life of a towering force in conservation and parks.
A guide to nature journaling
onTo be a naturalist or an artist—or of course both, like Clay Anderson—requires paying attention; to the world around you and how you respond to it. Nature journaling is one of the ways you can do that.
Atkins Place and its million-dollar view
onSave the Redwoods League began negotiations in 2020 to acquire a property called Atkins Place, which shares a 0.75-mile border with Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County. Since then, I’ve made the journey from Ukiah (the largest city …
Giant sequoias’ declining wildfire resilience
onFor millennia, one of the defining characteristics of giant sequoias has been their innate resilience to wildfire. But in the last several years, severe fires in the Sierra Nevada have revealed an unprecedented vulnerability in the groves. League staffers’ publication in a scientific journal is the first to document this new phenomenon.
Thank you to our Forever Forest supporters for changing the redwoods’ fate
onThe ambitious Forever Forest campaign — now concluded — will fund key initiatives to lay the foundation for a new era of redwoods conservation. Even in the face of an unexpected global pandemic, unprecedented wildfires and climate change impacts, and some of the most divisive social and political times in America’s history, we as a community drew strength, inspiration, and resilience from the redwoods we all love.
Video: Your redwoods playground
onA day trip to Portola Redwoods State Park highlights just a few of the fun things you can do in the redwoods.
Pollinators of the redwood understory
onBees and pollinators in the redwood forest
Redwood Rides take off
onA new Save the Redwoods League program is coordinating free bus rides to redwood parks for organizations serving Black, Indigenous, and people of color as well as low-income communities. Redwood Rides removes the largest barrier preventing underrepresented communities from visiting …
California State Parks Week will celebrate a vital legacy
onCalifornia State Parks Week is June 14-18
Last chance to support the Forever Forest Campaign!
onThere are only a few more weeks to have your gifts and irrevocable pledges matched dollar for dollar (up to $250,000) by Dr. White’s estate through this challenge.
Help us secure the protection of the Lost Coast Redwoods
onHelp us secure protection of the Lost Coast Redwoods
A hike with Disabled Hikers was an eye-opening experience
onWhen you hiked, did you notice the number of benches along the way? If you’re not a person who uses mobility aids, chances are your answer is no because you don’t have to think about these characteristics. For those of …
Save the Redwoods League joins Jackson Demonstration State Forest Advisory Group
onLeague joins Jackson Demonstration State Forest Advisory Group
Lucille Vinyard, a redwoods hero
onPhotographer Dave Van de Mark remembers his friend Lucille, a heroic environmental activist who helped lead the effort to establish and expand Redwood National Park.
Tribal artist brings craft to redwood state parks
onYurok Tribal artist creates stools for redwood parks
