The Save-the-Redwoods League was founded in 1918 to protect California's redwood forests for future generations to enjoy. Prominent individuals involved in the formation of the League included Stephen T. Mather, first Director of the National Park Service; Congressman William Kent, author of the bill creating the National Park Service; Newton Drury, Director of the National Park Service from 1940–1951; and John Merriam, paleontologist and later president of the Carnegie Institute. The impetus for forming the organization was a trip taken in 1917 by several of these men and others during which they witnessed widespread destruction of the forests by loggers. They were appalled to learn that not one tree was protected by either the state or the federal government. Upon their return, they wrote an article for National Geographic detailing the devastation. Shortly thereafter they formed the Save-the-Redwoods League. One of the League's first actions was to recommend to...