You know you’ve arrived in Humboldt County when you wind your way through beautiful and majestic Richardson Grove State Park at the county’s southern entrance. Towering old-growth redwoods shade the roadway, even in broad daylight, as visitors crane their necks out car windows with marvel and locals smile at the notion of returning home. 

But the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has a plan to widen and realign Highway 101 at Richardson Grove to accommodate the largest commercial trucks on the road. Caltrans would cut down trees and destroy the roots of ancient redwoods causing substantial, irreparable damage to the trees.

The redwoods of Richardson Grove represent the last standing giant ancient redwoods in the world, they are irreplaceable: once destroyed they are gone and will not be replaced by equivalent trees for millennia.

Since 2009, the Environmental Protection Information Center, the Center for Biological Diversity, Californians for Alternatives for Toxins, several individuals, and a coalition of activists have been holding Caltrans accountable to the law in both State and Federal Court; however the project is far from being forgotten and we need your help.

We know that by working together, we can stop this destructive project and protect this threatened ancient redwood grove.

 Join the  community campaign to Save Richardson Grove.

For additional information:

DIA Action Page

EPIC's blogpost with more background information