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>> it was devastating, heartbreaking. everything had been incinerated. it was a field of the worlds largest burned-up toothpicks. >> reporter: after decades of suppressing forest fire, other trees and brush have grown rampantly around the sequoias. >> the fires that used to burn every five to ten years in the sierra would just keep down the competition, and reduce the fuel naturally. >> reporter: on land owned by the save the redwoods league, we hiked out to see just how deadly the castle fire w...

Take root. >> what i see have a lot of these baby giants that have sprouted up since the fire happened. >> without an urgent response to the climate crisis, and increased forest maintenance, experts worry more of the once seemingly impervious sequoias will be lost. >> the biggest worry for me is we have two fires burning right now that are threatening groves we have not been able to treat. the risk is still there. >> cnn in the sierra nevada mountains. >> and then theres the battle on the tennis...

Naturally. >> reporter: on land owned by the save the redwoods league, we hiked out to see just how deadly the cassel fire was here. >> for us to see 10% to 14% of the total of giant sequoias alive killed in one year, in one fire, theres nothing to compare that to. >> reporter: yet fire in and of itself is not the enemy of the giant sequoia. >> their cones open up. their seeds start to germinate after a fire. >> reporter: so near those lost giants, where the fire wasnt too intense, small shoots ...

Year, theres nothing to compare that to. >> reporter: yet fire in and of itself is not the enemy of the giant sequoia. >> their cones open up, their seeds start to germinate after a fire. >> reporter: so near those lost giants where the fire wasnt too intense, small shoots of hope take root. >> what i see is a lot of these little baby giant sequoias that have sprouted up since the fire happened. >> reporter: without an urgent response to the climate crisis and increased forest maintenance, exper...