🌲Happy International Day of Forests!🌲We appreciate this UN day for building awareness about how crucial forests are around the world, including right here in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and how urgent it is for us all to continue to protect them for future generations. #ForestDay

🌲 An old-growth redwood is one of the largest living things to ever grace the planet. And their size isn’t just impressive, it's important. In the Santa Cruz Mountains very few old-growth redwoods remain, but together we can help to grow the old-growth of tomorrow.

Before #WomensHistoryMonth ends, we're acknowledging Josephine Clifford McCracken. Along with a group of friends, she formed the Sempervirens Club (now called Sempervirens Fund) which was instrumental in founding Big Basin Redwoods State Park in 1902. We are forever grateful!

Join Sempervirens Fund on Sunday, May 18 to celebrate 125 years of protecting redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains! • Sunday, May 18, 2025 • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM • Roaring Camp, 5401 Graham Hill Rd, Felton, CA 95018 • Cost: Parking only. Reserve spot at sempervirens.org

There’s something magical about stepping into a redwood fairy ring.✨

The Santa Cruz Sandhills, an ancient habitat long interwoven with redwoods, is so rare it doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. Explore this sensitive habitat and learn how you can help protect its unique species. (Photos: Orenda Randuch) sempervirens.org/news/santa-cru…

Wandering salamanders live their entire lives in the canopy of a single redwood tree. And they’re not alone up there. Entire ecosystems can live up high within redwood branches. Ferns, lichen, and even other full-sized trees have been found living in redwood canopies.

⛰️Rebuild State Parks in the Santa Cruz Mountains ➡️ Urge your Assemblymember to support AB 679 to rebuild State Parks. During #EarthMonth, we’re sharing something you can do each week. Will you write to your Assemblymember today? secure.sempervirens.org/a/grow-parks-6…

🌲🌲🌲 Join Sempervirens Fund on Sunday, May 18 to celebrate 125 years of protecting redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains! 🌲🌲🌲 Cost: Parking only. Reserve your parking spot and stay updated on details. bit.ly/4i9Qwx6

🍃 Forest bathing, or “Shinrin-yoku” as it's called in Japan where the practice was founded, is a way of immersing your senses in nature. It has proven benefits for our physical and mental well being. Forest bathing "invitations" can help you connect any outdoor space.🌲

Did you know it’s #NationalVolunteerMonth? Seems like the perfect time to join the Sempervirens Fund volunteer team and make a meaningful difference in protecting and restoring the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains! Learn more: sempervirens.org/support/volunt…

Just taking a moment to appreciate Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. 💚

During Earth Month, we’re sharing ways you can take action. 🌎🌲Today we're asking you to help protect climate funding in California. 🌎🌲 Urge your CA representatives to oppose Gov. Newsom's attempt to take away voter-approved funding for conservation! secure.sempervirens.org/a/take-action-…

Wow! We are halfway through our "Earth Month of Action" and we are truly impressed and gratified by the number of actions you have taken already. 🌟🌟🌟4,500 actions taken in April!🌟🌟🌟 Visit our Action Center to find more actions you can take: sempervirens.org/protect/action…

Join researcher Dr. Brian Woodward for our Ecology of Fire webinar on April 29th - the last installment in our four-part Redwoods and the Elements series! Learn about fire and why good and bad fire are both teaching us more about how to care for redwoods. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍 You can make today even more meaningful by celebrating and protecting Earth's climate champions: redwood forests.🌲Take a stand for public lands at bit.ly/4ipAXl5

🌎 This #EarthMonth, join us in protecting our public lands by calling on our representatives to defend them at a critical moment ➡️ bit.ly/4ipAXl5

Happy #ArborDay! Let’s appreciate some of the resilient beauties of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Which redwood do you love the most? Tell us your pick in the comments! 🌲“Tentacle” Redwood 🌲“Old Tree” Redwood 🌲”Methuselah” Redwood

We are incredibly happy that AB 679 passed the Assembly today - now it's on to the Senate! At this critical time to invest in state parks and recover from the CZU fire, we are grateful to all who made their voices heard. Special thanks to Assemblymember Gail Pellerin for your leadership! 🌲

#EndangeredSpeciesDay asks us to recognize the plight of threatened species and help protect them. The majestic redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains are sanctuaries for countless species—such as the Marbled Murrelet—now facing dire challenges. Take action: secure.sempervirens.org/a/grow-the-for…