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    Victor Bjelajac, district supervisor for northwestern California state parks, offered a historical lesson about protecting park lands from a 1948 California parks manual.
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    After his welcoming remarks, Steve Mietz, Redwoods National Park superintendent, spent a lot of time greeting visitors at the event and posing for photos.
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    Candace Tinkler, Redwood National Park employee, monitored the “guess the number of rings in this redwood slab” contest at one of the many information and entertainment booths.
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    A Save the Redwoods League “redwood” rocked out to the music by Saritah.
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    A Save the Redwoods League “redwood” met up with tree-hugger Redwoods National Park employee Brad Maggetti.
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    One of the most popular booths was the mask-making table; later, children with the masks participated in a parade.
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    Saritah (Sarah Louise Newman, an Australian-based singer-songwriter) and her group offered one of the live-music sets at the event.
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    Masks and salmon cut-outs awaited the children’s parade behind the Save the Redwoods League booth.
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    Children assisted the bird puppeteers from Save the Redwoods League as they circled the event grounds.
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    Sunny Jengeleski, of Fortuna, assisted her young son, James, as he played with one of the interactive informational exhibits.
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    Marty O’Reilly and members of the Old Soul Orchestra unplugged from the stage and gathered attendees in a large crowd around them on the asphalt as they ended with an acoustic set.
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    During a break from the speeches and music performances on the distant stage, Marty O’Reilly and members of the Old Soul Orchestra gathered attendees in a large crowd around them on the asphalt as they ended with an acoustic set.
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    Event organizers broke out four cakes to help attendees celebrate the 50th anniversary of Redwoods National Park and 100 years of redwoods conservation.
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    Masked children and adults joined in with a brown bear among salmon placards floating among two “rivers” (the long blue ribbons) in a parade around the event grounds in late afternoon.