Conservation Lecture - Redwoods Rising: A Collaboration to Restore Degraded Redwood Forests

Name: Conservation Lecture - Redwoods Rising: A Collaboration to Restore Degraded Redwood Forests
Start: 2026-03-18T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-18T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 3414 W St, Eureka, CA, United States, California 95503

Schedule

Wed Mar 18 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

3414 W St, Eureka, CA, United States, California 95503 | Eureka, CA

Join us at the Zoo or participate on Zoom! There is no cost to attend.
The full talk title is "Redwoods Rising: A Collaboration to Restore Degraded Landscapes in Redwood National and State Parks."
The Sequoia Park Zoo’s fifteenth Conservation Lecture Series concludes for the season on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 7PM PST, hosted by the Sequoia Park Zoo Advisory Group’s Conservation Council. Come learn about exciting, cooperative redwood forest restoration efforts from Lathrop Leonard in a talk entitled, “Redwoods Rising: A Collaboration to Restore Degraded Landscapes in Redwood National and State Parks.”

Lathrop Leonard will discuss restoration efforts on the north coast including how the local history of logging and trying to undo the negative effects of logging led to the formation of Redwoods Rising.
Save the Redwoods League has been working with California State Parks to protect Redwoods for over a century, and both have worked with Redwood National Park since its inception in 1968. This partnership has been reinvigorated under Redwoods Rising to take on the challenge of restoring the more than 80,000 acres of previously logged lands and other degraded habitats within the local Parks. The Redwoods Rising partners have each individually made progress in restoring these lands over the years—thinning thousands of acres of forest, retiring miles of old, eroding logging roads, removing failing stream crossings, and installing in-stream log structures. But that was just the beginning. By bringing together the talents and resources of each partner, they are doing much, much more than they ever could alone. Lathrop will show some of their recent successes and discuss their plans for the future.
Lathrop Leonard is the lead Forester for California State Parks North Coast Redwoods District, which includes all State Parks in Redwoods Rising as well as Humboldt, Del Norte, and Northern Mendocino counties. Lathrop runs the Forestry and Fire Management programs for the District where he has worked since 2004. Ask him about his previous work in habitat conservation and restoration in Western Washington, Colorado, and Kenya.
The Conservation Lecture Series will be held in-person and remotely through Zoom. The in-person lecture is located at the Sequoia Park Zoo’s Flamingo Room at 3414 W Street in Eureka. Attendees can enter the Zoo through Gate C, located to the left of the main gate at the W Street crosswalk.
The event begins with refreshments and a Zoo update slideshow at 6:45 PM. The lecture starts promptly at 7:00 PM. Attendees are encouraged to ask the speaker questions after the presentation.
Virtual attendees can watch on Zoom (where a free, registered Zoom account is required). A link will be available at redwoodzoo.org and on the Zoo’s social media channels on the day of the lecture.
Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 862 8001 5820
Passcode: 642724
Join the Zoom Meeting by Phone: +1 669 444 9171

ABOUT SEQUOIA PARK ZOO
Founded in 1907, the City of Eureka’s Sequoia Park Zoo is the oldest zoo in California and is proudly accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Sequoia Park Zoo is home to over 150 animals representing more than 50 diverse species and includes the award-winning Redwood Sky Walk and the tallest urban forest on the planet. Visit redwoodzoo.org and redwoodskywalk.com for more information.
Photos attached courtesy of Lathrop Leonard. Photo 1: Lathrop Leonard in the field. Photo 2: Second growth forest adjacent to old growth forest.