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Redwood Grove Summer Concerts 2018

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June 7 through August 30, Every Thursday and Special Tuesdays, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley is proudly partnering with Save the Redwoods League for this year’s Redwood Grove Summer Concerts. Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley Hills. Ticket includes admission to the Garden before closing at 5 pm. Picnics are welcome.

Understanding Redwood Giants: Using Science to Protect the Tallest Forests

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Join Emily Burns, Director of Science for the Save the Redwoods League, for a morning in our Redwood Grove for this fascinating talk. Free with Garden Admission ($12 adult/$10 seniors). Free for UCBG Members/UC Students, Staff, Faculty http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/directions Learn more …

The exhibit, Sustaining Grandeur: The First 100 Years of Save the Redwoods League, features letters from presidents of the United States and First Ladies, historical photos of coast redwoods and giant sequoia, artifacts and films from the past century, and much more.

New Exhibit Showcases 100 Years of League, Redwoods History

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At the university’s Bancroft Library, the exhibit, Sustaining Grandeur: The First 100 Years of Save the Redwoods League, features letters from presidents of the United States and First Ladies, historical photos of coast redwoods and giant sequoia, artifacts and films from the past century, and much more.

Camping at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Photo: H.C. Tibbits, 1920s. Save the Redwoods League photograph collection. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley, to present Sustaining Grandeur: The First 100 Years of Save the Redwoods League

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Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Save the Redwoods League, Sustaining Grandeur is an exhibition jointly organized by The Bancroft Library and the League. It explores the League’s first century of protecting from extinction true wonders of the world-California’s ancient coast redwood and giant sequoia forests.

Berkeley High students learning about redwood ecology.

Student Perspectives: From Student to Teacher at Redwood Regional Park

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One of my favorite places on Earth is Muir Woods, so when it was announced that we would be going to Redwood Regional Park as part of a field trip for my UC Berkeley/Save the Redwoods League joint internship, I was insanely excited.

With my conservation hero, Professor E.O. Wilson.

E.O. Wilson Champions Biodiversity Protection

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This week, I had the rare opportunity to meet Professor E.O. Wilson and hear him rally National Park leaders, academic scientists, and conservationists at U.C. Berkeley’s Park Summit to unwaveringly protect Earth’s biodiversity. His powerful charge for us is to set aside …