Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
This summer, Redwood is partnering with the Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) and the Yurok Tribe Construction Company to complete much-needed rehabilitation projects at Wolf Creek Outdoor School.
What is Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)?
IRT is a collaborative program that provides real, hands-on training for military deployment while bringing lasting benefits to communities through key services such as healthcare, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity
Thanks to this program and all those involved, our future school groups will have much more comfortable and accessible experiences.
Want to learn more? Visit irt.defense.gov
This summer, Redwood is partnering with the Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) and the Yurok Tribe Construction Company to complete much-needed rehabilitation projects at Wolf Creek Outdoor School.
What is Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)?
IRT is a collaborative program that provides real, hands-on training for military deployment while bringing lasting benefits to communities through key services such as healthcare, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity
Thanks to this program and all those involved, our future school groups will have much more comfortable and accessible experiences.
Want to learn more? Visit irt.defense.gov

![What Good is a Redwood?
Join Ranger Greg to discover some of the unexpected, but important things redwood forests do for us all.
[Note: In 2016 - a year after this video was produced - new research showed that an acre of old-growth redwoods can hold 1,000 metric tons of carbon. This is almost four times the previously reported data that was used in this video] What Good is a Redwood?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B2FemnzAHuk/mqdefault.jpg)




![Coho Salmon at Prairie Creek, 1.13.2014
Park geologist Vicki captured this scene on January 13, 2014 while working not far from the Prairie Creek Visitor Center: A female coho was building a redd [a nest or spawning area]. We could see her turn sideways to excavate the gravels and build a nest for her eggs. A male coho was defending his spot on the redd and was chasing all other male challengers away. In between the skirmishes, the successful male would spawn with the female and the challenger would move downstream and rest on the gravels with his back out of the water. The sides of the males are colored a vibrant red and are hard to miss...The flow in Prairie Creek is extremely low for this time of year and it is not much higher than summer baseflow. This affords an opportunity to observe the fish since the water is clear. Typically when the fish are spawning during the winter the flows are higher and the water muddier. This will be a great opportunity for people to see fish spawning.
Take Ranger Vickis advice and head out to Prairie Creek Redwood State Park to see for yourself. For more info, give us a call at 707-465-7335 or stop by the Prairie Creek Visitor Center for updates on the latest sightings. Coho Salmon at Prairie Creek, 1.13.2014](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F74RGsVlkNg/mqdefault.jpg)

![Find Your Peaceful Redwoods: Carruthers Cove.
Episode 2:
Virtually join a park ranger watching ocean waves at Carruthers Cove. This beach is on ancestral Yurok lands - now within Redwood National and State Parks.
[Video description: A cloudy day at a beach. Gray cobbles and pebbles line the beach, gray sand has many footsteps on it. Mottled orange and gray rocks form bluffs and cliffs behind the beach. A uniformed national park ranger stands quietly to the side watching the waves. Trees and brush are growing on the cliffs. No text] Find Your Peaceful Redwoods: Carruthers Cove.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FjOaoTk_7QI/mqdefault.jpg)

