Fire Once Helped Sequoias Reproduce. Now, it’s Killing the Groves

Giant sequoia groves in California’s Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks that were extensively burned in the megafires of 2020 and 2021 produced numbers of seedlings that were so “drastically low” in some areas that they may not naturally regenerate, according to two new studies by government scientists. One of the studies, by researchers with … Continue reading Fire Once Helped Sequoias Reproduce. Now, it’s Killing the Groves