About Coastal Redwoods

The redwood trees of Humboldt County are more than just the tallest trees in the world—they are precious arks of biodiversity; they harbor a surprising, hidden ecosystem high above the ground…and they just might save the planet. Explore this section to discover more about the California redwoods than you ever thought to ask, including their natural history, their pivotal role in environmentalism, and the fact that an acre of redwood forest sequesters more carbon as biomass than an acre of any other forest on earth—seven times as much as a tropical rain forest.