“The return of condors to the skies above Redwood National and State Parks is a critical step toward recovery of this majestic landscape,” said Steve Mietz, superintendent of Redwood National and State Parks. “Working with our friends and partners, the Yurok Tribe and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we will continue the unparalleled success story of condor recovery allowing all Americans to visit the tallest trees in the world while watching one of the largest birds in the world soar overhead.”
Trinidad Tidings: Outdoor art, outreach event and more in the seaside village
Trinidad School board member and parent Rose Adams will accompany Stephanie Strasser’s third-grade class to the Howland Hill Outdoor School in Redwood National Park in April. The camping expedition includes historical narratives with rangers dressed as local historical figures and environmental education as well. Rose reports that “Trinidad School goes above and beyond on field…
Trinidad Tidings: recognizing veterans and volunteers
‘A Vicarious Trip to Iceland’ Marilyn Tucker will be guest speaker at the Thursday, Jan. 3 Trinidad Civic Club meeting. She’ll present “A Vicarious Trip to Iceland” starting at 11:30 a.m. Members and guests are invited to come to Club Room, Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. to socialize followed by a 10 a.m. business meeting…
Months-long investigation leads to arrest of suspected burl poacher
Redwood National and State Parks ORICK – While on routine patrol in January, law enforcement rangers from Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) located a redwood poaching site inside the park boundaries. It was an old-growth redwood with massive chunks cut out from the base of the tree. During the ensuing investigation, rangers identified…
Author to discuss book at Redwood National Park
RNSP ORICK – As part of Redwood National and State Parks’ year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of Redwood National Park, acclaimed nature writer Jordan Fisher Smith will be signing and discussing his book “Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature.”…
Tourists robbed at Redwood National Park
UPDATE BELOW: Original article: Mad River Union REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK – A group of tourists from Spain was robbed by three men at a parking lot at Lady Bird Johnson Grove on Bald Hills Road Friday afternoon, Nov. 3. The tourists had parked two cars and gone for a hike. When they returned sometime between…
Hike or bike a car-free Prairie Creek on Saturday
RNSP PRAIRIE CREEK – Beginning this Saturday, October 7, and continuing on the first Saturday of the month through May 2018, Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) will again be closing the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park to all motorized vehicles. The parkway will close Friday night at 5…
Rangers need help identifying theft suspect
Redwood National & State Parks ORICK – Park rangers at Redwood National and State Parks are looking for a suspect linked to a theft that occurred at the Redwood Creek Trail parking lot, one mile north of Orick on Saturday, June 3 at approximately 9:44 a,m. The suspect was photographed in the act but has…
RNSP: Parks bring $34 million in spending from visitors
Redwood National and State Parks REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS – More than 331 million people visited America’s national parks in 2016, eclipsing the all-time visitation record the National Park Service saw just a year before. Redwood National Park alone recorded 536,297 visitors in 2016, continuing a trend of increasing visitation to the park every…
Susie Van Kirk and Lucille Vinyard: partners in activism, friends to the end
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Two women who made extraordinary contributions to local culture, history and the environment passed away within a day of each other last week. Lucille Vinyard passed away Dec. 30; Susie Van Kirk on Dec. 31. Van Kirk and Vinyard had, together and separately, transformed Humboldt’s landscape for…
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