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Deal safeguards large redwood forest Preservation group buys 14,838-acre easement for $25M By Paul Rogers, The Mercury News Published: February 28, 2021, 6:00am Share: 2 Photos Save the Redwoods League paid $24.7 million to buy a conservation easement over the sweeping Mailliard Ranch, located in southern Mendocino County near the Sonoma County line. (Dreamstime) Photo Gallery SAN JOSE, Calif. — A vast redwood forest 80 miles north of San Francisco and sprawling nearly as large as Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received permanent prote...

Environmental deal protects swath of redwood forest in Mendocino County FacebookTwitterEmail Save the Redwoods League paid $24.7 million for a conservation easement over the sweeping Mailliard Ranch, in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley.Dreamstime / TNS A sprawling redwood forest in southern Mendocino County has received permanent protection under a $24.7 million deal between a Bay Area environmental group and the property’s longtime owners, San Francisco’s socially and politically prominent Mailliard family. Save the Redwoods League bought three conservation easements across the 14,83...

The forest will not be open to the public. The family will continue to own the property and be allowed to conduct commercial logging — at half the rate currently permitted under state laws — on second-growth redwoods there, as it has done for generations. But more than 1,000 acres of land will be preserved forever, while 69 legal parcels that could have been divided into ranchettes and vineyards will be retired. “Our vision isn’t to make a park out of every acre of redwood forest," said Sam Hodder, president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League. “We want to make sure we don’t lose ...

Save the Redwoods League, the San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to conserving redwood forests, has secured nonpossessory rights to nearly 15,000 acres of property at Mailliard Ranch, about 80 miles outside of Mendocino.

Sprawling Northern California redwood forest preserved in $25M deal Published  article HENDY WOODS, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA - 2000: The majestic redwood trees of Hendy Woods State Park are viewed from below in this 2000 Mendocino County, California, photo. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO - A sprawling redwood forest north of San Francisco has received permanent protection under a deal between a Bay Area environmental group and a family who has owned it since 1925. Under the agreement, Save the Redwoods League paid $24.7 million to buy a conservation easement over the sweepin...