Save Richardson Grove
Three years after Caltrans began planning to widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park for giant trucks to deliver goods in and out of Humboldt County, EPIC and our allies filed a legal complaint in San Francisco Superior Court, challenging the plan. In addition to a legal strategy to protect the famed old growth redwoods, EPIC and a coalition of community activists have organized a public campaign to underscore the growing movement forming to protect this stand of ancient trees.
Please consider donating to our Richardson Grove Fund or getting involved in our Save Richardson Grove Campaign.
A Little Background
Richardson Grove State Park marks the southern entrance to Humboldt County, and is considered to be the famous redwood curtain that has kept the county from becoming another exit along the superhighway of modern development. In 1922, concerns about “potential destruction of the trees by highway construction and logging” persuaded the State to protect the redwood grove. But now Caltrans is proposing to widen the highway through the Grove, resulting in removal of trees and destruction of old growth root systems.
Read more on the project specifics here.
View the pages below to learn more about the Campaign to Save Richardson Grove and find out how you can get involved:
Take Action Now! Send a letter to Caltrans, and let them know your feelings about the Richardson Grove project. This easy, one click action sends a message directly to Caltrans and other decision-makers.
Download or order an activist packet online!
These are tools to help you encourage your friends and family to get involved by helping support the Richardson Grove Campaign in your own way. They include postcards, stickers, posters, sign-up sheets, brochures, and a direct action guide.
Donate to EPIC’s “Save Richardson Grove Fund”
The power is in your hands, EPIC needs support from people like you to keep the Richardson Grove campaign going. We are up against large scale developers with unlimited budgets. Every donation helps.
Sign up for EPIC’s Save Richardson Grove listserve
You can receive regular updates about upcoming events and campaign developments. We can update you on our efforts to stop the Caltrans project threatening old growth redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park.
This group of organizers has kept the heat on CalTrans and have brought many issues to light. Already this group has successfully forced CalTrans to produce environmental planning documents to examine expected impacts of the proposed project.