Thank you for being a part of the League family and for joining us at the many events and activities held during Centennial Celebration Week from October 7 – 14! All of us at the League have enjoyed meeting so many dedicated members and supporters and celebrating a century of work together during this special week.
On Monday, we launched live digital field trips to Calaveras Big Trees State Park with the California State Parks interpretive team. These distance learning adventures are part of the Parks Online Resources for Teachers & Students (PORTS) program, designed for K-12 students. Classrooms from all over the world joined us to learn about the science and nature of our giant sequoia forests throughout the week, and this study unit will be offered upon request until June 2019!
On Tuesday, the premiere of Old Survivor, a documentary about the last remaining old-growth redwood tree still standing in the hills of the East Bay, was an inspiration for the 750 people in attendance at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. The film is a terrific story with many heroes, from the nonprofit partners and public agencies that steward our parks to the redwoods themselves. See photos from the event and learn more about how you can see the Old Survivor documentary. (external links)
On Thursday, the Stand for the Redwoods, Reach for the Stars event hosted adventurous stargazers to look up into the night’s sky from one of the best viewing sites in the Sierra Nevada, Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Visit our photo album here. (external link)
On Saturday, our Free Second Saturdays in the Redwood Parks: Birthday Edition welcomed more than 4,000 visitors to 100 parks in 15 counties throughout the coast redwood and giant sequoia ranges. (There are two more chances to celebrate with us on our Free Second Saturdays: November 10 and December 8, 2018. Download your free day-use passes two weeks before each event on FreeRedwoodsDays.org and sign up for our mailing list to know when passes are available.)
On Sunday, the League sponsored The Humboldt Redwoods Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K. Over 500 runners competed under the towering old-growth redwoods of Humboldt Redwoods State Park—groves that Save the Redwoods League helped to protect decades ago. Visit our photo album here. (external link)
Later in the day, the Stand for the Redwoods Festival in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens, a family-friendly event enjoyed by more than 3,000 redwood fans, concluded the week-long celebration. See photos from the event. (external link)
We envision vibrant redwood forests of the scale and grandeur that once graced the California coast and the Sierra Nevada, protected forever, restored to grow old again, and connected to people through a network of magnificent parks and protected areas that inspire all of us with the beauty and power of nature.
Thank you for celebrating 100 years of redwood forest conservation, and for supporting our vision for the next century.