Video: 37 questions with Emily Harwitz and a special guest
onWatch this fun video to get to know our podcast host and a special guest we all know and love.
In honor of Nina Roberts
onSave the Redwoods League honors the life of a towering force in conservation and parks.
10 times van life in the redwoods looked like a dream
onThese 10 awesome Instagram photos will get you dreaming about life on the road (and in the forest).
War stories from the 1960s redwoods conservation movement
onPhotographer and activist Dave Van de Mark helped to establish Redwood National Park by documenting the story of the forest. 50 years later, he is photographing the same places he helped to protect, in a stunning reflection on 50 years of transformation in the forest.
New grant opportunities promote park engagement and budding scientists
onDeadlines for League grant opportunities approaching
Honor your elders, both human and tree
onFrancis Mendoza offers a perspective on coast redwood and giant sequoia trees as elders who deserve respect.
Breezing through the SoCal redwoods with Outdoor Asian
onOutdoor Asian hosted Asian and Pacific Islander community members and allies on a walk through a redwood grove in Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, California.
Bill proposes policy to declare nature access as a human right
onAB 30 is a bill that would declare that access to nature and its benefits are human rights.
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?
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.
Speak Up for Redwoods
onThe League’s century of shaping public policy has protected California’s iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia forests for everyone to experience. At the start of our second century, Save the Redwoods League is counting on your voice to continue this work as public policies face change. Learn about two funding sources that need your vote and voice, and get an update on threats to our national monuments.
Steve Prokop: Guardian of a Park that Belongs to the World
onBefore his appointment in 2013 as Superintendent of Redwood National Park, Steve Prokop supervised Kalaupapa National Historical Park in Hawaii. Most people would consider the two parks greatly dissimilar. Kalaupapa, located on the island of Molokai, is tropical. Its essential …
Mia Monroe: League, Partner Introduce Wonder of Redwoods to Masses
onLong before Mia Monroe began working as a ranger at Muir Woods National Monument 30 years ago, her family tree intertwined with the Save the Redwoods League. In 1945, the League hosted an international group of delegates tasked with creating …
Parks Forward: Increasing Partnership, Investment for California’s State Parks
onThe Parks Forward Report officially adopted this morning is a great step toward a strong future for the California state park system. Having partnered with State Parks for much of our 97-year history, Save the Redwoods League is deeply invested …
John Muir, the Legend
onIf you have spent any time in the amazing natural areas of California, you won’t go very far without experiencing the presence of John Muir — a man who did more for the conservation of our beautiful wild places during …
Through the Woods with a Ranger and a Poet
onAs inspiring as the redwood forest can be, it is even better when shared. We know the inspirational surge that our favorite redwood places engender; it’s why we keep going back. And it is why we bring our friends there …
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and the League
onI’ll be speaking at the Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Symposium at Stanford University today, on a panel about parks along with California State Parks Director Major General Anthony Jackson and Jack London State Historic Park Executive Director Tjiska Van Wyk. …
A Prescription for Parks
on“It is a scientific fact that the occasional contemplation of natural scenes of an impressive character, particularly if this contemplation occurs in connection with relief from ordinary cares, change of air and change of habits, is favorable to the health …
