What can people who love the redwoods accomplish when they come together to protect these extraordinary places?
In 2025, the answer was powerful.
Across Redwood National and State Parks and the surrounding public lands of California’s far north coast, Redwood Parks Conservancy supporters helped make education, stewardship, visitor services, conservation, and meaningful connections to these special places possible.
Our 2025 Impact Report highlights just some of what we accomplished together.
Volunteers making a difference in our parks. Photo courtesty of RPC.
Nearly 10,000 Hours of Volunteer Service
Volunteers are an essential part of caring for our parks.
In 2025, hundreds of volunteers contributed 9,989 hours through one-time stewardship events, the Titaneers program, Visitor Center placements, and other park operations.
At the Grove of Titans, our 30-member Titaneers team contributed 1,737.5 hours as monitors and interpreters. Together, they personally engaged 23,172 visitors, sharing Leave No Trace principles and stewardship messages at a site that welcomed more than 400,000 visitors during the year.
Volunteers also cleared approximately 13 miles of trail and removed nearly 2,300 pounds of debris during major beach cleanups, including our annual 5th of July Cleanup.
Connections made with the natural world thanks to Howland Hill Outdoor School And Wolf Creek Outdoor Education Center. Photos courtesy of RPC.
Connecting Students with the Redwoods
Outdoor education creates opportunities for young people to build lasting relationships with the natural world.
In 2025, 1,125 students from Pre-K through 6th grade participated in on-site outdoor education experiences and in-class environmental education programs.
Students from 15 schools across Del Norte County, Humboldt County, and Southern Oregon took part in programming designed to build knowledge and foster lifelong connections to nature. Education staff also connected with an additional 250 students through a regional science fair.
At Howland Hill Outdoor School, a $25,000 grant from the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Program supported essential camping equipment, educational supplies, and staffing. The funding helped expand hands-on lessons exploring topics including water quality, forest food chains, and the biodiversity of the redwood forest.
Visitor guides, offical park maps and Junior Ranger materials play a major role in visitor experiences. Images courtesy of Redwood National and State Parks.
Helping Visitors Experience the Parks
Sometimes, supporting the parks means helping visitors understand and safely navigate them.
In 2025, Redwood Parks Conservancy invested in the production of official Redwood National and State Parks visitor guides, maps, and educational materials. These resources help hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the parks and better understand the places they are experiencing.
The year’s park publications included 120,000 official National Park Service visitor maps and 75,000 Junior Ranger badges, helping connect visitors of all ages with the parks.
Left to right: “Sequoia Sempervirens Ghost” by Carin Wagner. Oil on linen. “In Awe” by Lorraine Bubar. Papercutting. “Intrepid” by Matt Harline. Ink and watercolor on paper. Images courtesy of Redwood National and State Parks. Images courtesy of the artists and RPC.
Inspiring New Ways to See the Redwoods
The Artist-in-Residence Program offers another way to deepen people’s connection to these landscapes.
In partnership with the National Park Service and California State Parks, Redwood Parks Conservancy helps coordinate the Artist-in-Residence Program at Redwood National and State Parks.
In 2025, the program welcomed four artists whose work offered new ways to experience and appreciate the redwood forests, rugged coastline, and the people and stories that make these landscapes unique.
Through public presentations and artwork created during their residencies, the artists encouraged visitors and community members to see these places through fresh perspectives.
The awe of the redwoods. Photo courtesy of Patrick Mueller.
Your Support Makes This Work Possible
The impact of this work is reflected not only in the number of students reached, visitors engaged, or volunteer hours contributed, but also in the generosity of the people who make it possible.
In 2025, Redwood Parks Conservancy had $2.66 million in total financial income and $2.23 million in total expenditures.
Most importantly, 91% of expenditures were directed toward public lands and programs, including 78% in programmatic support for parks and 13% in direct aid to parks.
Visitors also played an important role in supporting this work. Register Round-Up donations at RPC’s park stores totaled $93,589 in 2025, while net retail sales increased by $260,051, or 18.72%, over 2024.
Every purchase, donation, volunteer hour, and act of support contributes to the work of caring for these extraordinary public lands.
Because you love the redwoods. Photo courtesy of Jon Parmentier.
Thank You for Being Part of the Story
The numbers in our Impact Report represent much more than statistics. They represent students discovering the natural world, visitors learning how to care for the places they explore, volunteers giving their time to protect and improve the parks, and artists inspiring new ways of seeing these landscapes.
Whether you live nearby or thousands of miles away, your support helps make this work possible.
Thank you for helping protect, restore, and provide meaningful access to the extraordinary public lands of California’s far north coast.
