On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme ...

“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13% to 19% of all mature giant sequoia trees.

seeing one blackened giant sequoia after another, dead but still standing, I felt cold regret. This loss was so unnecessary, because we know how to protect these trees and were prepared to do it ...

For the second time in less than a year, an approaching wildfire inched dangerously close to an iconic plot of sequoia trees. The Washburn Fire, burning through about 3,800 acres along the ...

Mariposa Grove is home to more than 500 giant sequoia trees, which can grow to more than 250 feet. The grove was founded in 1857 but the trees existed long before that, with some believed to be ...

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 ...

Sequoia National Park is home to some of the oldest and largest living organisms on earth — sequoia trees. Many of these ancient trees are over 2,000 years old, so it’s no mystery why this ...

Donate now. On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing ...