Saving the Redwoods - California - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

History sign at the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in the Redwoods National and State Parks. Text of Sign:
SAVING THE REDWOODS
As spectacular as these redwood forests are, their protection was slow to gain broad support. One of the earliest organized efforts to save redwoods was led by the Sempervirens Club. In 1902, they convinced the California legislature to appropriate funds for the purchase of the first state redwood park. Congressman William Kent also joined the effort. He personally bought and donated 295 acres of redwoods outside San Francisco to the federal government. His gift led to the creation of the Muir Woods National Monument in 1908.
Save-the-Redwoods League was founded in 1918 to purchase redwoods and convert the land to public trust. Numerous groves were protected and redwood state parks created through the League’s efforts, including Del Norte Coast Redwoods, Jedediah Smith Redwoods, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks.
A renewed effort to establish a national redwood park began in the early 1960s. Those efforts were augmented in 1963 when a National Geographic survey team discovered several trees along Redwood Creek that were taller than any previously known. This discovery helped lead to the establsihment of Redwood National Park in October of 1968.

Group that erected the marker: National Park Service Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Bald Hills Road Orick, CAlifornia United States 95555 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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