Russian River Redwoods
onThis is Russian River Redwoods, a nearly 400-acre property crucial to wildlife habitat, climate resilience, and scenic beauty along one of Northern California’s most beloved river corridors.
Help rewrite the story of Russian River Redwoods
onA protected redwood forest would support biodiversity, scenic beauty, and climate resilience Curving dreamily through Sonoma County, the Russian River is famous for its dramatic landscape of soaring coast redwoods. Visitors come from around the world to view the old-growth …
Red Hill
onThis forest was one of the world’s last unprotected giant sequoia properties. Red Hill is a spectacular property on the South Fork of the Tule River that supports more than 100 ancient giant sequoia and a mixed coniferous forest teeming with wildlife.
Atkins Place
onProtected: A remote redwood forest to buffer the ancient grove of Montgomery Woods. High on an overlook deep in Mendocino County, Atkins Place sits in a strategic location adjacent to the magical Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve. The League acquired this land in August 2022, safeguarding it from future potential subdivision and development.
Forever Forest: The Campaign for the Redwoods Raises $139 Million in Private Support to Protect California’s Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia Forests
onSave the Redwoods League today announced that its Forever Forest Campaign raised more than $139 million, surpassing its five-year goal of $120 million. More than 50,000 individuals and organizations from around the world contributed to the campaign toward conservation across the coast redwood and giant sequoia ranges.
Lost Coast Redwoods
onEncompassing 5 miles of rugged, undeveloped California coast in northern Mendocino County, the 3,181-acre (about 5 square miles) Lost Coast Redwoods property is a landscape of great cultural and ecological significance.
Save the Redwoods League Acquires Cascade Creek Redwoods in Santa Cruz Mountains, Connecting Big Basin Redwoods and Año Nuevo State Parks
onSave the Redwoods League today announced the completion of the purchase of Cascade Creek, a 564-acre property between Big Basin Redwoods and Año Nuevo State Parks. The $9.6 million project — including both land acquisition, closing and initial stewardship costs — marks a keystone connection for protected habitat from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It also advances the League’s goal of protecting the last of the old-growth redwood forest as identified in their 2018 Centennial Vision for Redwoods Conservation.
Reimagining the Future of a Historic Family Forest
onFor Andersonia West in northern Mendocino County, the human story, of course, starts with the Sinkyone people. They have lived in this area for countless generations, and their descendants continue to protect, care for, and maintain their cultural connections with surrounding traditional lands and waters. The League humbly acknowledges our very short history in this place. Yet, we are so thrilled that we have been able to protect this coast redwood forest and its biodiversity forever. The idea to permanently protect the western tract of Andersonia started in 1980.
Save the Redwoods League Protects Andersonia West in Mendocino Redwoods, Along the Lost Coast
onSave the Redwoods League announced the purchase of Andersonia West, a 523-acre property in the remote northern California area known as “the Lost Coast.” The newly acquired property protects 200 acres of old-growth coast redwoods and imperiled species habitat.
Save the Redwoods League Launches Public Phase of $120 Million Forever Forest Campaign with $80 Million Raised
onCampaign will protect Cascade Creek property in Santa Cruz County, create new redwoods park and support restoration of 70,000+ acres
Save the Redwoods League Protects Alder Creek, the “Crown Jewel” of Remaining Giant Sequoia Properties
onPeople the world over united to help Save the Redwoods League protect Alder Creek, the largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia property in the world. The purchase of Alder Creek, which was finalized on December 31, 2019
Another strategic move in the heart of California’s redwood country
onFar up the California coast, just south of Crescent City and the Oregon border is a spectacular ridge that overlooks the shimmering waters of Humboldt Lagoons State Park to the west. To the east are the vast old-growth redwoods of …
Strategic acquisitions protect key natural corridor next to Redwood National Park
onSave the Redwoods League is supporting two important local funding measures on the November 2018 ballot for local and regional parks.
Save the Redwoods League Protects Natural Corridor Between Redwood National Park and Humboldt Lagoons State Park
onThe
newly acquired Mistier and Nesset properties, together with two adjacent and
previously acquired properties, total 90 acres. The League plans to transfer all
four properties to Redwood National Park in 2020.
Save the Redwoods League to Protect “Crown Jewel” of the Remaining Giant Sequoia Forests
onSave the Redwoods League today announced its opportunity to purchase Alder Creek, the largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia property in the world. The 530-acre Alder Creek property contains hundreds of ancient giant sequoia, 483 of which have a diameter of six feet or larger, including the Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest tree known in the world. Alder Creek is 200 miles from Los Angeles and is surrounded by Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Red Hill Purchase: A Giant Conservation Win
onThe purchase of Red Hill is a watershed event in giant sequoia conservation, and a particularly gratifying achievement for the League and our donors, given that 2018 is our Centennial year.
Save the Redwoods League Acquires One of the Last and Largest Remaining Unprotected Giant Sequoia Groves in the World
onSave the Redwoods League, celebrating its centennial year as the only nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and stewarding giant sequoia and coast redwood forests in California, successfully raised $4 million to acquire Red Hill, one of the two largest unprotected giant sequoia properties in the world.
Hidden Gem to Become Future Redwood Park
onNestled in the wooded hills just a few miles inland from the Sonoma coast lies an oasis of towering old-growth coast redwoods. It is a humbling, inspiring, and spectacularly beautiful place. This pristine 730-acre forest, as large as San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island, is the Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve.
The Countdown is On to Save Red Hill
onThe League has negotiated a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase and protect the pristine 160-acre Red Hill property – one of the last ancient giant sequoia forests still in private ownership. However, we must complete this deal by June 25!
The Grove of Old Trees is Growing
onThe Grove of Old Trees is a 33-acre “island” of ancient redwoods surrounded by vineyards and homes in Sonoma County. And, with the help of Save the Redwoods League and LandPaths, this protected island just got 50 percent larger.
