A once hidden trail blazed off the beaten path is now a formal North Coast attraction. Today, if you walk along the Mill Creek Trail in Del Norte County’s Grove of the Titans, you’ll tread on raised metal walkways that allow water to flow and ferns to grow beneath your feet. You’ll cross a wooden […]
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Save the Redwoods League Will Dedicate Tree to Tony Smithers
The Save the Redwoods League will dedicate a redwood tree near the league’s memorial grove neighboring Avenue of the Giants to Tony Smithers, the late director of the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau who died suddenly on Jan. 14. “We are honored to dedicate a redwood tree in the wilderness of Humboldt Redwoods State Park to honor […]
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Grove of Titans Preservation Project Makes $1M Goal
There will be no more Grove of Titans treasure hunts for hikers seeking the ultimate selfie as Save the Redwoods League reached its fundraising goal of $1 million. The old growth redwood grove located in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, which was only “discovered” two decades ago, gained an almost cult-like status in certain […]
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Protecting the Titans
Perhaps one of the few things looming larger than the ancient redwoods known as the Grove of Titans is the legend that sprung up around them following the trees’ “discovery” two decades ago. Catapulted into a eco-celebrity status after the finding was chronicled in the book The Wild Trees, visiting the grove nestled in Jedediah […]
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Happy Birthday, Redwood National Park
The large former redwood mill site north of Orick was transformed Sunday into party central for Stand for the Redwoods, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Redwoods National Park and 100 years of redwoods conservation and restoration. The Orick mill site, once filled with huge old-growth redwood logs, was purchased in 2013 by Save […]