2,000 seedlings take root to restore redwood habitat - UPS
The UPS Foundation and EDN have planted more than 3.7 million trees worldwide since 2013. Recently, EDN, the global coordinator of Earth Day events, planted 2,000 coast redwood seedlings in the Usal Redwood Forest in Northern California’s Mendocino County.The planting is part of a project EDN has with the California Redwood Forest Foundation, a nonprofit that owns and manages the 50,000-acre forest, with the aim of restoring redwoods in the Usal Forest. Redwoods dominated the forest for centuries but have been heavily depleted by 100 years of industrial forestry.
Redwoods can reach heights of more than 350 feet and can have a diameter of 24 feet. Coast redwoods live only in a 40-mile wide strip on the Northern California coast, and have a lifespan of ups to 2,000 years.