VISALIA â The coronavirus pandemic has shaken Visaliaâs travel and hospitality businesses, but the economic power of the industry is igniting a comeback as California Tourism Month begins.
The California travel industryâs underlying strength and enduring resilience aligns with California Tourism Monthâs theme, the âPower of Possibility.â This week, California also joins the U.S. Travel Association in honoring the Power of Travel for National Travel and Tourism Week.
âThe economic power of tourism in Tulare County is substantial, and represented $540.5 million in state and local tax revenue added to the local economy and supported 5,530 jobs in 2019,â said Nellie Freeborn, executive director of Visit Visalia. âWhile the industry was deeply affected in 2020, we are already beginning to see gains. Our proximity to outdoor spaces, like Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, and the appeal of the classic Road Trip, are aiding the recovery of
A giant Sequoia tree in California is still smoldering from last year s Castle Fire
Scientists and fire crews with the National Park Service (NPS) have discovered a smoldering Sequoia tree that is still burning from the 2020 Castle Fire in C.
Posted: May 6, 2021 8:38 PM
Posted By: CNN
Scientists and fire crews with the National Park Service (NPS) have discovered a smoldering Sequoia tree that is still burning from the 2020 Castle Fire in California.
The tree is located in the Board Camp Grove in Sequoia National Park, an area with no direct trail access, the NPS said in a news release. However, it may be still visible from the Ladybug Trail, NPS said.
One Tree Is Still Smoldering After Last Year s Californian Wildfires
AFP
7 MAY 2021
One of California s iconic giant sequoia trees was recently found to be still smoldering and smoking in an area of the state devastated by massive wildfires last summer, National Park authorities said Wednesday.
Scientists and fire crews were surveying the effects from the 2020 Castle Fire in Sequoia National Park, when they observed a still smoldering and smoking giant sequoia tree that appears to be caused from last year s fire, the park service said in a statement.
Experts believe the tree s circumstances are a result of the wildfire that began 19 August 2020 when a spark from a lightning strike grew and spread throughout the region, burning an estimated 270 square miles (700 square kilometers) of forest as of December.
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A giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in a part of Sequoia National Park that burned in one of California’s huge wildfires last year, the National Park Service said Wednesday. The fact areas are still smoldering and smoking from the 2020 Castle Fire demonstrates how dry the park is, said Leif Mathiesen, assistant fire management officer for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in central California. With the low amount of snowfall and rain this year, there may be additional discoveries as spring transitions into summer.
Conditions already mirror the state’s recent historic drought, but officials believe California can withstand the latest dry spell without environmental and agricultural disasters.
Devoid of spring runoff, federally operated Folsom Lake outside of Sacramento is just 37% full. (Courthouse News photo / Nick Cahill)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) Toxic algae blooms. Exposed, barren shorelines. Racing to prevent salmon die-offs. Sinking farmland. Dry wells. Unseasonable wildfires.
Drought has returned to California and the American West.
Following the fourth-driest winter on record and just a few years after declaring victory over the last drought, California is once again prepping for a summer of water insecurity. Conditions already mirror the last drought, but experts and water managers contend the state is better equipped this time around.