Announcing our 2022 Redwood Connect grantees
onSave the Redwoods League announces Redwood Connect grantees
Giant Sequoia PORTS® Program
onExperience the giant sequoia groves at Calaveras Big Trees State Park and engage directly with League scientists and State Park professionals through the Giant Sequoia Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS®) K-12 Distance Learning Program. PORTS is a …
NEW Educational Materials Now Available
onWe are excited to unveil our new coast redwood and giant sequoia educational brochures, “Life in the Coast Redwoods” and “Our Giant Sequoia Forests.” Save the Redwoods League has been working hard on these educational resources and are eager to share them with you.
Seeing Nature’s Calendar in the Redwoods
onThrough our Redwood Phenology Project, we are collecting data on how our redwood forest plants are changing with climate.
Unstructured Nature Time for Oakland Students
onWhen children have unstructured play time in nature, they are better observers, they ask questions, and they become more comfortable with their surroundings. Despite its benefits, all too often, unstructured play time is limited for kids today, especially in the outdoors.
Bree Arthur, LandPaths: Getting to Know Nearby Nature
onSixth-graders trundle off buses and into a sun-speckled redwood forest. It’s terra incognita for most of them. But they are in good hands with educators from LandPaths, a Sonoma County organization supported by Save the Redwoods League education grants program …
How Best to Help Kids Learn About Nature?
onEnvironmental educators are always juggling what, how much and how long to teach students in nature. Do you let students explore and observe a forest on their own, or do you give them more structured activities? Do you introduce sophisticated …
BioBlitzing with students!
onOn March 28th, over 4,000 visitors and volunteer scientists arrived at Muir Woods National Monument ready to learn, discover, and explore this absolutely amazing redwood forest. Thousands more visited the Crissy Field Center for the Biodiversity Festival. Whether or not …
BioBlitz is Here!
onThe time we have been preparing for during the past few months, BioBlitz 2014, is finally here! For the next two days you will find us at Muir Woods National Monument and the Crissy Field Center as we explore, learn, …
Exploring a Redwood Forest with Kids
onA few weeks ago I traveled an hour south of San Francisco to the town of San Gregorio to observe a group of fifth graders from Oakland begin their adventure at an outdoor education center, Vida Verde. During this visit …
Time to Get Our Kids Back Into the Forest!
onFor many people, September symbolizes the start of school: time to pack away the camping gear and get out the pencils, paper and backpacks. Vacations in the redwoods come to a close and are replaced by the routine of shuttling …