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.
From the latest project updates to first-person forest explorations, these stories celebrate conservation and community across the redwood range.
New grant opportunities promote park engagement and budding scientists
onDeadlines for League grant opportunities approaching
First look at League’s Red Hill property confirms giant sequoia loss
onFirst visit to Red Hill following Windy Fire confirms loss of giant sequoia
Honor your elders, both human and tree
onFrancis Mendoza offers a perspective on coast redwood and giant sequoia trees as elders who deserve respect.
Take Me to the Trees hits it out of the park – for parks!
onTake Me to the Trees
Restoration work shows promise in Redwood National and State Parks
onIn a new study, supported by a Save the Redwoods League research grant, researchers from Humboldt State University and the National Park Service sought to find out how restoration efforts affected the young forest’s recovery.
Video: Hope at Big Basin arrives on the wings of a bird
onEndangered marbled murrelet chick takes flight at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Backburning: fighting fire with fire
onFire 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.
Fern mats create entire ecosystems high in the redwood canopy
onFern mats create whole ecosystems high in the redwood canopy.
‘Yes, we are losing more giant sequoia to wildfire this year’
onWildfires continue to threaten giant sequoia
Infographic: Protecting giant sequoias from severe wildfire
onInfographic shows why we’re losing giant sequoia to fire and how to prevent it
Windy Fire reaches Red Hill
onAs the Windy Fire burns in Red Hill, the League needs supporters to champion prescribed burning and fire resilience work.
Wildfire returns to the giant sequoia range
onKNP Complex Fire threatens famous giant sequoia
Online map enables you to track progress of California wildfire
onOnline map enables you to track the progress of California wildfire, which shows the proximity of the fires to the giant sequoia groves.
3 of the best San Francisco Bay Area redwoods campgrounds
onHere are three of the best campgrounds in the redwoods near the San Francisco Bay Area, along with recommended hikes, nearby destinations, and packing tips.
‘Discovery’ of dawn redwoods sparked controversy at the time
on“Discovery” of dawn redwoods sparked controversy among scientists
An innovative solution to a tricky fire in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
onCalifornia State Parks staff used an innovative solution to a fire in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
A future full of coast redwood stewards begins with a single apprentice
onRedwoods Rising apprentices get valuable work experience among the tall trees.
One month last summer: wildfires in the redwoods
onEven 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 …
Deb Haaland tours Redwoods Rising, praises partnership
onSecretary of the Interior Deb Halland toured Redwoods Rising.