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The Castle Fire that roared through Sequoia National Park in 2020 destroyed an estimated 10 percent of the existing population of giant sequoias. In a bid to blunt that loss, the National Park Service is proposing to plant sequoia seedlings in areas of the park that sustained the greatest losses and is seeking public comment on the proposal.

Officials with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are looking for public input as they look to restore giant Sequoia groves burned by wildfires.

The prescribed fire claims fund can cover losses in the rare event a prescribed or cultural burn escapes and causes damage.

Between 1996 and 2020, wildfire burn areas in California grew five times larger than in the 25 years prior. Scientists say climate change is to blame.

When forests burn in runaway wildfires or fall in clearcuts, we all lose

A century-long policy of fire exclusion has transformed Yosemite Valley into a tinderbox that threatens the ancient sequoias of the Mariposa Grove.

The Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition has spent $10 million during 2022 in efforts to restore giant sequoia groves damaged in wildfires.

A team at Archangel Ancient Tree Archives collect samples from sequoias and redwoods, clone them, then replant them in places that need to be reforested.

The devastation can be seen in several images taken of forests in Sierra Nevada before and after they were ravaged by wildfires. The study shows a total of 30% have been wiped out.

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