*_“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”_*

his voice is amazing. they didn't even need to hire a narrator

I've planted over a 100,000 trees in my life since I was a kid. There is nothing more rewarding to see the growth after 30 years. It goes from how you remember the land to a completely new landscape. Almost bitter sweet because you know how long it takes for those trees to grow that big.

THIS is the type of content National Geographic should be more producing!!

Dies then comes back to life and starts saving Nature. Truly a hero in my books.

That deep baritone voice, is the voice of a redwood itself!

First time I saw the redwoods I started to cry they’re magical living beings

Over here in NZ there is a town called Rotorua that planted California Redwood tree in 1901, 1920 and 1940. They are truly magnificent, the beauty of the trees as u walk through the forest is breath taking. Standing tall and strong, they give new meaning to the word at one with nature

Planted over 40 Redwoods in Oroville California in the Sierra Nevada foothills at 950 ft elevation. They were around 4 ft tall 25 years ago and are now 100 ft tall. they need a little tlc to get started but once they are established they grow rapidly. I lived in Crescent City CA for 15 years and the redwoods are my favorite part of that area. Glad to see other people who care about the trees.

"There is no wifi in the forest, but i'll promise you that you will find a better connection"

I highly recommend making a journey to see those forests. Its that feeling when you were a kid, and every day your mind was blown away with something new to know. That's how it feels putting your eyes and hands on these giants.

I worked in those forests for three weeks and my brain was definitely changed in a good way. Its a profound place. 95% of the trees were killed, true and 95% of the native people who originally cared for the trees were also killed. I do hope that they have included the native nations of the area to advise and to return some of the land to them.

we need more people like this

Those who have walked among those giants will never forget. It feels like walking through a cathedral.

This was awesome, I grew one from a seedling and now it’s the tallest tree in the mountains and thriving at 3000 ft elevation

I'm crying watching this. Amazing to find people with such passion doing great things for the world that's got long term benefits.

Videos like this one should be one of the most popular on KZfaq... when it happens, we know that our planet is in good hands.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. ~Cree

A big salute to you.....sir. Thank you for reviving mother nature.

I don't know about you guys, but really, I cried. I cried for this. I cried for trees. God bless you, Sir.

Call him a treehugger, or crazy or whatever. At least he’s doing good. And he’s got a purpose in life. Amazing

If you teach kids that trees are the most important thing, then they'll do anything to protect them. If you teach kids that money is the most important thing, then they'll do anything to get it.

40 years ago my dad took his parents, wife and kids to California to see relatives in a once in a lifetime type trip. Being 12 at the time,I wanted to go to Disney most of all. We spent a week visiting family and parks followed by a week doing Disney type things. Decades later what I remember and appreciate most is the Redwoods. Massive and majestic and HUGE! It saddens me greatly to hear decades later these forests are mostly gone. Massive respect to those who are doing something to save this most precious of natural resources. Living creatures over 2000 years old deserved better.

I deal with all types of wood. At first I was just selling firewood for profit. Now I feel I need to plant as much as I cut. My mission is to create my own forest. “The Paul Bunyon Forest.” I know these now dead trees that I deal with were growing before I was alive. Now it’s time I help them as much as they helped me.

Not all heroes wear capes.

15 years ago i bought a sequioa from the national park, now it is 30 feet tall

It’s been many years since I visited the Redwoods in Northern California. My heart hurt seeing those high trees cut down & I am grateful for people like you who clone & replant trying to bring them back. This was posted 5 years ago & California has almost been burned out. The fires have taken a toll on several states. I hope you are still cloning & planting these beautiful trees! This is proof that God still had plans for you. Bless you 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

“Plant the tree that you will not be alive to see, because that’s the right thing to do”

That made me cry. Did anyone else?

We are blessed to have someone like this in our world, and it needs our support.

It makes me immensely happy to learn that somewhere in the world, in various part, at least we hv some good people like him who care for the trees and the earth. Truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

I love that opening statement. Having grown up in Northern California, I feel the same. The old growth redwoods are such magical trees and had a profound spiritual impact on me the many times I walked through those beautiful enchanting groves.

On behalf of my grandchildren and their children ....thank u

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I had a near-death experience when I was 19. I could hear it in his voice that he experienced such a hard thing and I could see myself in his new-born passion. "I am going to do it" is like a beutiful phrase that gives you new life by giving something else new life. Because death is never easy for anyone. Thank you and God Bless from Sweden for this video.

Awesome! Extremely Happy to see! My best friend and I were just talking about this... When I was a young boy of 7 yrs old I saw these beautiful giants for the first time... From Ventura, California. It made me cry! I am now 61 yrs old.

My goodness, this man's passion is tangible through a freaking screen. Why am I crying? LOL

some of you may laugh, but it is ok, whenever i see a giant tree cut down, it makes me cry

This might be the best KZfaq video I’ve ever watched. As a great lover of redwoods, I was very much warmed by this man’s project.

