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The time has come to remove Visalia’s beloved Sequoia Legacy Tree. Planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, the tree has been sick for years, as some community members have noted. Before ...

Iconic sequoia trees that tower over millions of captivated visitors at Yosemite National Park each year are under threat from a fast-moving fire. The fire quickly spread amid hot and dry weather ...

High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world's largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The climbers descended the towering ...

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Roots run deep on the corner of Acequia Avenue and Locust Street in Downtown Visalia. The City's historic Sequoia Legacy Tree has been around for nearly a century. The tree ...

At the corner of Harrison and 25th Streets, a giant sequoia tree (sequoiadendron giganteum) in Garfield Square snapped nearly in half around 5 p.m. Tuesday, wrecking several cars and a telephone pole.

COPEMISH, MI – Giant sequoia trees in Michigan? Yes. And you might be able to have one. Northern Michigan is home to the largest known giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains. Planted in 1948, ...

Largest tree by volume on earth. More pristine Sierra wilderness that in Yosemite National Park. Second deepest river gorge ...

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 ...

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 ...