Check the roads before traveling to Sequoia and Kings Canyon …
1 hour ago · SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. (FOX26) — The giant forest is even more beautiful after 2 inches of snow fell during the recent winter storm. On Tuesday, the National Park Service issued road condition updates for areas in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks that require chains. Snow-covered trails in the giant forest and ...
Saving the giant sequoia: Replanting follows wildfires that ... - NPR
Feb 26, 2024 · Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter...
Sequoia Capital to split apart U.S., China, India businesses
Jun 6, 2023 · Venture firm Sequoia Capital is dividing its global business into three independent entities for the U.S. and Europe, China, and Southeast Asia and India. The firm informed its investors via a ...
Why environmentalists are suing the National Park Service to …
Nov 27, 2023 · CNN — The National Park Service wants to replant sequoia groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, where wildfires in 2020 and 2021 inflicted lasting damage on the iconic sequoia...
Giant Sequoias May Not Survive The Wrath Of Extreme Fires : NPR
Sep 17, 2021 · "This is pure disaster." With extreme fires increasing on a hotter planet, scientists are urgently trying to save the sequoias that remain. Researchers from federal agencies and universities are...
Sequoia National Park opens Giant Forest that survived fire
Dec 11, 2021 · Sequoia National Park is reopening its Giant Forest area, three months after extraordinary efforts saved the grove as Northern California wildfires destroyed thousands of other redwoods.
Here's Why Firefighters Are Wrapping Sequoia Trees In Aluminum ... - NPR
Sep 20, 2021 · Experts are now working to identify which sequoia groves are overdue for a controlled burn and are most vulnerable to wildfires, through a project called the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition.
Thousands of giant sequoias killed in California wildfires - NBC News
Nov 19, 2021 · LOS ANGELES — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees,...
World's largest tree at Sequoia National Park passes health ... - CBS News
May 24, 2024 · High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world's largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The climbers descended the ...
The Orphans, two scorched giant sequoias, expected to survive
Nov 1, 2023 · A pair of giant sequoias named the Orphans are expected to recover from damage sustained in a controlled burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park.