But a few dozen of its neighbors have taken ill and died in recent years under threat from drought and bark beetle infestations, so on Tuesday the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman tree ...

Chelsea says, 'The tree was covered in dust ... Conservators applied solvent gel to the giant sequoia to draw the old varnish out The team then applied a special solvent gel to the surface that is on ...

That is, this tree is so big you can scarcely look at it all. It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron ...

Native the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the giant sequoia can grow to 314 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter. The General Sherman Tree - 275 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter ...

There was a drum circle and commemorative cards: “Sequoia Legacy Tree; 1936-2025.” Residents gather around the Legacy Tree giant sequoia during a ceremony honoring the tree before it was cut ...

Fires in Sequoia National Park and surrounding ... Blazes so intense to burn hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias — trees once considered nearly fire-proof — puts an ...

“Generally fires can be destructive however low-intensity fires can be beneficial to giant sequoia trees. A damage assessment will be done in these groves when it is safe to do so,” a Sequoia ...