trees by volume.... Losses now account for 13% to 19% of the 75, 000 sequoias greater than 4 feet

Noah Berger/ AP A fire engine drives past sequoia trees in Lost Grove as the KNP Complex Fire burns

National Park's Giant Forest, home to a group of ancient sequoia trees dubbed the Four Guardsmen. But

Fire officials haven’t yet been able to determine how much damage was done to the groves, which are in remote, hard-to-reach areas.“ These groves are just as impressive and just as ecologically important to the forest.... Scientists say climate change has made the West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. Lightning ignited two fires in the park on Sept.... The Colony Fire, closest to the Giant For

A firefighter hoses down hot spots around a sequoia tree in the Trail of 100 Giants of Sequoia

“ As spectacular as these trees are we really can't take them for granted.... Two fires in

THREE RIVERS, Calif.... 9, according to a briefing for fire crews.... The two fires were being managed collectively as the KNP Complex. ———Antczak reported from Los Angeles....

) with zero containment, forcing the closure of Sequoia National Park.... One big tree on the Trail

They are the largest trees in the world, living monuments with massive trunks and towering canopies

Sequoias in King Canyon National Park on Dec.... Scott Peters( D-San Diego) to talk about sequoias