In 2009, Rue Mapp started Outdoor Afro. Initially, the website served as a frame for Mapp’s blogs on her personal connection to nature, but it quickly evolved into a national conversation platform for the African-American community. And as people connected online, they got together to hike, camp, bike, fish, and ski.
Senior Park Aide Sylvia Ramos will do an interpretive program titled “Burls” Nature Walk that meets at the Rockefeller Forest at 11 am. It’s about burls. When: April 14, 2018 at 11 a.m. Where: Humboldt Redwoods State Park Meeting Location: …
Join Senior Park Aide Ashley Disney and meet the many plants that live under the redwoods, including many that are still flowering. When: April 14, 2018 at 11 a.m. Where: Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Meeting Location: Grizzly Creek Visitor …
Use your vote and voice to speak up for California’s iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia forests. Save the Redwoods League needs you to join our campaigns and stand for the redwoods: Learn the latest on three crucial funding sources and one bill that would protect our national monuments. And celebrate a conservation success in Oregon!
Did you hear that Lonely Planet named the coast redwood range the number one travel destination in the U.S.? If you’re eager to go, now you can enter to win a trip for two!
Enjoy a good exercise while appreciating the sound of the forest, the water. Experience the smells, the colors while your body cruises through the trail as your mind finds meditation. Share your thoughts with your hiking companions. Or not. From …
We all need strength and balance to live a good life. We can find some great examples in nature. Let’s walk and find some of these meaningful connections between us and the surrounding trees. When: Saturday, May 12 at 9:30am …
Mindfulness in nature will be explored, especially in relationship to the sounds, and silences, on the trail. Meet in Stinson parking lot, near bathrooms. Dark green Camry, will have a sign indicating Mount Tam State Park/Friends of Mt Tam hike. …
We all need strength and balance to live a good life. We can find some great examples in nature. Let’s walk and find some of these meaningful connections between us and the surrounding trees. When: Saturday, March 10 at 9:30am …
Come join CA State Parks on a free guided hike to celebrate Free Second Saturdays at Redwood State Parks! Meet at the Castle Rock State Park parking lot at 11am. We’ll go by boulders, and down to a waterfall with …
Join a Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods docent for a free hike on Second Saturdays in Armstrong Redwoods State Park. Tour starts at 10 am. Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods will also have a roving docent in the …
Join docent Tammy Bloom on a forest discovery hike along the Candelabra Trail located in the less visited Gazos Canyon of Butano State Park. This 2 mile, 1.5 hour hike will take you through oak and redwood habitats and includes …
In celebration of Save the Redwoods League’s centennial in 2018, the League is organizing a reading contest to inspire young people to discover California’s redwood forests. Reading the Redwoods contest launches March 10, 2018 on ReadingtheRedwoods.org and will run for eight weeks.
Join Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park volunteer naturalists Jenni Morris and Jennifer Wagner for a creative look into upcycling to reduce your footprint and help the redwoods. Learn about recycling, composting, and more! Create your own redwood seedling planter. Please …
Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Save the Redwoods League, Sustaining Grandeur is an exhibition jointly organized by The Bancroft Library and the League. It explores the League’s first century of protecting from extinction true wonders of the world-California’s ancient coast redwood and giant sequoia forests.
March 10, 2018 9 am – 12 pm (noon): ~3 hours Patrick’s Point State Park Meet at: Patrick’s Point Visitor Center Description: California State Parks invites volunteers of all ages to an English ivy pulling party in the beautiful Sitka …
Join Park Interpretive Specialist Nancy Jo Martin for a walking tour of Patrick’s Point State Park highlighting the great variety of recreational, educational, and inspirational opportunities available to visitors, including Sumeg Village, amazing vistas, and camping and day use facilities. …
OAKLAND TRAILS is proud to announce the launch of its second documentary film, Old Survivor: Celebrating the East Bay Redwoods. “We are thrilled to follow up the success of our first film, Trailhead, with a celebration of Oakland’s amazing redwoods,” …
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re thinking about the iconic redwood forest duos—those essential relationships between the trees, the environment, and the creatures who make the redwood forests their home. Can you guess any of these amazing duos?
The Park Rangers Association of California’s 2018 California Parks Training and Conference will be at the Tenaya Lodge, just outside the south entrance to Yosemite National Park. The conference will be held March 4 through March 8. March 4th is …
