{"id":43987,"date":"2022-10-25T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=43987"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:31:36","slug":"weger-ranch","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/project\/weger-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Weger Ranch &#038; Rocky Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><a id=\"watch-video\" name=\"watch-video\"><\/a><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OKgaoQ543_A\" title=\"Weger Ranch Video\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Adjacent to Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve, the Weger Ranch property is the largest non-industrial, private forest in the Big River watershed. It contains 3,066 acres of coast redwood and Douglas-fir forest, with nearly 400 old-growth trees scattered throughout the property. <\/p>\n<p>The League has partnered with the landowners to permanently protect the land with a conservation easement. Under the easement, the owners retain property rights, but the land is protected forever from subdivision, development, and excessive logging, regardless of who owns it in the future or how many times the property changes hands. Sixty-two acres of reserve areas will be established where the forest will be allowed to return to old-growth conditions. <\/p>\n<p>The owners of Weger Ranch have innovated and set a high bar for sustainable forestry in the region. The ranch is under two active Non-Industrial Timber Management Plans on 2,394 acres, in which timber is harvested at a rate that is lower than the growth rate of the forest and individually selected, resulting in a diverse forest structure. These practices will endure under the conservation easement, along with additional restrictions in riparian zones and protection of all residual old-growth trees. In the current owners\u2019 good hands, now is an opportune time to ensure permanent protection of this forest. <\/p>\n<p>This project is part of a big vision to expand protection around Montgomery Woods and improve access to this spectacular old-growth grove. Related projects include the August 2022 fee acquisition of the 453-acre Atkins Place property, which will ultimately be added to the reserve, as well as a partnership with California State Parks to redesign the visitor experience in Montgomery Woods in the coming years. <\/p>\n<p>With the Atkins Place acquisition and the opportunity to protect Weger Ranch, a landscape of over 11,500 acres will be assembled, complementing the existing protected lands in this region. Protection at this scale contributes to California\u2019s 30\u00d730 goals for landscape protection, carbon storage, and biodiversity. <\/p>\n<p>Weger Ranch contains seven stream headwaters, all of which drain into the Big River watershed, a critical coastal watershed for imperiled salmon species. The ranch has 2.75 miles of steelhead and coho salmon streams, including 1 mile of chinook salmon stream. The land also provides habitat for northern spotted owls, goshawks, white-tailed kites, peregrine falcons, and golden eagles (winter habitat), as well as red tree voles, foothill yellow-legged frogs, bears, and mountain lions. <\/p>\n<p>This agreement includes the acquisition by California State Parks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/blog\/rocky-ridge-expands-stunning-mendocino-redwood-park\/\">Rocky Ridge<\/a>, an 80-acre parcel bordering both Montgomery Woods and Bureau of Land Management property. In March 2024, the park system formally accepted ownership of the property, home to old-growth redwoods, towering Douglas-firs, and a large rock outcropping that offers habitat for peregrine falcons. Rocky Ridge also includes the headwaters of Montgomery Creek, a salmon-bearing stream that meanders through the old-growth groves of the adjacent reserve. Adding Rocky Ridge to Montgomery Woods will create a seamless protected habitat for wildlife, help buffer the reserve\u2019s ancient giants, and provide the opportunity to expand the reserve\u2019s trail network to the ridgeline, with sweeping views of the old-growth canopy and surrounding landscape. This exciting expansion marks the first time in over a decade that California State Parks has acquired land conserved by Save the Redwoods League.<\/p>\n<p>The League funded the conservation with donations, as well as a $9.5 million grant from Cal Fire and a $3.42 million grant from the State Coastal Conservancy. <\/p>\n<p>Together with the acquisition of Atkins Place and the redesign of Montgomery Woods, this project contributes to the League\u2019s centennial vision to protect and restore redwood forests and connect people with the redwoods through inspiring parks experiences. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row flexed\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-banner\"><a href=\"\/project\/weger-ranch\/facts-faq\/\" tabindex=\"1\"><span class=\"panel-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/SRL_Weger_Ranch_Max_Forster_May_2022_48-web-700x394.jpeg\" alt=\"Facts\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"\/><\/span><span 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src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/SRL_Weger_Ranch_Max_Forster_May_2022_22-web-700x394.jpeg\" alt=\"Facts and FAQ\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/span><span class=\"panel-body\">Facts & F.A.Q.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-banner\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\">[su_lightbox type=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weger-Ranch-Location-Map-Zoomed-In_10-18-22.jpg\"]<span class=\"panel-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-feature img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weger-Ranch-Location-Map-Zoomed-In_10-18-22-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"Weger Ranch Map\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"\/><\/span><span class=\"panel-body\">Map<\/span>[\/su_lightbox]<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-banner\"><a href=\"\/project\/weger-ranch\/photo-gallery\/\" tabindex=\"1\"><span class=\"panel-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-card img-responsive\" 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