Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13% to 19% of all mature ...

A firefighter clears loose brush from around a Sequoia tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., in this July 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service. (Garrett Dickman/NPS via ...

As my colleagues and I hiked through the Nelder giant sequoia grove south of Yosemite National Park recently, we could barely believe our eyes. In 2017, the Railroad fire swept through nearly all of ...

In a rare instance of bipartisanship, Republican congressmen Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Bruce Westerman (Ark.) and Democrat Scott Peters (Calif.) today introduced the “Save Our Sequoias Act” aimed at ...

Peters is a former environmental attorney who represents California’s 52nd Congressional District, which includes San Diego, Poway and Coronado. He lives in Bird Rock. California’s majestic sequoia ...

The time has come to remove Visalia’s beloved Sequoia Legacy Tree. Planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, the tree has been sick for years, as some community members have noted. Before ...

The passing of two winters in one burnt Southern Sierra giant sequoia grove has done little to change that blackened forest. “I’ve shed my share of tears over this,” Jim Kral said as he walked beneath ...

California is home to the largest trees on Earth, the giant sequoia. Standing under these massive organisms, you can’t help but be filled with wonder at how something can be so old and so enormous, ...

COPEMISH, MI – Giant sequoia trees in Michigan? Yes. And you might be able to have one. Northern Michigan is home to the largest known giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains. Planted in 1948, ...

June 23 (UPI) --A bipartisan trio of lawmakers defended the "Save Our Sequoias Act" on Thursday despite more than 80 environmental groups signing a letter to Congress opposing the act earlier this ...

Discover towering trees, impressive waterfalls and breathtaking vistas on a hike through California's Sequoia National Park and neighbouring Kings Canyon National Park. Photograph by Visit Visalia ...