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Redwoods Matters
March 12, 2024
Video: Pace of giant sequoia protection accelerates
Monumental progress
Video: Pace of giant sequoia protection accelerates
Good news from Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition: Restoration crews ramped up their efforts in 2023, reducing wildfire risk across nearly 9,900 acres in 28 sequoia groves. That’s more than double the acreage treated in 2022!

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Artist meets muse in Muir Woods

Inspiration

Artist meets muse in Muir Woods

Pastel artist Michael Mckee was floored by the visual richness of the redwood forest, from the saturated shades of purple, indigo, and cinnamon to the dappled, diffused light. Says Mckee, “I knew this feeling would stay with me forever.” Check out his captivating work.

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Act now for a November climate bond vote

Focus on the future

Act now for a November climate bond vote

Take a moment to imagine how $15 billion in funding could protect California’s communities and wild places against future climate-driven events. Then join us in urging state legislators and Governor Gavin Newsom to give voters that choice on the November ballot.

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Adaptation

Plant superpowers, activate!

A malodorous cabbage that can melt snow and ice? A tiny orchid that tricks unsuspecting bumblebees with the false promise of nectar? Discover these and other surprising tactics employed by plants in the redwood forest.

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Ready for an unforgettable night?

You’re invited...

Ready for an unforgettable night?

Join us on May 18 for this year’s Take Me to the Trees event with the League and special guests! Enjoy the glittering sounds of Super Diamond, hit the dance floor with Internet sensation Griff Griffith, or simply raise a conifer-inspired cocktail to another year of supporting the forests we love.

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Funding life-changing field trips

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Funding life-changing field trips

Announcing our 2024 Redwood Connect grantees—an incredible lineup of community and education organizations bringing diverse groups of young people into the redwood forests to explore, learn, practice stewardship, and have the time of their lives.

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A lot to howl about: In a remarkable chance encounter hundreds of miles from any other known wolves, two of the canids recently found each other in Sequoia National Forest, where their kind has been absent since the 1920s. Researchers are studying how this breeding pair, now part of the Yowlumni pack, and California’s other 42 known wolves are impacting the ecosystems. The wolves use about 300 square miles in Sequoia National Forest, which showcases nearly half of the giant sequoia groves in the world and many of the largest trees. Wolves are an apex, or “top” predator and eat mostly ungulates like deer and elks. Their presence could prompt other carnivores such as mountain lions and black bears to shift their diets slightly, says Axel Hunnicutt, state gray wolf coordinator at California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It’s the first time wolves are inhabiting an area with large numbers of wild pigs, which can spread invasive plants and hog resources like acorns from other wildlife. “This native carnivore coming back could potentially have a positive effect by utilizing this nonnative species,” says Hunnicutt.
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SNC awards $27.5 million to help with wildfire recovery and forest resilience throughout Sierra-Cascade
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