The Redwood National and State Parks are located in the North Coast of California and Oregon. The North Coast is a region from about

Ukiah,

CA inland and

Fort Bragg,

CA on the coast, and extends to Josephine County in Oregon. If you are traveling on Highway 101 from South to North, you will notice a very moist climate and sudden change in vegetation from California oak woodlands to the Douglas-Fir and coast Redwood forests.

An amazing diversity of life exists at Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP). This ancient coast redwood ecosystem preserved in the parks contains some of the planet’s most majestic forests. You can find banana slugs, gray whales, Douglas-fir, black bears, and sea anemones all at home with redwoods. As western expansion met the redwoods in the 1800s, the trees began to fall under saw and axe. These massive redwoods offered early settlers a seemingly inexhaustible supply of lumber. Yet, within a hundred year span the vast forests were reduced to a fraction of their former size. By the early 1900s, it became apparent that the future of the old-growth redwood forest was in jeopardy. Thanks to the actions of the Save-the-Redwoods League, the redwoods received the protection they needed. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park,

Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, and Prairie

Creek and Redwoods State Park were created by the State of California in the 1920s to protect some of the finest remaining examples of coast redwoods. Congress protected lands adjacent to the three California state parks in 1968 with the creation of Redwood National Park. In 1994, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service agreed to jointly manage the four-park area for maximum resource protection. Today, visitors to RNSP will find not only old-growth redwood groves but open prairie lands, two major rivers, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine California coastline. RNSP is also a testing ground for large scale forest and stream restoration of severely impacted lands.

American Indian tribes have made their home within the North Coast region for thousands of years and still maintain their cultural presence today in areas surrounding RNSP. The parks’ managers work in consultation with the tribes to ensure that their cultural practices can continue. These parks are recognized as both a World Heritage Site and an International Biosphere Reserve. The designations reflect worldwide awareness of RNSP’s resources as irreplaceable. They must be safeguarded. Find Vacation Rentals in California and the United States – FurnishedHomes.com Click Here