Richardson Grove State Park, covering approximately 2,000 acres, was put into the public trust almost a century ago to memorialize the fallen soldiers of WWI, and it is home to the ninth largest tree of all remaining Coast redwoods. Caltrans is proposing to “realign” and widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove (a redwood forest) in response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2006 Strategic Growth Plan that proposed changes to north coast highways to enable interstate “STAA” trucks full access to Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. The Coalition to Save Richardson Grove represents environmental, business and citizen groups in Humboldt County.
