but not for giant sequoias (or other tall species, including coast redwoods). Sillett and his team have disproved it by doing something that earlier forest ecologists didn’t: climbing the big ...

Photo of a forest floor. Forests influence snow distribution. Snowmelt in turn affects forest productivity. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

The understory was lush and green from late snowmelt, with ferns, grasses and wildflowers covering the forest floor. I had visited the park before, but seeing the sequoias in the Giant Forest, where ...

Planting of these fast-growing, carbon-eating seedlings, descendants of the Stagg and Waterfall trees, will begin this spring ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent ... a huge impact on tree population. When the sequoia was felled in 1893, nearly 70% of the world's land area was covered in trees and ...

That's where fire comes into play. The high heat of a wildfire causes the cones of the giant sequoia to open, spilling their seeds on the forest floor. Giant sequoias are able to survive this way ...

The towering, 2,500-year-old “Mother of the Forest” (second from left ... The astounding trees we now know as giant sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years and grow to some 300 feet ...

The scientists from Ancient Forest Society, along with other members of the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition, are on the case, using drones, satellite imagery and tree-climbing inspections to greater ...

The grove is located between the Marble and Middle Forks of the Kaweah River and is home to more than 8,000 sequoias – the most of any grove in the park. Start your visit at the Giant Forest ...

The weather might be warming up on the Valley floor, but there's still time ... cleared of snow during weekends, according to Sequoia National Forest officials. The Columbine snow play area ...

The grove is located between the Marble and Middle Forks of the Kaweah River and is home to more than 8,000 sequoias – the most of any grove in the park. Start your visit at the Giant Forest ...