Redwood Stories
onWe regularly receive stories about the redwoods from League members and supporters. Recently we received one from a member who joined the League in 1947. The story made me wonder if humans are sowing the seeds of a much broader …
Burned out but not fading away
onIt’s fairly difficult for me to imagine living for 3,000 years. Yet giant sequoias live for millennia, standing tall in a single location as the years, decades, and centuries tick by. They are pounded by rain, snow, sweltering heat, lightening, …
Giant Sequoia Snags
onA giant sequoia can grow for more than 2,000 years and in that time easily earn its reputation for being one of the most massive trees on Earth. While the giant sequoia’s sheer size is certainly amazing enough, these giants …
25 Years of Controversy amid the Monarchs
onI just got back from a trip to see the cinnamon-colored giants of Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest in the southern Sierra. It was a real treat to explore a giant sequoia grove for the first time, especially when accompanied …
The Redwoods in Prehistory
onOne of the things I enjoy when I’m in England is playing “spot the redwood tree.” It’s really pretty easy. I once read that if you ascend any church steeple in England and scan the horizon, the tallest tree is …