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Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove is site of celebration, relief as it reopens after monthlong fire closure

LOS ANGELES — After a nearly one-month closure, Yosemite National Park’s famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias reopened to the public this week, drawing hundreds of people who came together to celebrate the survival of the towering trees after they had been threatened by wildfire.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

Two California fires in the Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why?

The two fires started just 17 miles apart in the rugged terrain of California's western Sierra Nevada — but their outcomes couldn't have been more different.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 30, 2022

Commentary: Yosemite’s sequoias survived the latest wildfire. Not all national parks will be so lucky

Watching these past weeks as firefighters battled to stop wildfire from spreading into Yosemite National Park’s famous Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees was an urgent reminder of the large-scale threat climate change poses to our national parks.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 26, 2022

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Saving trees from fire with more fire

Though it seems counterintuitive, the tactic may yet save a famous sequoia grove in Yosemite National Park

Salon · Jul 19, 2022

Sequoias safe for now, as lawmakers debate forest policies

Giant sequoias — thousand-year-old trees as large as 275 feet tall — came under threat this month from wildfires raging in central California’s Yosemite National Park, though firefighters have reported the blaze was contained before it encroached on trees in the park’s famous Mariposa Grove.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Editorial: Environmentalists don’t like prescribed fires. Irony is that may save Yosemite’s sequoias

The initial news accounts sounded so similar to past years that they were almost repetitive: A wildfire had broken out in a national park and was burning in heavy brush and forest thick with dead and downed trees.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Wildfire near Yosemite National Park threatens its largest grove of sequoia trees

Firefighters are proactively working to protect the giant trees by deploying a ground sprinkler system and clearing any materials that could fuel the fire.

WEKU · Jul 11, 2022

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Hotter, drier conditions heighten danger as Yosemite fire threatens ancient sequoias

Firefighters were bracing Sunday for warmer and drier weather in the coming days as they battled to protect hundreds of ancient sequoias threatened by flames raging across rugged and parched terrain in Yosemite National Park.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 10, 2022

Out-of-control Yosemite fire threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The first that Michael Gilbert, a 67-year-old rock climber and bellman, heard of the fire in Yosemite National Park was from a mother and daughter who drove up breathless on Friday.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 10, 2022

Out-of-control Yosemite fire threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove

FISH CAMP, Calif. — The first that Michael Gilbert, a 67-year-old rock climber and bellman, heard of the fire in Yosemite National Park was from a mother and daughter who drove up breathless on Friday.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 10, 2022

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