Free Flowing at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park . Almost all of the park land is water shed for the Smith River and Mill Creek, a major tributary. This predominately old growth coast redwoods park is bisected by the last major free flowing river in California, the Smith River.

Extraordinary birding opportunities await you at the 15th annual Godwit Days spring migration bird festival. California’s North Coast offers towering redwoods, rocky ocean coasts, wild river valleys, expansive mudflats of Humboldt Bay, and the world-renowned Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, where 271 species of birds have been sighted, and just minutes from the historic Arcata Plaza.