Yosemite ecologist Garret Dickman has seen ... beloved Mariposa Grove—a patch of about 500 mature giant sequoias, some of which are more than 2,000 years old­—the first word out of his ...

Yosemite is not the only park in the West experiencing ... staff or bandwidth to do work such as prescribed burns. The giant sequoias in the Mariposa Grove were successfully protected in great ...

A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., July 8, 2022. Noah Berger/AP MORE: Giant sequoias wrapped in protective foil ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that threatened the gathering of the iconic trees ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire ...

A forest ecologist said Tuesday a grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than 100 years because of intentional fires used to burn the undergrowth ...

But this fire is particularly troubling in that the trees at risk are “the root of the whole national park system,” said Cicely Muldoon, superintendent of Yosemite National Park. The sequoias ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a ...

Nor have any other giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove, which Muldoonas called "the root of the whole national park system." The fame of Mariposa Grove predates that of Yosemite itself and the ...

A plane drops fire retardant as the Washburn Fire as it burns near the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias and the south entrance of Yosemite National Park Monday. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire ...