10 things I wish all kids knew about trees
onIf all kids could carry these 10 truths about trees in their hearts, the world just might be a greener, kinder, and wiser place.
Teaming up with East Bay Regional Parks a “no-brainer”
onAt Learning Without Limits Elementary School in Oakland, California, fourth grade means fun field trips. The students have heard stories from older kids about hiking in a redwood forest and wading out into the San Francisco Bay. Now it’s finally …
League announces 2025 Redwood Connect grantees
onWhen someone has a memorable interaction with the natural world, it can shift their perspective, reveal new possibilities, sometimes even shape an entire life. Especially when that someone is a young person. That’s why the League is thrilled to announce …
Free outdoor ed for Humboldt County schools
onLeague program brings 1,200 students to local redwood forests each year
Could your organization use $6k for field trips?
onFall always signals fun changes. The school year beginning, the foliage shifting to shades of gold and red, the window opening to apply for Redwood Connect Grants. Now is the time to think about how a $6,000 grant might support …
League announces 2024 Redwood Connect grantees
onEach year, Save the Redwoods League funds trips to the redwood forest for an incredible lineup of community and education organizations. Looking at our list of 2024 grantees, we can already envision how their outdoor programs could shape the lives …
Window opens for $6,000 Redwood Connect Grants
onIt’s one of our favorite times of the year at Save the Redwoods League: When proposals start arriving for Redwood Connect Grants. We’re always inspired by the diversity of projects and the inventive ideas for providing young people with meaningful …
League brings 72,000 youths to the magical redwoods
onFor many people, visits to the young forest of Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland are lovely escapes close to the city. For Alejandro, trips to this place were profound. Alejandro recently visited Reinhardt with Youth Spirit Artwork (YSA), a …
Announcing our 2023 Redwood Connect grantees
onMeet our latest Redwood Connect grantees
Redwood Connect grantees providing meaningful redwood experiences
onRedwood Connect Grants provide meaningful experiences in nature.
Video: Oakland students explore fascinating link between redwoods and the bay
onExplore Your Watershed gives Oakland students a chance to explore nature.
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 …
Updating our grantmaking process to reflect our values
onChanges will make League’s grants more community-driven and equitable
Big Basin’s Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center set to reopen Memorial Day weekend
onBig basin’s nature and history center to reopen on Memorial Day weekend
League completes new redwood curriculum
onSave the Redwoods League launches new redwoods education curriculum
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.”
Apply Now: Education Grants Available
onSave the Redwoods League is accepting applications for our Education Grants Program for the 2019-2020 school year. A single school field trip or outdoor family experience can have a lasting impact on youth at any age. That is why the League makes it a priority to connect youth to the redwoods, so they can experience and study these awe-inspiring forests.
Grab Your Binoculars: It’s World Migratory Bird Day!
onWorld Migratory Bird Day is when we celebrate our beautiful feathered friends for everything they contribute to our environment and for the long journeys they take across the globe every year.
Bring a Giant Sequoia into Your Classroom
onEveryone at Save the Redwoods League is so excited about the new giant sequoia curriculum for K-12 classrooms offered by the California State Parks PORTS® program, which stands for Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students. This distance learning program features the giant sequoia of Calaveras Big Trees State Park in its new unit and uses an innovative system incorporating interactive media and virtual reality platforms to teach about the ecosystems, wildlife, and history of California State Parks.
Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks Bring the Giant Sequoia Forests of California into Classrooms Worldwide
onSave the Redwoods League and California State Parks have launched a new digital field trip that explores the challenges, including wildfires, facing our giant sequoia forests. Giant sequoia, the largest living trees on Earth, are found only in California’s Sierra Nevada. Their massive size, singular beauty, and rarity have made them living icons of the natural world and subjects of global fascination. The new giant sequoia program will air live through the Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students program (PORTS).