When
were the redwood parks created?
We've been "saving" the redwoods
for many generations and now have one of the greatest park systems
ever created to preserve a single species.
Chronology of the Creation of
California's Redwood Parks |
Current
Acreage |
1902 |
Big
Basin Redwood State Park |
18,132 |
1907 |
Muir
Woods National Monument |
485 |
1921 |
Humboldt
Redwoods State Park |
52,246 |
1921 |
Standish-Hickey |
1,021 |
1922 |
Richardson
Grove |
1,574 |
1923 |
Prairie
Creek Redwoods State Park |
14,004 |
1924 |
Del
Norte Coast Redwoods State Park |
6,370 |
1928 |
Mt.
Tamalpais SP |
6,192 |
1928 |
Paul
Dimmick |
672 |
1928 |
Humboldt
Lagoons |
360 |
1929 |
Jedediah
Smith |
9,793 |
1930 |
Van
Damme |
2,155 |
1933 |
Russian
Gulch |
1,259 |
1933 |
Pfeiffer
Big Sur |
802 |
1934 |
Armstrong
Redwoods |
752 |
1943 |
Grizzly
Creek Redwoods |
394 |
1944 |
Admiral
Stanley |
45 |
1945 |
Portola |
2,507 |
1946 |
Samuel
Taylor |
2,616 |
1947 |
Montgomery
Woods |
1,322 |
1954 |
Henry
Cowell |
4,136 |
1954 |
Mailliard
Redwoods |
242 |
1956 |
Butano |
2,671 |
1958 |
Benbow
Lake |
975 |
1958 |
Hendy
Woods |
816 |
1961 |
Julia
Pfeiffer Burns |
2,040 |
1963 |
Smithe
Redwoods |
628 |
1963 |
Forest
of Nisene Marks |
10,095 |
1966 |
Austin
Creek |
5,107 |
1966 |
Reynolds |
376 |
1968 |
Andrew
Molera |
4,749 |
1968 |
Redwood
National Park - original |
28,000 |
1975 |
Sinkyone
Wilderness |
7,407 |
1976 |
Jug
Handle |
756 |
1978 |
Redwood
National Park - expansion |
48,000 |
1978 |
Big
Creek Preserve |
3,858 |
1981 |
Humboldt
Lagoons |
360 |
1988 |
Navarro
River Redwoods |
647 |
1989 |
Harry
Merlo |
830 |
1989 |
Fort
Ross |
3,275 |
1980s |
Misc.
Casc.2,493; LaPurisima 2,633; Wilder 4,511 |
9,637 |
|
Total |
|
257,306 |
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