{"id":154651,"date":"2026-03-11T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/?p=154651"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:00:44","slug":"a-year-of-growing-momentum-for-redwoods-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/blog\/a-year-of-growing-momentum-for-redwoods-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"A year of growing momentum for Redwoods Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-Rk-tQ1iIc?si=dCOtiFBDj1f7fbta\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When you first see a Ponsse harvester in action during a forest restoration project, it\u2019s hard to believe a machine so powerful can work with such a light touch. Its massive, articulated arm carefully removes individual trees from dense stands, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">while specially designed tracks tread gently across the forest floor, minimizing impact. If you can picture <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a bulldozer wearing ballet slippers, you\u2019re not far off. It\u2019s a modern marvel and plays a vital role in healing young redwood forests recovering from decades of industrial logging<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Ponsse harvester is just one of the many tools used by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/project\/redwoods-rising\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Redwoods Rising<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a partnership between Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and the National Park Service. Together, the partners are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">restoring forests damaged by early industrial logging in what is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/redw\/index.htm\">Redwood National and State Parks<\/a> (RNSP), home to nearly half of the world\u2019s protected old\u2011growth redwoods. While hundreds of ancient trees still stand, much of the surrounding forest is still badly scarred and unlikely to recover in the foreseeable future without help. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Now in its eighth year, Redwoods Rising is well on its way toward achieving the ambitious goal of healing and restoring 70,000 acres of previously logged forest within RNSP over the next three decades. Since 2020, the partnership has carried out restorative thinning and forest treatment across more than 5,000 acres, has removed 39 miles of failing roads, and has rehabilitated nearly six miles of streams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Big ambitions, careful work\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155097\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt img-responsive wp-image-155097 size-feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"A tracked machine sits in the middle of a redwood forest performing restoration work.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_PrairieCreek-0111-31x21.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ponsse harvesters like this are specifically made to work in sensitive environments by spreading their weight evenly, creating low surface pressure. Photo by Amy Kumler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Decades of commercial-scale industrial logging in RNSP have left behind unhealthy forests that are a far cry from the thriving old-growth ecosystem that evolved there, characterized by open forest floors, rich biodiversity, and pristine wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Many logged areas were extensively replanted with dense stands of Douglas-fir and other non-redwood species, creating dark forests filled with tall, spindly trees competing for sunlight. The old-growth redwood groves that remain are islands of ancient trees in a sea of second-growth forests lacking in biodiversity and prone to wildfire. Carefully and responsibly thinning the overcrowded young trees is a crucial part of the healing process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Commercial logging also left scars beyond the trees themselves. Over the decades, a chaotic web of logging roads was carved through the terrain. As they eroded, the abandoned roads sent sediment sloughing into nearby streams, choking off waterways and blocking passage for native salmon and trout. Redwoods Rising is working to repair or remove more than 300 miles of old logging roads within RNSP\u2014that\u2019s enough road to take you from the heart of Humboldt County to San Francisco.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 aria-level=\"2\"><strong>An impactful year on the ground and in the water<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155033\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt img-responsive wp-image-155033 size-feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM-700x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"561\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM-700x561.png 700w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM-1140x913.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM-31x25.png 31w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-3.44.12-PM.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Juvenile fish get a window seat as they&#8217;re moved to a new home during stream restoration work. Photo by Rize Martins de Oliveira.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 2025, the partnership made significant progress on rehabilitation work across its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/project\/redwoods-rising\/maps\/\">two main project areas<\/a>, Greater Mill Creek and Greater Prairie Creek.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last summer, forestry contractors worked alongside Redwoods Rising staff to carry out restoration thinning across hundreds of acres, setting the stage for today\u2019s second-growth stands to become the old growth of the future. Other Redwoods Rising crews assisted road contractors in removing degraded asphalt, uncovering streams buried by logging road construction, and reshaping natural hillsides.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of this work was carried out through a partnership between the National Park Service and the Department of Defense, with members of the Air Force Reserve Innovative Readiness Team collaborating with Redwoods Rising on a bridge removal project as a hands-on training opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, aquatic restoration teams worked in streams<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and wetlands critical to tiny juvenile salmon and steelhead trout. Restoring these fragile ecosystems often means painstaking and hands-on care. Vegetation specialists planted scores of native plants to stabilize streambanks. Other field technicians, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/project\/redwoods-rising\/apprenticeship-program\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Redwoods Rising Apprentices<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, pulled on their waders, rolled up their sleeves, and dipped into waterways to carefully move fish and amphibians, one by one, to safe areas prior to rerouting stream channels.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Restoring the forest, restoring the community<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155036\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-feature wp-image-155036 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2-31x21.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kumler_RedwoodsRising-1042-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Since 2019, Redwoods Rising has raised $97.1 million to invest in restoration work that directly impacts North Coast economies. Photo by Amy Kumler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This restoration work benefits more than just forests and wildlife. Redwoods Rising\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/redwoods-magazine\/2025-edition\/win-win-on-the-north-coast\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">supports North Coast communities<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by injecting dollars into local economies and providing well-paying restoration jobs in an area with high unemployment. Some of these restoration jobs are held by heavy equipment operators and foresters who originally learned their skills working for lumber companies. Now they\u2019re working to heal those same forests.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Each year of Redwoods Rising progress makes the next one possible.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> With the 2026 summer restoration season just ahead, Redwoods Rising crews will once again be at work across RNSP, advancing thoughtfully designed projects that continue to heal these extraordinary forests\u2014balletic Ponsse harvesters and all.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><strong><em>2025: Impact by the numbers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>785 acres<\/strong> of previously logged forests <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/grant\/thinning-speeds-recovery-to-old-growth\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">selectively thinned<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to reduce overcrowding and allow remaining trees to grow stronger and healthier. That acreage is roughly the size of Central Park.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>14 miles<\/strong> of decaying <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/blog\/video-removing-old-logging-roads-in-redwood-national-and-state-parks\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">logging roads improved or removed entirely<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, reducing habitat fragmentation, improving water quality, and boosting redwood forest health.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>3,696 feet<\/strong> of streams restored, which includes reconnecting natural stream flows and installing wood structures and native vegetation in waterways to bolster salmon habitat. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>6 acres<\/strong> of floodplain rehabilitated in the Greater Mill Creek and Greater Prairie Creek project areas. Adult and juvenile salmon are already using the restored habitat, which is expected to support all life stages of salmon and lamprey, along with other native fish and amphibians, along with plenty of insects and bird life. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>35 bridges and stream culverts<\/strong> repaired or replaced, to preserve healthy habitat for fish without removing water crossings needed for public, emergency, or restoration access.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>8 Redwoods Rising apprentices<\/strong> from Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods beginning their careers as future natural resource managers.<\/span><span 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