It's just nice to see that somebody's doing something about it we need those trees. And thank you

i dont even know what to say about the vintage clip. the narrator speaking with such glee about how ancient the trees are while we watch them being cut down. a society with no respect for age has no history.

I'm going to do whatever I can to pick up the trash others left behind. I'm going to pick up my own trash, and I'm going to do whatever I can to replant all trees that are being cut down. I'm inspired by this video and many others, and as a drummer I can safely say that everyone can do something. If you don't ought to join me in making the planet a better place, I'm going to take as many for the team as I have to. I'm not going to just sit here and watch the world go. Good things are happening, we just need to see them. We need to not be boggled through the minds of media, because we are doing so much right already. People need hope to get willpower, so let us show them that there is still people with hope out there.

Pictures and videos don't do the trees any justice at all. It's a truly breath-taking experience to see a giant redwood in real life and just admiring how massive and beautiful they are. It's like being in a city of trees, surrounded by bark, leaves, and fresh crisp clean air. Defiantly worth the trip for anyone who decides to go.

Just saw the redwoods for the first time yesterday. This experience has been absolutely life changing. Just some words: amazing, godly, protectors, ancient, strength, resilient, etc. We have to protect and restore the redwood and sequoia trees. I wish only the best and success for this mission.

I WAS ACTUALLY CRYING WATCHING 3-4000 YEARS OLD TREES BEING CHOPPED :( GOD BLESS YOU !!!!! I CANT WAIT TO VISIT THIS GORGEOUS FORREST !!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SON !!!!!!!!!!!

The Lorax has gotten a bit taller since the last time I saw him.

Thank you so much for doing this. You're a beautiful person. I get so sad when I see people cutting down trees and making them into sawdust. I'm in Colorado but grew up in California long ago. I wish we had redwoods here. Thanks again. You're a blessing to this earth.

When I'm alone in the Redwoods, with the mist low to the ground, I can imagine a pre-historic animal running down the trail towards me. It is a magical place that must be experienced at least once in your lifetime.

When he said "It's my life's worth" I felt that.

bless you man

Not a treehigher myself but I admire this guy and wish I had the time to visit a redwood forest.

This guy is an example of how we could help the world every day

People like these restore my faith in human nature.

First time a tree video made me cry

Thank you for saving and replanting the spectacular and beautiful Redwoods, sir!!! May God bless you always! I wish that I could be there to help you plant them! I am definitely a tree lover and so hoping that people will stop cutting them down... Thank you so very much! ❤️🌲❤️🌲❤️

Every time I day dream or meditate a Redwood forest is always a part of it. Now that truely explains their magical influence on me and I’m sure anyone who has seen a redwood forest in person or in pictures has a sort of magical connection to them in their own way. I can’t imagine loosing such an amazing part of nature because of human actions. On an emotional and logical level they are very important.

"We can grow millions and millions of tress" - That gave me hope

I can't THANK You enough for you saving the TREES i love you guys THANK You

He is my Hero! I from mold sickness, almost died from renal failure, and I too, swore to save my mother earth if I survived... Long last our trees..

There are a few profound first moments and seeing redwoods for the first time is absolutely awe inspiring.

this is what it means to be the change you want to see. One person can make a lot of difference. thank you

As a previous redwood state park camp host for 13 years, nothing beats living in the redwoods 24/7 during a big storm. They creak and groan and the tops sway 30 feet! Burned out hollow giants are natural when duff builds around trunks for centuries, then is ignited by natural fires. The fibrous bark is relatively fire resistant until enough heat burns through the bark into the cambium and heartwood which burns up the interior until lack of oxygen snuffs it out. Early travelers and pioneers used large hollow redwoods and brush as "Sheep pens" to avoid griz and lion from taking livestock. Many redwoods are blown apart by direct lightening strikes which super-heats interior water into steam. With no tap root, wind can blow over one big redwood and it will take down several others like dominoes. There are millions of redwoods within state parks and the project of growing the best genetics is good. Those should be widely disbursed among all other protected redwoods to naturally spread the best genetics via eventual seeds. Re-planting clear cut areas only will result in slow and unnatural long term forests since clear cutting killed off the little known "internet" fibers between trees which may take many hundreds of years to restore. Privately owned redwoods are NOT "protected" and smaller trees left uncut will provide marketable logging again......in 700 years! Why worry? :-) Summer fog (cold ocean-hot interior) is the key element as big redwoods can take in up to 500 gallons of water a day. Redwoods "predict" upcoming winter rain and floods by dropping large numbers of cones, or very few for dry winters. Redwoods have 16 million years of experience. They know what they are doing! :-)

I really need this positivity right now as we have major wildfires in California and the north states. I really hope this cloning of redwoods continues. These trees give me life and happiness.

I saw the redwoods as a 12 year old back in the mid 1970s. Even at that young age there was a unique feeling of awe just to stand among them. I never forgot it and I never will. Kudos to this gentleman and all who help him.

~"when you live for things that are not yet alive, you will know what i means to have lived. And because of this, you can die without regret." ~

There's an old Redwood forest in Minnesota at Itasca State Park. I used to visit it in my teens (1970's). It could maybe help with propogating more of these trees? I remember a friend of mine playing Amazing Grace on his bagpipes at sunset on the lake among those trees. It was so beautiful. I will help this man's cause.

Earth shakes, Stone breaks The forest is at your door The dark sleep is broken The woods have awoken The trees have gone to ward Roots rend, wood bends The Ents have answered the call Through branches now the wind sings Feel the power of living things The trees have gone to war

Absolutely yes. If you have not walked in a redwood forest you must do so before you can’t anymore. It is an experience you will never forget.

Some people just can’t comprehend how important these things called “trees” are to our existence

"Let's plant some more".

Old is Gold. Preserving such trees is a great Love to humanity.

Thank you so much for your wonderful works! You folks are appreciated!

If trees could talk, they would defiantly sound like him!

I️ agree completely with his statement on the act of walking through a redwood forest. I’ve never felt so connected to my spiritual inner being than when I️ was surrounded by those magnificent giants

Wow. Nothing but respect for this guy and his family. Thank you for trying to save the world and helping mother nature to make this world a better place for generations to come. 🙏

I’ve planted three trees this year. I hope they survive as long as they can because I love trees and I hate to see forests suffering by people cutting them down, they’re so ignorant. I planted two maple trees and a birch tree 💚

I have always believed that trees have souls,,there are something special about them and their quiet comfort

Seeing the films of the trees being cut down was so horrifying that I had to turn away. I felt sick inside. Thank you sir, for what you're doing! Please never stop!

I have a small backyard, but not too long ago I began taking interest in it. I got into gardening which led me to companion gardening so I won't use pesticides. I began seeing cardinals, chickadees, and just other type of birds. Hearing them sing made me happy. So then I began buying food for the birds. It led me to plant native plants for them. Now I want to build a pond for the birds. Then put bird houses and places for them to be more protected against predators. I have stray cats around the area they don't get into my area because of my dogs, but the birds have their nest near my backyard not in it. I'm not only planting for the birds, but also for the pollinators. It will be like a mini forest. The little I have done and I can tell the difference on how lively everything is. I don't know how smart birds are, but they were singing outside while I was cleaning up the back yard and I herd a bunch of them chirp like crazy. I looked up and of to a distance I saw a cat. I wanted to go grab it. It was a beautiful cat really fluffy, but it ran away. After the cat left the birds stopped chirping like crazy and began singing again. Nature is beautiful. I wish I could've done it sooner. At the end of the day we can all do our part. We need to be held accountable too. If you don't have a place find out where you can plant trees and native plants. Don't use so much plastic. Our government won't do anything if we don't take action ourselves. If you do have a yard plant a small native tree. Provide water and food, plant some flowers for pollinators. Try to find out ways to get rid of pest without pesticides. Let's not kill our planet.

My heart drops when i hear a chain saw when i was young i would be yelling tree murderer's but old age curtailed that but i have seventeen mature trees in my garden all planted by me so i feel i am doing my best

I could listen to this man's voice all day... reminds me of a mixture of Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman.

That voice..

Thank you uncle for the hopeful spirit. Thank you for saving this forest these trees. I will remember you. You will be remember for generation.

Nothing but respect and gratitude. Keep doing what you’re doing.

Thank you, David. You're an angel. And, thank you National Geographic for allowing this angel to shine.

Thanks to David Milarch! 'God bless him!

I got to know about them when i was a kid! I was amazed by them!!! After so many years knowing that 95% of them are gone breaks my heart!

I'M SO TICKLED THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS... I DEEPLY THANK YOU!!! I HAVE SUCH LOVE AND PASSION AND A NEED FOR TREES... I WANT TO HELP AND I'M GOING TO HELP.... FROM RIGHT WHERE I STAND!!! MUCH LOVE!!!

these trees are so amazing! i had the chance to wander amongst them it really puts into perspective how small and short lived we really are. i hope those who are able join him in his mission.

In Australia we have been practising Professional Forestry for more than 100 years. Every tree that is harvested gets replanted!

Planting trees.. Like giving hope... What we ought to thrive on is more people like you...

I bought some seeds and am going to try do my part! Lets all contribute to this we can make a difference together

Well done. That is amazing I saw the trees at 20 I’m now 54 the other side of the country thank you for your efforts

I am happy he is alive spreading his message! Tremendous Inspiration!

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant" -Robert Louis Stevenson

so hope their efforts are what they hope for, Thank you & your family David! I miss living in Grand Traverse region & am returning there soon.

I get goose bumps when he ends by saying " let's plant some more" under his breath.

Those beautiful trees could survive everything but humans.... but every so often, God sends his angels...

I grew up in Santa Cruz redwood forest. I didn’t know till I was a teenager it wasn’t normal to have 200 foot plus trees in the backyard and all over the place. There amazing and i think for me they showed me how small I was and how high I might reach someday. Figuratively of course. When one tree came down it was a closed road for a couple days. And the rain was awesome. I wish them the best of luck.

I strated crying because the world needs more people to care about our planet it's sad how some dont appreciate it