Bipartisan legislation introduced to save giant sequoias
onNew legislation would provide much-needed help for giant sequoias.
New legislation would provide much-needed help for giant sequoias.
The 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.
Volunteers plant giant sequoia seedlings in Sequoia Crest hit heavily by Castle Fire.
For 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 video surveys damage at Alder Creek
Wildfire is creating an emergency within the giant sequoia forest.
Media Contact: Robin Carr, Landis Communications Inc. Email: Redwoods@landispr.com | Phone: (415) 971-3991 Download the press release Save the Redwoods League calls for emergency conservation measures San Francisco, Calif. (November 19, 2021)—Early estimates of giant sequoia mortality from the …
First visit to Red Hill following Windy Fire confirms loss of giant sequoia
Endangered marbled murrelet chick takes flight at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Fire 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.
Wildfires continue to threaten giant sequoia
Infographic shows why we’re losing giant sequoia to fire and how to prevent it
As the Windy Fire burns in Red Hill, the League needs supporters to champion prescribed burning and fire resilience work.
KNP Complex Fire threatens famous giant sequoia
Online map enables you to track the progress of California wildfire, which shows the proximity of the fires to the giant sequoia groves.
California State Parks staff used an innovative solution to a fire in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Even though so much has been written about the fires of 2020—particularly in this space —it is still hard to remember clearly what it was like to live in California during that time. Part of this is because so much has …
Cameras will document forest recovery at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
giant sequoia recover at Alder Creek