Your first redwoods experience
onEveryone who has ever walked among the coast redwoods and giant sequoia remembers the first time they saw these incredible forests.
Tracking forest recovery at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onCameras will document forest recovery at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Video: Coast redwoods showing regrowth in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onPaul Ringgold from Save the Redwoods League shows an example of how coast redwoods are recovering from fire damage resulting from the 2020 CZU Complex Fire.
After the fire: Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onIt’s been about three months since fire swept through Big Basin Redwoods State Park, and we thought we’d check in on this remarkable coast redwood forest. As we’ve discussed, most of the redwoods will be OK. In the video, you can see the famed Mother of the Forest Tree, charred but still living and surviving. In all, fascinating to see a resilient forest evolve.
A new day for California’s redwood parks
onI’ll never forget my first time visiting a redwood forest. Even though I was born and raised in California, I didn’t see a redwood in real life until I was well into adulthood and I went to Muir Woods National …
Video: Everyone belongs in nature
onFeels like we could all use the peace and healing of the redwoods, so here’s a short video of our most spectacular landscapes. With a reminder that these are places where everyone belongs.
Video: Redwoods play a key role in the fight against climate change
onNewly published research confirms the exceptionally large role that redwood forests can play in California’s strategy to address climate change.
Video: Experience the Giant Sequoia
onBefore you go sprinting into another crazy day, take a moment to experience the giant sequoia. Follow along on with us on a relaxing tour of a giant sequoia forest, in this new addition to our Redwoods Recharge collection of calming videos.
How to make redwood cookies
onLearn how you can take advantage of the spring’s new redwood needles to flavor delicious shortbread cookies. C’mon, set aside your sourdough starter and give it a try.
Video: Sights and sounds of the coast redwoods
onRelax with this compilation of video we’ve captured of the redwoods.
A long look at the Stagg Tree
onTake a minute to inhale Alder Creek’s Stagg Tree, the fifth largest known tree in the world. Strength and resilience in the face of many challenges.
Video: A minute of calm in the redwoods
onMost of us can’t get to the redwoods right now, so we’re hoping this short video will help bring the redwoods to you.
Video: It’s Taking a Village to Raise This Forest
onGovernment Alone Won’t Save the Redwoods — It’s Taking a Village to Raise This Forest
Video: Skiing at Alder Creek
onNow that there’s snow on the ground in the Sierra, we thought it would be fun to share these clips of when we explored Alder Creek last winter on skis. This is a wild landscape, and skis are perhaps the most efficient way to see it in winter.
Video: Alder Creek in Winter
onWith snow in the Sierra, we thought this would be a great time to share this video of Alder Creek covered in white. The massive cinnamon trunks of these ancient sequoia stand out beautifully against the snow.
Video: Old Survivor
onThis film highlights “Old Survivor”, the only remaining old-growth redwood in the East Bay hills, and tells the story of Oakland’s resilient, ecologically amazing, and now protected redwood forest.