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Designated

One of The World's 36
Biodiversity Hotspots

35M+

Trees Standing

50,000 acres

Usal Redwood Forest

20 miles

Streams Restored

One of The World's 36
Biodiversity Hotspots

Trees Standing

Usal Redwood Forest

Streams Restored

Redwood forest foundation
Redwood Forest Foundation manages one of the largest working community forests in North America. Over the next three years we aim to transform this forest into a flagship model of biodiversity protection, climate resilience, scientific research, and community access. Our mission is to protect and restore redwood forests and streams through smart technology while building community around healthy, and resilient lands.

How We Support
Healthy Forests

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING
INFRASTRUCTURE + AI
BIODIVERSITY MAPPING
smart forest

We give the forest eyes, ears, and signals.

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smart forest

We turn the forest into a living data system.

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We read the ecosystem at the molecular level.

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Biodiversity monitoring networks act as the eyes and ears of the forest, capturing wildlife activity through sound, imagery, and sensor technology.

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BIODIVERSITY
MONITORING

Our forests are powered by intelligent infrastructure and AI systems that transform vast streams of environmental data into actionable insights.

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INFRASTRUCTURE + AI

At the molecular scale, eDNA biodiversity mapping reveals hidden ecological patterns by detecting genetic traces left behind in soil and water, offering a deeper understanding of ecosystem health and change.

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BIODIVERSITY
MAPPING

watershed restoration

Healthy watersheds, healthy forests.

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how to support us?

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SPONsor an acre

Every sponsored acre helps us protect and restore this forest. Support Redwood Forest Foundation's conservation efforts today.

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protect the forest

Support healthy redwood forests with a donation. Every dollar helps restore habitat, protect wildlife, and care for our community forest.

Explore our forest

our BIOdiveristy

The Usal Redwood Forest on the Mendocino Coast supports at least 15 species that carry some form of threatened, endangered, or special concern status at the state or federal level.

THE NORTHERN
SPOTTED OWL
COHO
SALMON
Pink
Leptonia
Coast
Redwood
Pacific
Fisher
 Tanoak
acorns
Red-Bellied
Newt
California Condor

a tour through
the redwood forest

The guided ATV tour at Usal Redwood Forest is a full day inside 50,000 acres of coast redwood on California's Lost Coast, led by the people who manage the land year-round.

ATV TOUR

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We, at Redwood Forest Foundation, acknowledge that the land we refer to as Usal Redwood Forest is located on ancestral and unceded lands of the Wailaki, Cahto, Sinkiyone and Coast Yuki peoples, who stewarded this land for generations. We believe that the voices of community must be integral in the management, governance and utilization of Usal Redwood Forest. We are committed to creating meaningful relationships with Native peoples and supporting the preservation, protection and renewal of their cultural heritage and practices. We are taking action to fulfill that intent and encourage you to be part of that endeavor.