Map of California Redwoods

Lumber Companies Take up the Axe!

After 1906, many redwoods were cut down to help rebuild San Francisco. All the areas in red are where lumber companies cut down redwoods. The areas in blue were the only places saved. About 93%, almost 2 million acres, of all redwoods were cut down. Click the mountain to find what places were saved from logging.

Redwoods of California

This Blue Area of California was once Covered in Redwood Forests for Thousands of YEars.

Big Basin State Park

Muir Woods

Humbold Redwoods

Redwood National Park

San Francisco

This Area of California was Covered in Redwood Forests for Thousands of YEars.

Where were the Readwo ods?

How Many Redwoods were Cut Down?