Sequoia Forestkeeper News Today

At first glance, it may sound as if this is just more of the typical governmental madness we’re used to seeing in California, and there may still be some elements of that at play. But it’s...

Federal officials and environmental groups can’t seem to agree on anything except that the population of our iconic trees is in jeopardy.

The John Muir Project, Wilderness Watch, Sequoia ForestKeeper and the Tule River Conservancy aim to stop the National Park Service from reseeding sequoia groves.

California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing pushback from conservation&#x...

The effort is one of several under consideration to save the species native only in California. Some environmentalists criticized the plan.

The effort is one of several under consideration to save the species native only in California. Some environmentalists criticized the plan.

The action would speed up projects to clear underbrush to protect the world's largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.

The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it's taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the worlds largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.

More than a century of aggressive fire suppression has left forests choked with dense vegetation, downed logs and millions of dead trees killed by bark beetles that have fanned raging infernos intensified by drought and exacerbated by climate change.

The world’s largest trees are facing an increased risk of fire.