Rethinking monuments to the League’s founders
onIt is now well past time to rethink those memorials to League and to tell the whole story.
Memorial Day weekend in the redwoods
onfive memorial day redwood trip ideas
Reimagining Big Basin Redwoods
onPost-fire update and images from Big Basin Redwoods State Park, eight months after the CZU Lightning Complex fire
Celebrate Humboldt Redwoods State Park’s Centennial
onHumboldt Redwoods State Park celebrates centennial
More than $2 million raised for Redwood Parks Fund
onredwood parks fund
To protect and restore the redwoods, first we must connect
onDoes encouraging public access to redwood ecosystems conflict with the goals of land protection and forest restoration?
Carry an old-growth redwood in your back pocket
onNew app lets you go high into the redwoods
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.
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.
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!
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.
Bringing redwoods to the people
onThe pandemic presented both a daunting challenge and the opportunity to take a flying leap toward an idea that had long been in the making. Since early March, the North Coast Redwoods District’s interpretation team has been delivering five to 10 PORTS programs each week, as well as daily Facebook live programs to the general public. During this period, more than 5,000 students have received coast redwood-related PORTS programs, and their Facebook Live presentations have been viewed over 250,000 times. As to how his team came to the decision to hold daily events in the middle of a national crisis, Robbins deadpanned: “We just decided to do it.”
Redwoods Rising Restoration of More Than 70,000 Acres Begins Across Northern California Redwood Forests, Providing Regional Jobs
onSave the Redwoods League, the National Park Service and California State Parks today announced the next steps in on-the-ground restoration work by Redwoods Rising, a large-scale forest restoration partnership underway in Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP). Beginning next week, Redwoods Rising crews will work in two watersheds within the park boundaries—representing a significant milestone for this long-term forest health initiative and bringing forestry jobs to this northern California region.
How California State Parks is bringing redwoods into people’s homes
onWe interview the interpreters who are keeping people connected to the outdoors during the COVID-19 crisis. The League’s Dana Poblete jumped on a Zoom video call with two of these interpreters – Ryan Spencer at Humboldt Redwoods State Park and Angie Edmunds at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park – to learn more about this terrific program.
Teachers can bring the world’s largest trees into classrooms
onStudents from around the world can have the opportunity to learn about these incredible trees through the distance learning program at Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
A Successful Prescribed Burn at Beaver Creek
onSave the Redwoods League has successfully completed our first forestland prescribed burn at our Beaver Creek property! In collaboration with CAL FIRE, California State Parks, and our contractor Firestorm, a 20-acre unit of the 320-acre property was treated with fire last Friday under the guidance and supervision of our burn boss Ben Jacobs.
It’s Go Time for Redwoods Rising
onIn the far reaches of the North Coast of California, young redwoods await their moment to become ancient giants. Save the Redwoods League has been dedicated to protecting land in what is now Redwood National and State Parks since the early 1920s. We’ve protected and transferred to the parks more than 140 properties, encompassing more than 55,000 acres.
Students from Humboldt State to Help Restore Redwood National and State Parks
onEighteen students from Humboldt State University (HSU) are participating in a collaborative restoration project known as Redwoods Rising, gaining valuable knowledge and work experience studying the historically logged coast redwood forests in Redwood National and State Parks this summer.
Redwoods Rising Student Apprentices Help Restore Redwood National and State Parks
onEighteen students from Humboldt State University (HSU) are participating in a collaborative restoration project known as Redwoods Rising, gaining valuable knowledge and work experience studying the historically logged coast redwood forests in Redwood National and State Parks this summer.
Governor Jerry Brown Declares October California Redwoods Month
onCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has issued a proclamation declaring October 2018 “California Redwoods Month.” The announcement honors California’s state trees, the iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia, during the centennial year of Save the Redwoods League.