Science Daily·3 min read·medium
The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire
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A UC Davis study indicates that prescribed burns are highly effective at protecting giant sequoias from extreme wildfires. Trees in areas treated with controlled fire were significantly more likely to survive recent major California wildfires.
Two devastating wildfires that swept through California's Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021 killed thousands of giant sequoias. A new University of California, Davis study suggests the losses would have been far worse without prescribed burns.
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