Redwood National and State Parks

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Redwoods Rising celebrates 5 years of audacious optimism

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With a project as big and bold as Redwoods Rising—an endeavor that will take decades to complete—it’s all about celebrating big milestones along the way. So on a sunny Thursday afternoon in September, project partners Save the Redwoods League, California …

People ride in an electric all-terrain chair through Prairie Creek Redwoods.

Making tracks to the redwoods with David’s Chair

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There’s a new way for redwoods enthusiasts with mobility challenges to explore the stunning old-growth groves at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The park now offers an electric all-terrain Action Trackchair for use on designated trails, including more rugged trails …

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Recently released condors thrive in redwoods country

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Eight young California condors last July took the skies, following the Klamath River toward the ocean near Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California. The birds finally settled for the night near Blue Creek, the lowest of the Klamath …

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Dancing rangers, dunk tanks at Prairie Creek birthday bash

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A century may be no big deal to a 2,000-year-old redwood tree. But for us humans, a 100-year anniversary calls for one heck of a party. On August 26th, Save the Redwoods League staff joined more than a thousand fellow …

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Saving prey-go-neesh, the endangered California condor

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Research supported by Save the Redwoods League could help inform work in re-establishing a flock of endangered California condors near Redwood National Park. The Yurok Tribe and Redwood National Park are working together to re-establish the prey-go-neesh, the Yurok name …

A group of visitors walk along a paved footpath through a redwood forest.

10 amazing coast redwood parks for people with disabilities

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Part of the allure of coast redwood parks lies in their untamed nature. While some parks are remote, others are close to cities, but feel far removed from urban life and its amenities. You may think that the forests’ wild …

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Protecting a sensitive salamander

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Near the jade waters of the Smith River in Redwood National and State Parks is the habitat of a small amphibian species that may depend on redwood forests as its environment changes. The southern torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton variegatus) seeks clear, …

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‘An amazing life experience’: Volunteering at Grove of Titans

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One of John Muir’s famous quotes is “The mountains are calling, and I must go.”  For me, the redwoods are calling, and I must go. I am an active Titaneer volunteer working the Grove of Titans trail in Jedediah Smith …

Video Gallery

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Featured Shorts Old-Growth Forests of the Future Redwoods Rising is a bold idea — to set the great forests of Redwood National and State Parks on a better path following decades of logging. We’re proud to partner with California State …

Fog on Flint Ridge Redwood National Park. Photo by Jon Parmentier

Photo Gallery

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Click through the pictures below to expand images. Redwoods Rising Restoration Projects Redwoods Rising Press Media Logging Impacts Old Growth and Second Growth Forests Together, the Redwood Rising partners — and you — hold the key to the future of …

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Feeling your way through the ancient forest

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“As interpreters, our job is to help connect people with these special places,” says Robbins. “What better group of people to help make meaning of the places we steward than the folks who have been most connected to these landscapes for the last 10,000 years?”

Yurok Tribe members fishing with netting by a river.

Final approval secured for revitalizing major river through the redwoods

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The Klamath is the second largest river in California, flowing 257 miles through Oregon and Northern California and emptying into the Pacific Ocean. There, it bisects the Yurok Reservation and Redwood National and State Parks, a World Heritage site that …