The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
ON A ROLLING granite hill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on a hot August night, tree scientist Kristen Shive camped beneath a giant sequoia tree she estimated could be a thousand years old.
ON A ROLLING granite hill in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on a hot August night, tree scientist Kristen Shive camped beneath a giant sequoia tree she estimated could be a thousand years old.
"The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement."
"The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement."