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Crews to burn 149 acres in Sequoia National Park
Fresno Bee The National Park Service announced that a prescribed burn will take place in Sequoia National Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, weather and air conditions permitting. The last time this area was burned with a prescribed fire was in 2001. The burn will … |
Fire crews rush to protect Yosemite’s sequoias – San Francisco Chronicle
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Fire crews rush to protect Yosemite's sequoias
San Francisco Chronicle Yosemite National Park's giant sequoias have withstood millennia of hardship, from bugs to fungal rot to the swing of the ax. Sequoias – the largest trees on Earth – even embrace wildfire as a tool for survival. But park officials monitoring the huge … Rim Fire Spreading In Northern Yosemite National Park, Some Roads Closing Camping options are out there despite Rim fire, but be careful Effort To Save Sequoias In Yosemite |
Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire’s … – PBS NewsHour
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Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's …
PBS NewsHour Sequoias are among Earth's oldest and most massive trees. But a wildfire raging near California's Yosemite National Park has put some of their unique groves at risk. Kwame Holman reports on the effort by nearly 4,000 firefighters to contain the blaze … |
Crews Battle Fire in Sequoia National Park – KSEE
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Crews Battle Fire in Sequoia National Park
KSEE Crews Battle Fire in Sequoia National Park. By KSEE News. August 26, 2013 Updated Aug 26, 2013 at 1:21 PM PDT. Fire crews are also busy battling a blaze in the Sequoia National Forest. The Fish Fire is burning about 25 miles northeast of Springville. |
Firefighters battling blaze near Yosemite brace for strong winds; crews … – Washington Post
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Firefighters battling blaze near Yosemite brace for strong winds; crews …
Washington Post “All of the plants and trees in Yosemite are important, but the giant sequoias are incredibly important both for what they are and as symbols of the National Park System,” park spokesman Scott Gediman said Saturday. The Rim Fire has burned 203 square … |