After Drought And Wildfires, California’s Giant Sequoias Face A New Enemy: Bark Beetles Listen Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Homers Nose Grove of giant sequoias, seen here from a helicopter, was burnt by the SQF Complex fire. The National Park Service thinks around 300 monarch sequoias burned on NPS land, but the number is likely higher.
Tony Caprio, Fire Ecologist for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
When ash began landing in Nate Stephenson’s yard 30 miles west of a fire burning in Sequoia National Park this summer, he knew the trees he’s studied for four decades were in trouble.