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No need to go all the way out to California to see a Sequoia tree, only to Michigan's west cost. Find out where you can see a Sequoia tree in Michigan.

Commentary on work at Kings Canyon National Park.

California isn't known for the seasonal changes of other coastal states, but these picturesque spots show just how beautiful its fall can be.

If you’re looking for a mountain getaway without the crowds of Lake Tahoe, there’s an alternative not too far away.

To wrap up an international meeting in Bali, world leaders planted hope for the future in the form of new trees. Increased temperatures from global warming and its related calamities — like drought, intense storms, wind, flooding and wildfires — are taking a toll on Earth's trees. David Nowak is a retired researcher with the U.S. Forest Service, and he says millions of Americans are experiencing tree decline in their neighborhoods right now.

With California in the grip of a climate change-triggered drought, trees are so dry that they are entirely burning in the Oak wildfire.

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 blaze currently covers an area of over 3,500 acres, and is 22 percent contained by firefighters

The National Park Service estimates that about 10% of the state's giant Sequoia population has been lost to wildfire in the last 2 years.

And others, that weve been discussing this actively, and i would not be surprised if within a very reasonable period of time youre going to be hearing something about it. >> dr. anthony fauci, thank you. its always good to have you on the program. we appreciate your time, sir. >> my pleasure. good to be with you. firefighters in northern california are making progress in their battle to save the historic sequoia trees in yosemite national park. the washburn fire that started thursday is now ab...