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Though more attention has been brought to the depletion of the old-growth forests in California and more regulations are in place to protect the forests, logging of the forests continues. [3] The Redwood Summer campaign gained international attention and made many people aware of the destruction of the old growth forests. [19] [3] [20]
Redwoods Rising is a joint venture of the Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and the National Park Service that works together to restore logged Coastal Redwood forests, and help remain old growth forests in Redwood National and State Parks. Redwoods Rising also works with local Native American tribes.
Those families preserved a few old-growth forest trees for family gatherings while the surrounding forests were converted to lumber. In the 1990s, remnant old growth redwoods were slated to be cut down as part of a timber harvest plan. County residents launched a campaign to protect the grove.
The Forest Service and federal Bureau of Land Management combined oversee more than 50,000 square miles (129,000 square kilometers) of old growth forests and about 125,000 square miles (324,000 ...
The Notice of Intent signals one of the administration's biggest steps forward in old-growth protection efforts since President Biden's 2022 Earth Day Executive Order, the Forest Service's ...
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About 96 percent of the world's old-growth coast redwood forest has been logged, [89] and almost half (45 percent) of what remains is in the RNSP. [96] The parks protect 38,982 acres (157.75 km 2) of old-growth forest, almost equally divided between federal and state management. [89]
In the 2010s, the League helped protect Noyo River Redwoods, Four Corners, the Orick Mill Site, Peters Creek and Boulder Creek old-growth forests, and Big River-Mendocino Old-Growth Redwoods. [11] The League also established conservation easements for 15,000-acre Mailliard Ranch, the 8,500-acre San Vicente Redwoods and 870-acre Stewarts Point.