Video: Coalition making progress on protection of giant sequoias
onThe Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition exceeded its goal for work in the giant sequoia range this past year.
Coalition makes great progress in protecting giant sequoias from wildfire threats
onOne hundred human generations can come and go in the lifetime of a giant sequoia. This forest ecosystem has been here on the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada—and only here—for millions of years, and we lost nearly 20% in …
Video: Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition
onMeet the people behind the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition.
Video: Burning to save giant sequoia forests
onSave the Redwoods League recently worked with Inside Climate News to tell the story of the dangers faced by California’s giant sequoia forests in a time of high-severity wildfire. League Forest Ecologist Linnea Hardlund features prominently in the video talking …
Video: giant sequoias inspire awe in a changing environment
onthe enduring power of giant sequoias
Day One of Big Basin’s new era
onVisiting Big Basin Redwoods State Park on its reopening day. While the newly opened area might seem spare to some, it actually represents a ton of work in a short amount of time.
Washburn Fire burns close to treasured Mariposa Grove
onwashburn fire threatens mariposa grove giant sequoias
Giant sequoia groves continue to be mired in highest drought level
onGiant sequoia groves mired in exceptional drought
Bipartisan legislation introduced to save giant sequoias
onNew legislation would provide much-needed help for giant sequoias.
Save the Redwoods League endorses legislation calling for emergency action to save imperiled giant sequoia groves
onThe bipartisan Save Our Sequoias Act authorizes emergency measures and funding that will enable federal agencies, tribal organizations and nonprofits to do the work on the ground to protect these irreplaceable natural treasures from the unprecedented wildfires that have become a regular occurrence in the Sierra Nevada.
Nearly all of giant sequoia range in highest drought category
onNearly all of giant sequoia range in highest drought category.
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
An emergency in the giant sequoia forest
onWildfire is creating an emergency within the giant sequoia forest.
Preliminary Toll from Sierra Wildfires Confirm That Treasured Giant Sequoia Face an Existential Threat
onAccording to data compiled by the Giant Sequoia Coalition, 28 giant sequoia groves experienced fire from the 2021 KNP Complex and Windy fires, and these fires killed up to 5% of world’s giant sequoia that are at least four feet in diameter. When combined with estimates that as much as 14% of the world’s monarchs were killed in the 2020 Castle Fire, the numbers paint a grim future for these natural treasures unless immediate action is taken.
First look at League’s Red Hill property confirms giant sequoia loss
onFirst visit to Red Hill following Windy Fire confirms loss of giant sequoia
Video: Hope at Big Basin arrives on the wings of a bird
onEndangered marbled murrelet chick takes flight at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
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