Salmonids have reason to celebrate the centennial of California Trout partner Save the Redwoods League this year. For 100 years the League, one of the nation’s oldest conservation organizations, has protected and restored the redwood forests that the big fish depend on to keep their river habitats cool and clean.
The League’s work followed in the wake of the 1849 Gold Rush and the timber rush, when California’s explosive demand for lumber pushed the ancient redwood forests toward extinction. Since 1918, the League has protected more than 200,000 acres of irreplaceable forest and helped create 66 redwood parks and reserves, connecting generations of visitors with the giants’ beauty and serenity.
In a world increasingly defined by the deterioration of global natural treasures—receding glaciers, dammed and dying rivers, unprecedented rates of species extinction—Save the Redwoods League has a story of hope and resilience to tell. The League’s first chapter was dedicated to saving treasured examples of the wild and ancient groves that once dominated California’s coast and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. After all, coast redwoods and giant sequoia are two of California’s quintessential symbols and some of the Golden State’s greatest natural treasures.
Save the Redwoods League marks 100 years
of protecting big trees and big fish
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