Giant Sequoias of McKinley Grove Threatened by Garnet Fire in Sierra National Forest
onContinued Giant Sequoia Emergency Highlights Need for Renewed Federal and State Resources
Banned for 100 years, cultural burns could save sequoias
onOn a cloudless day in California’s Sierra Nevada, the Tule River Indian, North Fork Mono, and Tübatulabal Tribes gathered to lead a small cultural burning demonstration in the Alder Creek Grove. Since the California ban was lifted in 2022, only two off-reservation cultural burns have taken place in the giant sequoia range: The demonstration at Alder Creek Grove and an earlier burn led by the Tule River Indian Tribe on Forest Service land.
Can the giant sequoias recover on their own?
onTwo new comprehensive research studies published by the USGS Western Ecological Research Center discuss the drastically low number of seedlings found in sequoia groves in the wake of recent mega-fires. Their findings: inadequate natural seedling recovery and high tree mortality rates create a substantial risk of losing portions of sequoia groves.
So long, Long Meadow, we’re packed for Packsaddle!
onAs winter approaches, Save the Redwoods League staff are raising mugs of hot cocoa to toast a wildly productive work season in the giant sequoia range. The big win: Completing risk-reduction and wildfire resilience work in Long Meadow Grove, which …
U.S. Forest Service Emergency Actions to Protect Giant Sequoias Are Necessary and Appropriate
onToday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced a necessary emergency action to initiate fuels reduction treatments in the next 18 to 20 months to protect giant sequoia groves from immediate wildfire threats.
Volunteers plant seedlings in giant sequoia grove hit hard in Castle Fire
onVolunteers plant giant sequoia seedlings in Sequoia Crest hit heavily by Castle Fire.
Giant sequoias’ declining wildfire resilience
onFor millennia, one of the defining characteristics of giant sequoias has been their innate resilience to wildfire. But in the last several years, severe fires in the Sierra Nevada have revealed an unprecedented vulnerability in the groves. League staffers’ publication in a scientific journal is the first to document this new phenomenon.
Scientific American documentary examines giant sequoia loss to wildfire
onScientific American video surveys damage at Alder Creek
Backburning: fighting fire with fire
onFire crews use backburning to protect important values such as homes, giant sequoia groves, and infrastructure like the Sequoia National Parks headquarters during the KNP Complex fire.
‘Yes, we are losing more giant sequoia to wildfire this year’
onWildfires continue to threaten giant sequoia
Infographic: Protecting giant sequoias from severe wildfire
onInfographic shows why we’re losing giant sequoia to fire and how to prevent it
Windy Fire reaches Red Hill
onAs the Windy Fire burns in Red Hill, the League needs supporters to champion prescribed burning and fire resilience work.