Blazes so intense to burn hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias — trees once considered nearly ... for our kids and grandkids and great grandkids, some action is necessary.” ...

Its four great limbs, each as big as a sizable ... which grow thicker. The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says, adapted for long winters in the Sierra. But it’s a fire tree too.

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...

The past few years had been particularly rough for Visalia’s Sequoia Legacy Tree. A pattern of heavy winters and dry summers left the nearly 90-year-old tree susceptible to a particular type of ...

It is amazing as you pull in and realize just how many giant Sequoia Trees are packed in this area. The parking lot is a great place for a car picnic. There is a nice bathroom in the parking lot ...

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.

Dozens of people gathered Thursday at the base of the Sequoia Legacy Tree in Downtown Visalia to honor it before it is cut down due to disease. At about 102 feet around, it is one of the largest ...

A shorter hike in Giant Forest, the Big Trees Trail, is a nearly milelong loop that goes around a meadow and features interpretive exhibits about the natural history of giant sequoias along the way.