Mendocino County’s Montgomery Woods expands with State Parks and Save the Redwoods acquisition, with more to come

MENDOCINO Co., 4/18/24 — California State Parks has added 80 acres of rocky outcroppings, cliffs and redwood forest to its cache of giant old growth redwoods at Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve, near Ukiah. Another 453 neighboring acres have been acquired by the Save the Redwoods League for sale to the state when money is available, said Adrianna Andreucci, Land Protection Manager for Save the Redwoods League.

In the midst of a spectacular redwood forest, Montgomery Woods contains 18 coast redwood trees taller than 350 ft and four trees taller than 360 feet. Between 1999 and 2004, the grove’s famous Mendocino Tree was considered the tallest tree on earth, until taller trees were found in Humboldt County in 2005. At last reported measure, the Mendocino Tree was just under 370 feet tall.