Redwood, California
Read Evan’s blog post about his trip to Redwood HERE
Home to the tallest trees in the world, Redwood National and State Parks protect an incredible stretch of old-growth coastal redwood forest and shoreline. The tallest redwoods can measure over 350 feet tall, and some are over 2,000 years old. Many support entire ecosystems. Many other areas of old-growth redwood forest were logged and cleared before the establishment of the park, and forests are still being cut today. Modern Yurok, Tolowa, Karok, Chilula, and Wiyot Native groups all still have ties to the area, and many still live there.
Resources
Travel to Redwood National Park
Ecology of the Coastal Redwood
Luna & Me: The Story of a Girl Who Lived In a Tree to Save a Forest, by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2015)