Coffee Pot Fire

Making giant strides in giant sequoia protection

by Justin Housman on

Standing awestruck in a giant sequoia grove, the largest trees on the planet towering overhead, it’s hard to imagine anything threatening these behemoths. Some of these trees are likely thousands of years old and have lived through so much. What …

Two smiling women in a helicopter wearing white helmets and bright yellow safety jackets.

League scientist plays frontline role on the Coffee Pot Fire 

by Kristina Malsberger on

With a flash of lightning, a fire ignites naturally near several giant sequoia groves in California’s Sierra Nevada. It’s early August and the overly dense vegetation surrounding some of the sequoias is dry and flammable. The threat of a high-intensity, …