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.
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