Largest Old-Growth Coast Redwood Forest in Private Hands Now Permanently Protected by Save the Redwoods League Future Public Access Envisioned for Hidden Sonoma Gem PR Newswire SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO , June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Save the Redwoods League, celebrating their centennial year as the only nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and stewarding coast redwood and giant sequoia forests in California , today announced that it has acquired the 730-acre Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve in Sonoma County to permanently protect hundreds of old-growth redwoods and provide future public access to them. The property is the largest old-growth redwood forest remaining in single private ownership, owned by the Richardson family for generations. “It’s as if we’ve discovered an ancient civilization; an oasis of towering redwoods hidden from public view for over a century,” said Sam Hodder , president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League […]