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With increased wildfires here in California, are redwoods vulnerable? Fortunately redwoods are incredibly resilient, helping them live to over two thousand years old. One characteristic of old-growth redwoods is signs of fire scarring. Learn how redwoods survive fire.
Read MoreDAVENPORT >> This week, Sempervirens Fund will begin work with Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), Save the Redwoods League and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to treat and…
Read MoreJune 6, 2018 >> Prop. 68, The Clean Water and Parks Act, has passed with roughly 56 percent of the vote. A major contributor to the Yes on 68 Coalition,…
Read MoreBob Kirkwood, dedicated environmentalist and passionate supporter of Sempervirens Fund, passed peacefully on Dec. 10, 2017 in Palo Alto with his wife Edie and sons at his side. In…
Read MoreWe are probably the only people in California that were pleased to have no rain in December. The dry weather allowed for some significant construction progress at the new Robert…
Read MoreSempervirens Club’s Christmas Wish List in 1908 As the year 1908 drew to a close, Sempervirens Club found itself fighting to protect their great victory – the 1901 establishment of…
Read MoreBy Ryan Masters, Sempervirens Fund (Originally published Nov. 26, 2014 in Hilltromper) The eyes of a California Newt are black slits set into saffron orbs. Gaze into them and you…
Read MoreA plane flies over the Santa Cruz Mountains and pummels the coast redwood treetops, which resemble a forest of imperfect romanesco broccoli, with lasers. Each laser bounces off its…
Read MoreThe Bear Fire, which began as a structure fire on private property roughly six miles east of Boulder Creek, is expected to be 100 percent contained by the end of…
Read MoreLast February, the world lost John Felstiner, a great man of letters, a vocal defender of the natural world and a friend of Sempervirens Fund. Felstiner, professor emeritus of English…
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