From coastlines to forest canopies, the redwood region is full of life—and your support is helping protect it. Here’s a quick update on three major restoration efforts that are making a real impact thanks to the generosity of our community.
🏖️ Little River State Beach: Restoring Coastal Habitat
Redwood Parks Conservancy provided funding for dune restoration at Little River State Beach, where invasive plant species had overtaken fragile habitat. This project focused on removing those invasives and reintroducing native plants—like the vibrant pink sand verbena—that are better suited to the coastal environment.
Since the restoration, we’ve seen encouraging signs: a noticeable increase in native plant cover and more frequent sightings of the threatened western snowy plover, a small shorebird that depends on healthy dune ecosystems for survival.
This project is an important step toward ensuring this stretch of coastline remains a safe, thriving habitat for native plants and wildlife.
🌉 Sue-meg State Park: Reopening the Rim Trail
After years of erosion, parts of the Rim Trail—a visitor favorite in Sue-meg State Park—became unsafe for public use. Redwood Parks Conservancy helped secure $165,118.91 in funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy to rebuild this vital trail segment.
The project includes the replacement of a failing pedestrian bridge and a partial reroute of the trail to avoid unstable terrain. Construction took place between March 2024 and March 2025.
These improvements restored access to one of the park’s most scenic and well-loved hikes, all while protecting the natural and cultural resources that make the trail so special.
🦅 California Condor Recovery: Protecting a Sacred Species
The California condor, once nearly extinct, is making a slow but steady return to its ancestral territory on the North Coast. In support of this historic effort led by the Yurok Tribe and park biologists, Redwood Parks Conservancy has helped fund the construction of specialized isolation pens to monitor condors for avian flu, a growing threat to the species.
Thanks to generous funding from a private donor, we also supported:
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Crew leader housing and staffing
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A utility trailer to support mobile response needs
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Heating equipment, PPE, and medical supplies to care for vulnerable birds
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A walk-in freezer for agricultural carcass storage (essential for condor feeding)
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A new storage facility and a steel holding structure for healthy birds
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Installation of electrical conduit to power the isolation site infrastructure
These efforts are helping create the conditions needed for condors to not just survive, but thrive in the redwood region once again.
💚 Thank You for Making This Work Possible
Whether you’ve made a donation, shared our story, or volunteered your time—you are part of these successes. Together, we’re restoring habitat, improving park access, and helping endangered species take flight again.
To everyone who supports Redwood Parks Conservancy: thank you. The redwoods—and all who call them home—are better off because of you.
Please consider making a donation today.
