wildfire

Two firegfighters stand on a ridge with fire and smoke

Backburning: fighting fire with fire

by Linnea Hardlund on

Fire crews use backburning to protect important values such as homes, giant sequoia groves, and infrastructure like the Sequoia National Parks headquarters during the KNP Complex fire.

A giant sequoia grove

Windy Fire reaches Red Hill

by Dana Viloria on

As the Windy Fire burns in Red Hill, the League needs supporters to champion prescribed burning and fire resilience work.

Visitor Center building burned to the ground after the fire

One month last summer: wildfires in the redwoods

by Save the Redwoods League on

Even though so much has been written about the fires of 2020—particularly in this space —it is still hard to remember clearly what it was like to live in California during that time. Part of this is because so much has …

Threatened and endangered wildlife in the redwoods

by Garrison Frost on

As controversy erupted in recent months over the protected status of the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest, it was another reminder that California’s coast redwood and giant sequoia forests play host to many threatened and endangered wildlife species. …

Suzanne Moss in Alder Creek

Creating a fire-ready future for redwoods

by Save the Redwoods League on

Although the losses of last year’s fire season were unprecedented, they were also the latest in a series of high-fire years fueled by misguided forest management, climate change, and drought. And it is now clear that coast redwood and giant …

Second-growth coast redwoods regenerating after fire.

A time of regrowth and renewal

by Sam Hodder on

The theme for this edition of Redwoods is Renewal. We dive into the 30 by 30 movement to protect 30% of Earth by 2030. Forest and human well-being can progress in tandem.