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But one of our primetime producers with portuguese roots says some european landowners don't have the money for forest maintenance. it is costly. instead of paying a fine for not maintaining the underbrush, they will torch it instead. the producer says it is common knowledge. last year in portugal cnn reports two firefighters were arrested for setting forest fires in order to give their fire company more work. cha ching. one about here in america? remember the awful wildfires in yosemite last year? >> multiple states are under red flag warning spirit that's the highest level of alert for wildf...

Several trail clearing and maintenance projects are being planned on the Bitterroot National Forest in July.

>> what i see is a lot of these little, baby giant sequoias that have sprouted up since the fire happened. >> without an urgent response to the climate crisis and increased forest maintenance, experts worry more of the once seemingly impervious sequoias will be lost. >> the biggest worry for me is we have two fires burning right now that are threatening groves that we have not been able to treat. the risk is still there. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn in the sierra, nevada, mountains. >> well, all the glitz and glamour of television's biggest night was back on display at sunday's prime-time ...

Take root. >> what i see have a lot of these baby giants that have sprouted up since the fire happened. >> without an urgent response to the climate crisis, and increased forest maintenance, experts worry more of the once seemingly impervious sequoias will be lost. >> the biggest worry for me is we have two fires burning right now that are threatening groves we have not been able to treat. the risk is still there. >> cnn in the sierra nevada mountains. >> and then there's the battle on the tennis court. the battle of the teens, in fact, in the u.s. open. women's final and the story of an 18-ye...

Naturally. >> reporter: on land owned by the save the redwoods league, we hiked out to see just how deadly the cassel fire was here. >> for us to see 10% to 14% of the total of giant sequoias alive killed in one year, in one fire, there's nothing to compare that to. >> reporter: yet fire in and of itself is not the enemy of the giant sequoia. >> their cones open up. their seeds start to germinate after a fire. >> reporter: so near those lost giants, where the fire wasn't too intense, small shoots of hope take root. >> what i see is a lot of these little baby giant sequoias that have sprouted u...