Upwards of 10,000 trees weakened by fires, drought, disease or age must be removed in the wake of California wildfires, work that will keep a nearby highway closed to visitors who seek the world’s 2 largest sequoia trees.
The KNP Complex has been burning since Sept. 9, when lightning ignited two fires that later merged.
Forest officials said earlier this month the fires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias, but the full extent of the damage has not been determined. The fire’s impact on giant sequoia groves was mixed. Most saw low- to medium-intensity fire behavior that the sequoias have evolved to survive, and the most notable trees survived.
Firefighters took extraordinary measures to protect the sequoias by wrapping fire-resistant material around the bases of some giants, raking and clearing vegetation around them, installing sprinklers and dousing some with water or fire retardant gel.“We’re confident that tree is relatively safe,” Caschalk said.
Drought in the West tied to climate change is making wildfires harder to fight. Scientists say climate change has made the West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years — meaning the rain and snow that does fall is likely to evaporate or absorb into the soil — and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
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