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June 13, 2023
Join us in the redwoods during California State Parks Week
Parks
Join us in the redwoods during California State Parks Week
The second annual California State Parks Week is set this year for June 14-18. Among the 186 events are more than 30 in the redwoods, including forest meditation, hikes, and celebrations of Indigenous culture.

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California State Parks Week is here — let’s have fun!

Celebration

California State Parks Week is here — let’s have fun!

Imagine a party — no, an outdoor celebration — that happens simultaneously over five days across the entire state of California, where everyone is invited and more than 180 different activities are scheduled. That’s California State Parks Week.

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Partnership between the League and California State Parks runs deep

History

Partnership between the League and California State Parks runs deep

Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks go back a long way. And redwoods and California State Parks go back even further — think Abraham Lincoln. With California State Parks Week approaching, now is a great time to take a look at this incredible history.

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Escape crowds at these 6 enthralling, lesser-known redwood parks

Exploration

Escape crowds at these 6 enthralling, lesser-known redwood parks

We asked our staff for some of their favorite redwood parks that are off the beaten path. They delivered a bunch of cool experiences, from pygmy redwood forests to walk-in camping.

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Trek long and prosper

Podcast

Trek long and prosper

Host Emily Harwitz chats with Michelle Warren, the vice president and co-founder of Black Girls Trekkin’. BGT is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that seeks to inspire and empower Black women to spend time outdoors, appreciate nature, and protect it.

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@savetheredwoods   Search for historical photos of redwoods and the results will most likely fall into two categories. There will be photos of lumberjacks with their axes and saws — and if you’re like us, you don’t really find those interesting. And then there will be photos of people posing in and around tunnel trees. These latter photos will hail from nearly every era of photography. You’ll see sepia images of people riding horse-drawn carriages through the openings, station wagons from the 1950s, and Teslas today.

Which might prompt the question in your mind: When did this become a thing? Why did people decide that it made sense to cut these holes in trees for people to drive through?

We answer some of these questions in the first episode of a new League podcast, This is Big. Find it wherever you get your pods. (Apple Podcasts | Spotify)

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