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The Michigan Champion giant sequoia simply must be seen to be believed. At 76 years old, it’s thriving near Lake Michigan at Lake Bluff Farms in Manistee Township, Mich. Planted in 1948 ...
They are tiny, but represent a grave threat: They’re responsible for the deaths of 40 giant sequoia trees, and counting, at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. While the bark beetle and the ...
People tasked with managing landscapes identified three key ingredients for constructing credible ecological scenarios.
COPEMISH, MI – Giant sequoia trees in Michigan? Yes. And you might be able to have one. Northern Michigan is home to the largest known giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains. Planted in ...
Rising like red-hued skyscrapers in the Sierra Nevada, the towering sequoias here echo the giants in Yosemite, right in a charming Gold Rush town.
As the drama plays out, the fire is being cited as an example of how other giant sequoia groves across the Sierra can be saved in an era of hotter, more intense fires made worse by climate change.
Over 3,000 years - think of what a giant sequoia has seen. How many times did Native Americans sit at the base, have lunch, look up and marvel at the crown of a sequoia. And now were doing it ...
Arborists are planting urban groves of the world's largest trees in one of the city's most blighted neighborhoods ...
Have you seen the biggest tree on Earth? This towering giant sequoia stands as a testament to the enduring power of nature. With its colossal size and ancient presence, the Sherman Tree commands ...
Extreme wildfires have killed up to 20% of the world's mature giant sequoias since 2015, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center (WERC).
"The Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition has made remarkable progress in defending the largest trees in the world from the growing threat of extreme megafires," said coalition Co-Chair Kevin Conway ...
For close to 30 years, the Sanger Lumber Company systematically cut down thousands of giant sequoias in Converse Basin.