Redwoods Rising
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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. Redwoods Rising was founded in April 2018 at an event in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Redwood National and State Parks as  of public lands,  of this land were commercially logged in the past. About 96 percent of the world's old-growth coast redwood forest has been logged. The works is been done in the California Coast Ranges in North Coast of California's Redwood forests. Almost half (about 45 percent) of what remains is in the Redwood National and State Parks. The Redwoods Rising projects are also helping to restore the health of streams, also the fish and amphibians that live there. Coastal Redwoods are the tallest tree species on Earth. Coastal Redwood live only in the humid temperate rainforest of North Coast of California and Southern Oregon. Redwood National and State Parks contain land and villages belonging to the Native American groups Yurok and Tolowa. Yurok Indian Reservation is partly in the park.

Parks
Parks in the Redwood National and State Parks, that Redwoods Rising works in:
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Redwoods Rising projects have been done in the Mill Creek watershed and Prairie Creek watershed.

Goals
Stated goals of Redwoods Rising:

1. Create a shared restoration strategy
2. Enhance capacity for larger and more frequent restoration projects
3. Develop dedicated and increased funding to support ecosystem restoration
4. Build and expand public support for restoring, protecting, and stewarding redwood ecosystems

 See also 
 California Department of Parks and Recreation
 National parks in California
 List of national parks of the United States

References

External links

  of Redwood National Park
  of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
  of Humboldt Redwoods State Park
  of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
 Inventory of the Redwood National Park Collection, 1926–1980, at Forest History Society

Category:Redwood National and State Parks
Category:State parks of California
Category:Old-growth forests
Category:2018 establishments in California