MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Efforts are already underway to help victims of the Oak Fire in Mariposa County. An event at the Grove House Saturday brought the community together.

Pyle owns The Grove House just off Highway 140 in Mariposa. She says she has noticed a slight increase in business this past week as more people are heading to Yosemite go that way.

Dickman uses a doughnut analogy. The Mariposa Grove and immediate surrounding area is the doughnut hole, where they've concentrated their prescribed fire program for decades.

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park, California, is open after the Washburn Fire. Info about trails, shuttle buses & the nearby Oak Fire.

Mariposa Grove is one of Yosemite’s prime attractions, with more than 500 mature giant sequoias stretching up to more than 200 feet high and dating back over 2,000 years.

Fires Yosemite wildfire updates: Firefighters ‘confident’ of saving Mariposa Grove By Jim Guy Updated July 12, 2022 11:07 AM ...

Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, shown here shortly after the Washburn Fire began July 7, 2022, suffered only minor damage. No facilities burned and no giant sequoias died.

Naturalist John Muir made this case for Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove. The latter, he wrote to a friend in 1869, was unique because it sheltered so many giant sequoias and did so “in all the ...