Greg King (writer)

Greg King

Greg King (born 1961) is an American journalist and environmental activist in Northern California. He is President and Executive Director of Siskiyou Land Conservancy, a non-profit land trust.[1]

King is credited with discovering and naming Headwaters Forest, in March, 1987, then the largest privately held ancient redwood grove still standing outside of parks.[2][3][4] As a redwood activist King pioneered the tactic of tree-sitting, and he was a lead organizer and strategist dedicated to protecting Headwaters and other groves during the 1980s and 1990s.[2][5][6] King is an authority on redwood logging and protection efforts that have occurred since 1850.[7]

King was the principal author of the 2014 book Rumours of Glory, the memoir of Canadian performing artist Bruce Cockburn.[8][9]

King's writing has earned four journalism awards, including two Lincoln Steffens Investigative Journalism Awards, and his photographs have run in several national publications.[10][11] In 2016 the Environmental Protection Information Center presented King with its annual Sempervirens Lifetime Achievement Award.[12]

In 2023, PublicAffairs published King's book, The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods, a history of redwood logging and protection efforts.

  1. ^ "Board and Staff". Siskiyou Land Conservancy. December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Harris, David The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over California's Ancient Redwoods (Times Books, 1995) ISBN 0-8129-2577-7
  3. ^ Zakin, Susan Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First and the Environmental Movement (Penguin, 1993) ISBN 0-670-83618-4
  4. ^ Speece, Darren Defending Giants: The Redwood Wars and the Transformation of American Environmental Politics (University of Washington Press 2017) ISBN 978-0-295-99951-7
  5. ^ Chase, Alston In a Dark Wood (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) ISBN 0-395-60837-6
  6. ^ Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 1987
  7. ^ "Greg King: History of Redwoods | Santa Cruz". hilltromper.com. March 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "RUMOURS OF GLORY | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  9. ^ "Bruce Cockburn". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference westsonoma-1986 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Santa Rosa Press Democrat July 28, 1992
  12. ^ "Greg King recognized at EPIC annual fundraiser". October 31, 2016.