SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE 69 



The League has a fivefold object: (i) To rescue from destruc- 

 tion, for the enjoyment of this generation and those to come, repre- 

 sentative areas of our primeval forests; (2) To establish through 

 federal aid a National Redwood Park, and through State aid a State 

 Redwood Park; (3) To purchase Redwood groves by private sub- 

 scription, and to establish memorial groves for individuals and 

 organizations; (4) To obtain the protection of timber along state 

 highways in California and, when feasible, to secure State and county 

 bond issues for Redwood protection; (5) To support the reforesta- 

 tion and conservation of our forest areas. 



Of the more than 6000 acres of Redwoods preserved, 2500 acres 

 are in the Big Basin, Santa Cruz County ; 2827 acres are a part of the 

 new Humboldt State Redwood Park ; and the remainder are in groves 

 preserved by the counties or, in the case of the Muir Woods, by 

 the nation. 



Among the recent additions to the total area of Redwoods pre- 

 served is the Humboldt Pioneer Memorial Redwood Grove, nine miles 

 north of Orick on the State highway. This grove of 160 acres was 

 given to the State by Mrs. Zipporah Russ, through the efforts of the 

 League, and was dedicated to public use last summer (1923). The 

 supervisors of San Mateo County last year appropriated $70,000 to 

 purchase 310 acres of Redwoods for a county park. Most recently 

 the Pacific Lumber Company has given to the State a magnificent 

 grove of 289 acres at Dyerville in the State Redwood Park; the 

 Redwoods League has purchased, through a gift of $25,000 from a 

 resident of Massachusetts, 113 acres in the Park; and the Humboldt 

 County Board of Supervisors have voted to acquire 80 acres known 

 as the South Dyerville Flat, adjoining the gift of the lumber company. 

 These three groves will complete the first unit of the Humboldt State 

 Redwood Park, which now extends in a continuous strip of twelve 

 miles along the south fork of the Eel River from Miranda 

 to Dyerville. 



Funds have been made available to a total of $105,000 for the 

 purchase of Redwood areas. The League supported the Rosenshine 

 Bill, making it possible under certain limitations to use the right of 

 eminent domain in acquiring Redwood and other timberlands for 

 park purposes and calling for a state-wide survey of areas suitable for 

 park uses. The League carries on an active publicity in support of 



