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But this is a tour of sequoia destruction. >> im not happy about 2,000 to 3,000 more dead large sequoias, thats a big number to me. >> reporter: thats 3 to 5% of the remaining large sequoias in the world according to a preliminary report in the national park service killed by the kmp fire that came through and the windy fire farther south. and that big number is on top of an even larger loss of sequoias last year in the castle fire. par of that wildfire eviscerating 10 to 14% of the worlds giant...

Complex, that wildfire eviscerating 10% to 14% of the worlds giant sequoia population. brigham says this means in just the last two years, up to a fifth of mature sequoias, trees that have stood for at least 1,000 years, if not more, have been lost to wildfire. >> thats not sustainable. that is not getting wildfire and climate change resilient for us. >> reporter: its a conflux of concerns these scientists never thought they would see. the threat made worse by another year of drought, leaving th...

3,000 more dead large sequoias. its a big number to me. >> reporter: thats 3 to 5% of the remaining monarch sequoias in the world, according to a preliminary report by the national park service, killed in the kmp complex fire that churned through sequoia and kings canyon national parks and the windy fire further south. and that big number is on top of an even larger loss of mature sequoias last year in the castle fire. part of the sequoia complex, that wildfire eviscerating 10 to 14% of the worl...