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Sunlight filters through the forest canopy to illuminate several redwood trees at Lompico Headwaters, by Orenda Randuch

A Stewardship Story: Return to Nature

November 21, 2024

Surviving since nearly the age of the dinosaurs, redwoods are resilient—but only 5% of them have survived the last century and a half. Human impacts have left redwood forests struggling to recover. Together, we are carefully caring for the redwood forests you protect, resetting their natural systems, and helping them return to nature. Take a peek behind the trees at how you have helped the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz mountains–some of the most biodiverse and threatened on Earth–this year.

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Sempervirens Fund welcomes Dana McRae to its board of directors

November 21, 2024

Dana McRae, a resident of Santa Cruz and the former County Counsel for Santa Cruz County has joined the Sempervirens Fund Board of Directors. She served as the county’s main legal representative for more than 20 years and remains heavily involved in the Santa Cruz community.

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Verónica smiles looking up at the canopy while sitting in a ray of sunshine on a bench in the sun dappled redwood forest, courtesy of Latino Outdoors

Exploring Trails and Their Benefits: Vamos Outdoors

November 7, 2024

It might be called The Great Outdoors for several reasons. It can be beautiful. It can be fun. It can be inspiring. But did you know that it can also be great for your health?

Hit the trail with our partners at Latino Outdoors to explore the beauty and benefits of the places you help us protect in the Santa Cruz mountains, and learn how visiting these places can help protect you. Let’s vamos outdoors!

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The Yes on Measure Q logo shows an icon that is a cross between a drop of water and a flame next to the text, “Vote Yes,” and, “Water and Wildfire Protection Act,” courtesy of the Yes on Measure Q campaign in Santa Cruz County

Statement on the Passage of Measure Q (Santa Cruz County)

November 6, 2024

Santa Cruz County’s Measure Q is a landmark initiative and a significant step forward in the County’s unified approach to water and wildfire protection.

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Statement on the Passage of Proposition 4

November 6, 2024

This landmark $10 billion bond measure, Proposition 4, represents a crucial investment in our state’s immediate environmental future and demonstrates Californians’ commitment to addressing climate change, protecting our water, forests, parks, and natural resources, and enhancing community safety.

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An up close photo of a western fence lizard’s cream, tan, and black spotted scales and face in profile, by Orenda Randuch

An Extraordinary Look at an Ordinary Lizard

October 24, 2024

You’ve seen them. They are one of the most commonly seen lizards in the Santa Cruz mountain region. That is, if they want to be seen. As herpetologist and creator of the #FindThatLizard game Dr. Earyn McGee shows us, these masters of disguise can hide right beneath our very eyes. But you’ve probably never seen them quite like this. Photographer Orenda Randuch, zooms in to share an extraordinary look at an ordinary lizard. Are you ready to see the Western fence lizard in a whole new way?

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A western fence lizard's patterened scales help it blend in with the rocks it sits atop even close up, by Ian Bornarth

Find That Lizard

October 10, 2024

The redwood forests you protect support countless species in and below their canopies. But some of the forests’ inhabitants are such great masters of disguise, they’re hiding right beneath our eyes. We reached out to Dr. Earyn McGee, creator of #FindThatLizard and Coordinator of Conservation Engagement at the Los Angeles Zoo, to help us find reptiles and amphibians and to help her discover more about the habitats of the Santa Cruz mountains.

Meet Dr. McGee to learn about her redwood research below, then join her Under the Redwoods for more tips to #FindThatLizard.

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"Take Action for Redwoods" appears with the Sempervirens Fund logo over a photo of a hiker looking up at the redwoods towering over the trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods, by Orenda Randuch

Water and Wildfire Protection for Redwoods

October 7, 2024

At Sempervirens Fund we are proud to support Prop 4, a $10 billion statewide climate bond, and Measure Q, which would establish the Santa Cruz County Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction, & Wildlife Protection Act. Learn more below and take action.

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An illustration of hands cupping acorns, cones, and wildflowers with flames dancing up to silhouetted redwood trees against a dark orange sun on a smokey background, by Jane Kim, Ink Dwell

The Opposite of Redwoods

September 26, 2024

Redwoods drew artist Jane Kim to California more than 20 years ago and today she returns the favor, drawing redwoods to help people better connect with and draw inspiration from the natural world around us. The more she learns about redwoods as Sempervirens Fund’s first Forest Fellow, the more she contemplates people as redwoods’ exact opposite. Get a sneak peek at her new art and how she hopes celebrating redwood adaptations can inspire us to adapt to our ecosystem rather than change it.

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How do redwoods survive wildfire? A view of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek on April 22, 2021. Most of the park burned in 2020's CZU Complex wildfire. Photo by Max Whittaker courtesy of Save the Redwoods League

NEWS: Statement on Ca. Governor’s Veto of AB 2013 (Pellerin)

September 23, 2024

Mountain View, Calif. (Sept. 23, 2024) – Today, Sempervirens Fund, California’s first land trust, responded to Ca. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of AB 2103 (Pellerin – Santa Cruz). Sempervirens Fund…

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