A crew carrying hoe dags and bags of sequoia seedlings hike up a burned hillside in Alder Creek grove, in Sequoia Crest. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a ...

Extreme wildfires have killed up to 20% of the world's mature giant sequoias since 2015, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center (WERC).

A section of forest floor shows sequoia seedlings on Redwood Mountain in September. Jeremy Clar Special to The Bee Two years ago, a mixed-intensity fire burned through Redwood Mountain sequoia grove ...

The biggest high-intensity fire patch in Redwood Mountain Grove with the Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP park superintendent, a scientist and two concerned citizens surrounded by abundant new sequoia ...

On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme ...

SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. — The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a hoedad, dropped in a delicate sequoia seedling and tamped the dirt tight around it. As he moved on to the next ...

These days, it’s so easy to get caught up in a disaster mindset that you miss a miracle right in front of you. This thought struck me during my recent trip to forests in Sequoia and Kings Canyon ...