Last updated: March 24, 2022
Place
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #7
Dave Van de Mark
Quick Facts
Location:
Lady Bird Johnson Trail
Significance:
Walking tour in old-growth redwoods
Designation:
National Park
Amenities
1 listed
Scenic View/Photo Spot
A Forest Protected
By the 1960s, aboriginal redwood forests that had stood for millennia vanished in less than a century. Logged, milled, and shipped elsewhere, the redwoods of northern California built the homes and infrastructure of an expanding nation. The realization that old-growth redwood forests were disappearing far-too-rapidly led to the establishment of three redwood state parks in the 1920s and Redwood National Park in 1968. On this site in 1969, Presidents Nixon and Johnson joined Governor Reagan in dedicating this 300-acre grove to Lady Bird Johnson and her campaign to preserve America’s natural beauty.
Enlarged in 1978 to include more of the nearby Redwood Creek watershed, the National Park Service today partners with three California State Parks to safeguard and manage nearly half of all the remaining old-growth redwood forests. This forest heritage provides a window to the past and vision for the future.
By the 1960s, aboriginal redwood forests that had stood for millennia vanished in less than a century. Logged, milled, and shipped elsewhere, the redwoods of northern California built the homes and infrastructure of an expanding nation. The realization that old-growth redwood forests were disappearing far-too-rapidly led to the establishment of three redwood state parks in the 1920s and Redwood National Park in 1968. On this site in 1969, Presidents Nixon and Johnson joined Governor Reagan in dedicating this 300-acre grove to Lady Bird Johnson and her campaign to preserve America’s natural beauty.
Enlarged in 1978 to include more of the nearby Redwood Creek watershed, the National Park Service today partners with three California State Parks to safeguard and manage nearly half of all the remaining old-growth redwood forests. This forest heritage provides a window to the past and vision for the future.