- February 28, 2022
Black Mountain Grove, Sequoia National Forest, near Nelson Camp. Sequoia’s 1- to 2- foot thick bark, their very tall stature, and their water-based sap means they don’t burn, ever. This is why they are thousands of years old. But fires burning 400 degrees hotter because of drier fuels with climate change have now, in 2020 and 2021, burned 20 percent of all known sequoias. Three of the killed giants in this drone shot are standing (one is behind the one on the left) and the fourth has fallen on the left.