TELLS
TELLS US
TELLS US ABOUT NEW CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY THE SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE. THE GOLDEN
STATE OFFERS A VARIETY OF VIEWS
FROM THE COASTLINES, THE
GREENERY IN OUR MOUNTAINS. BUT
A CALIFORNIA STAPLE THE ICONIC
REDWOODS YOU'RE IN NEED
OF MAJOR RESTORATION TO KEEP
OUR PLANET THRIVING AND THE
ECOSYSTEM FLOWING. LAST SUMMER
I FULFILLED A CHILDHOOD DREAM
OF STANDING BEFORE THE MIGHTY
REDWOODS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
.I WAS SIMPLY IN THEIR STATURE
,BEAUTY AND HISTORY. IT
SADDENED ME TO LEARN THAT ONLY
FIVE PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL
ANCIENT FORESTS STILL STANDS.
BUT A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED
REDWOODS RISING IS LOOKING TO
REBUILD THESE CALIFORNIA
STAPLE'S. THE REDWOODS ARE MOST
MAGNIFICENT FORESTS WE HAVE.
WHENEVER I GO OUT THERE I'M
REMINDED JUST HOW SMALL I AM
AND JUST HOW CONSTANT NATURE
IS. YOU JUST HEARD FROM RICHARD
CAMPBELL, THE DIRECTOR
OF RESTORATION FOR THE SAVE THE
REDWOODS LEAGUE OVERSEEING THIS
PROJECT. IT IS A NEWLY FORMED
COLLABORATION WITH CALIFORNIA
STATE PARKS, THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE AND THE SAVE THE
REDWOODS LEAGUE. THEIR GOAL IS
TO RESTORE MORE THAN 70000
ACRES OF DAMAGED FOREST IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA USING
TECHNIQUES THAT INCLUDE TREE
PLANTING AND ROAD REMOVAL.
THESE RESTORATION EFFORTS FOCUS
ON TWO WATERSHEDS MILL CREEK, A
TRIBUTARY TO THE SMITH RIVER
AND PRAIRIE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY
TO REDWOOD CREEK TO AVOID
NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE
ECOSYSTEM. THE FOREST WON'T
RECOVER HABITAT THAT THEY'RE
IMPERILED SPECIES NEED TO
PERSIST TO SURVIVE. IT WILL
MEAN THAT THE WATERSHEDS
CONTINUBTED FOREST WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO
DEGRADE, WILL CONTINUE TO BE
UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE RUNS
OF SALMON THAT USED TO BE
FAMOUS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
FEWER THAN A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND ACRES OF THE ORIGINAL
REDWOOD FOREST STILL STANDS.
THE EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL
LOGGING HAVE WIPED OUT THIS
CALIFORNIA STAPLE WITHOUT
RESTORATION EFFORTS. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR
THE SPECIES LIVING IN IT AND
FOR US IT'LL MEAN THAT THE
FOREST WON'T BE ABLE TO
SEQUESTER AND STORE THE
CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE IN A
WAY THAT THE ANCIENT FOREST THE
EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE STATE'S
TREASURES IS A JOINT ONE. AND
RICHARD DETAILS HOW YOU CAN GET
INVOLVED RIGHT TO THEIR ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT FOR FUNDING FOR PUBLIC
LANDS AND FOR CONSERVATION AND
RESTORATION AND THEY CAN
SUPPORT THE PROJECT DIRECTLY
FINANCIALLY. THEY CAN GO VISIT
THE PARKS. THEY CAN GO SEE THE
REBELS AND SEE WHAT SEE WHAT
THEY CAN DO WITH A LITTLE CARE
AND A LITTLE LOVE. RICHARD ALSO
EMPHASIZES TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN OUR
OWN BACKYARD. THEREFORE IT'S
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL
OVER THE WORLD THAT HAS
SUFFERED FROM A LOT OF THE SAME
HISTORY, A LOT OF THE SAME
MANAGEMENT THAT I READ WITH WHO
SUFFERED AND THEY ALSO
REPRESENT A LOT OF THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOVERY AND
RESTORATION. RICHARD ALSO
EXPRESSES THAT THE SKILLS USED
TO CUT THE FOREST ARE GOING TO
BE USED TO BRING IT BACK TO
LIFE WITHIN THE FOREST THINNING
WHICH IS REMOVING SOME OF THE
VERY SMALL TREES AND THE REALLY
YOUNG DENSE FOREST THAT HAVE
GROWN THERE. AND WE'VE ALSO
BEEN WORKING TO REMOVE A LOT
OF THE ABANDONED LOGGING ROADS
THAT WERE CREATED TO RUN THE
FOREST BEFORE THE LAND WAS
PROTECTED BY NATURAL ALI. THE
RESTORATION EFFORTS WON'T YIELD
IMMEDIATE RESULTS. HE CALLS THE
WORK OF HIS LIFETIME FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON REDWOODS RISING
OR TO GET INVOLVED VISIT SAVE
THE REDWOODS. DOUG, AS FOR ME,
I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
LISTEN TO RECORS ADVICE AND
ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN
OUR LOCAL MOUNTAINS FOR NEWS8
I'M NATURE LOVER, HIKER AND
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CARLENE
JARVIS REALITY AND YOU'RE
WORKING AGAIN? YEAH, NOWHERE
RELAXING RIGHT NOW BUT WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE STORY, CARLENE. I
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY
THE REDWOODS AND JUST HAVING
THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE HAD
COVID IN BASICALLY A PANDEMIC.
I WAS LIKE WHERE DO I WHERE AM
I GOING? I WANT A VACATION. I
WENT UP THERE AND THEN LEARNED
THE HISTORY EVEN MORE AND
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO
GET INVOLVED WITH CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND MAKING PEOPLE MORE
AWARE. YEAH, I MEAN PEOPLE I
THINK PEOPLE ARE AWARE SOMEWHAT
OF HOW ENDANGERED THE REDWOODS
ARE BUT I DON'T THINK THEY
REALIZE THERE'S THAT LITTLE
FIVE PERCENT THAT'S OH THAT'S
SAID IT REALLY IS AND WE
BASICALLY WE NEED THAT OXYGEN
THAT THEY ADMIT JUST TO
SURVIVE. AND SO WITH OUR PLANET
THRIVING, IT'S LIKE YOU HAS TO
GET BETTER. AND WE SAW THAT
WITH EVERYTHING AROUND THE
WORLD START TO RESET AND WHY
NOT ADD THIS INTO SO USING THE
SAME EFFORTS, THE SAME TOOLS
THAT WE'RE USED TO TAKE THEM
DOWN, BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE
AND RESTORE OUR PLANET? WELL, I
HAD TO BE INVOLVED. THE IRONY
OF IT ALL AND IT'S NO WONDERFUL
THAT SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE
WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE THE
RESTORATION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL
YEAH BRAVO TO SAVE THE REDWOODS
FOR THEIR GREAT GREAT