Forget Black Friday – get outside
onAvoid the malls this Black Friday, and hit the trails.
Final approval secured for revitalizing major river through the redwoods
onThe 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 …
Video: Redwoods Rising is helping a damaged forest return to greatness
onRedwoods Rising is a bold idea.
Before and after: remote areas of Redwood Creek, 50+ years after its conservation
onActivist and photographer Dave Van de Mark returned to remote areas of Redwood Creek to photograph changes its changes more than 50 years after its conservation.
Redwoods Rising continues groundbreaking work in northern forests
onRedwoods Rising making progress on forest restoration
More progress in Redwood National and State Parks Trails Gateway
onFurther progress on Redwood National and State Parks Trails Gateway & Prairie Creek Restoration
Bigfoot in the redwoods
onThere have been a number of bigfoot sightings in the redwoods.
Six picturesque places to paddle in the redwoods
onTraveling on foot, wheels, and hooves are some ways to see the world’s tallest trees, but there’s nothing like paddling past magnificent coast redwood forests on beautiful rivers. These are the realms of playful river otters, magnificent ospreys, and at …
Time to spy a rare bird in the sky
onNext time you visit Redwood National and State Parks, you may see California condors taking flight among the redwoods. California condors, magnificent creatures that have been absent from this area for more than a century, were nearly extinct by the 1980s. Thanks to a monumental conservation effort and successful captive breeding program, there are now wild condor populations in Central and Southern California, Arizona, and Baja Mexico. Now, condors may even be returning to Northern California skies.
Lucille Vinyard, a redwoods hero
onPhotographer Dave Van de Mark remembers his friend Lucille, a heroic environmental activist who helped lead the effort to establish and expand Redwood National Park.
Video: Inside look at Redwoods Rising stream restoration
onRestoring streams in Redwood National and State Parks through Redwoods Rising.
3 gorgeous waterfall hikes in the redwoods
onHow to fine three lovely waterfall hikes in California redwood forests.
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.
Goodbye asphalt, hello nature
onBy breaking ground, partners are writing a new chapter for a former Orick redwood mill site at the confluence of Prairie Creek and Redwood Creek. For decades the mill site has remained as a scar on the landscape, a reminder of that misguided past. Now that’s changing. The League has begun restoring the site and constructing a southern visitor gateway to Redwood National and State Parks.
Honor your elders, both human and tree
onFrancis Mendoza offers a perspective on coast redwood and giant sequoia trees as elders who deserve respect.
Deb Haaland tours Redwoods Rising, praises partnership
onSecretary of the Interior Deb Halland toured Redwoods Rising.
20 epic images of redwoods and giant sequoia
onGet inspired with these 20 spectacular Instagram photos of coast redwood and giant sequoia forests
Wildfire policy is forest policy is climate policy
onredwoods are an important part of climate change policy
Carry an old-growth redwood in your back pocket
onNew app lets you go high into the redwoods
Redwood National Park features prime social distance camping
onAs urban Californians weary of Covid resort to overnighting in nature to break up the monotony of social distancing, one little known spot stands out for its remoteness and beauty.