Protecting California's Giant Sequoia Trees Among Wildfires
The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' leading expert on these trees explain why they're so important to try to save.
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The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' leading expert on these trees explain why they're so important to try to save.
As flames from the KNP Complex threatened to race up a steep slope toward the remote Muir Grove of giant sequoias, officials at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks had
Following a year when authorities said wildfires burned down an unprecedented amount of sequoias, infernos blazing through two national parks are once again threatening the giant trees, underscoring how the increasing intensity of wildfires, drought and the effects of climate change endanger the survival of the species.
It appeared that two groves — including one with 5,000 trees — were seared by high-intensity fire that can send up 100-foot flames capable of burning the canopies of the towering trees.