California wildfire threatens 1000 more homes near Sequoia National Park
Reuters The department has hired additional seasonal firefighters across the state and has bolstered fire equipment earlier in the season than normal. Sequoia National Park encompasses some 400,000 acres in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and is famed … |
Wildfire discovered in Golden Trout Wilderness – Examiner.com
Wildfire discovered in Golden Trout Wilderness
Examiner.com The Golden Trout Wilderness is a 300,000-acre wilderness area at the southern border of Sequoia National Park. According to the USFS press release, the Soda Fire is burning near Clicks Creek, which is approximately 10 miles northeast of Camp Nelson … |
Huge wildfire near Yosemite National Park threatens sequoia trees – Toronto Star
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Huge wildfire near Yosemite National Park threatens sequoia trees
Toronto Star The fire near one of the country's most popular national parks edged closer to a the source of San Francisco's drinking water and to some of the giant sequoia trees that are among the largest and oldest living things on earth. They can resist fire but … |
Rim Fire: Huge California wildfire threatens Yosemite sequoias, park sets up … – 89.3 KPCC
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Rim Fire: Huge California wildfire threatens Yosemite sequoias, park sets up …
89.3 KPCC "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," said spokesman Scott Gediman. As seen from the #ISS today: MT @AstroKarenN … |
Huge Northern California wildfire gains strength, creeps into Yosemite … – The Republic
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Huge Northern California wildfire gains strength, creeps into Yosemite …
The Republic GROVELAND, California — As a wildfire rages along the remote northwest edge of Yosemite National Park, officials are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to save two groves of giant sequoias. The iconic trees can resist fire, but park spokesman Tom … |