As a child, my parents took me to see General Sherman, the tree in Sequoia National Park, and I became awestricken by the sheer size and magnificence of giant sequoias. As an adult, still enamored ...

Giant Sequoia trees are the largest known living organisms on the planet and may be among the most resilient, too. Hundreds of feet tall, they can live for over 3,000 years. And with their thick bark, ...

High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally, particularly at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California. That is one of the few ...

Visalia's Sequoia Legacy Tree, planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, is being removed due to its declining health. A ceremony will be held to honor the tree and gather ideas for using ...

Visalia is known as the Gateway to the Sequoias. In 2018, as a way to give visitors a sampling of Visalia’s connection to the national park, Visit Visalia with the help of many volunteers created the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13% to 19% of all mature ...

DETROIT – A giant sequoia forest could soon be growing in a Detroit neighborhood. Arboretum Detroit, which owns and manages a system of parks in the Poletown East neighborhood, has plans to plant 200 ...