Save the Redwoods League

Spring doesn’t start until March 20, but that doesn’t stop the blooms in the coast redwood forests, even in the recent, unusual snow.
Look out for these beauties, blooming now and in the coming months.
Western trillium

Barred owls and northern spotted owls have a lot in common: Both are brown-and-white owls; both are denizens of mature forests. The spotted owl hoots a four-note call, while the slightly larger barred owl hoots, “Who cooks for you?!”
But the northern spotted owl is in decline because of the loss of old-growth forest habitat and because barred owls are outcompeting, hybridizing with, and even preying on spotted owls. Northern spotted owls are listed as threatened under the California...

Late last year, a new network of trails opened to the public at the San Vicente Redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This new access is the culmination of a long path that brought together the League, SempervirensFund and Peninsula Open Space Trust...

One of John Muir’s famous quotes is “The mountains are calling, and I must go.”  For me, the redwoods are calling, and I must go. I am an active Titaneer volunteer working the Grove of Titans trail in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, part of Redwood...