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Muir Grove survives Sequoia National Park wildfire

Video shows fire damage in Giant Forest, 10 miles from Muir Grove, but doesn't visit General Sherman sequoia, world's largest tree, which survived OK.

Terry J. Richard
Oct 24, 2021
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The Muir Grove of giant sequoias survived recent wildfires, as did the General Sherman tree, in California’s Sequoia National Park.

Reports on tree conditions are coming out now that park staff is replacing firefighters as the main human presence in the area.

Giant sequoias in Muir Grove survived this summer’s wildfires (BWO photo).

Sequoia National Park remains closed due to the KNP Complex fire. Neighboring Kings Canyon National Park was largely unburned and has reopened.

The wildfires this summer burned low and with limited intensity in Muir Grove, an area of giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park.

Twitter avatar for @SequoiaKingsNPSSequoia & Kings Cyn @SequoiaKingsNPS
We thought you might like an update on conditions in Muir Grove! Tactical firing operations were used on 9/26to reduce fire spread through this area, and as you can see, this part of the grove burned at low intensity, which is good for sequoias! Video: NPS/JSuarez

October 23rd 2021

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The Muir Grove survived with little more than ecologically necessary clearing of forest duff.

When I visited Sequoia National Park a few years ago, I booked a campground reservation at Dorst Creek camp. When in operation, the park shuttle bus system picks up campers and delivers them to the Giant Forest area, the main visitor center in the park.

As a bonus, Dorst Creek campground has a short hiking trail to the Muir Grove of giant sequoias, which is far less visited than the more famous trees in the Giant Forest. Sequoias tend to grow in clustered groves, in conditions that suit their liking, rather than large continuous stands.

The Muir Grove sequoias are smaller than the General Sherman tree, 275 feet tall, 36 feet wide and 2,300 years old, biggest tree in the world.

This park’s video below shows a National Park Service crew entering the Giant Forest grove. The General Sherman tree survived, but the road in that section of the park needs lots of work to reopen.

Twitter avatar for @NBCNewsNBC News @NBCNews
Upwards of 10,000 trees weakened by fires, drought, disease or age must be removed in the wake of California wildfires, work that will keep a nearby highway closed to visitors who seek the world’s 2 largest sequoia trees.
After California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removedWildfires across California are forcing thousands to evacuate and leaving behind a path of destruction to homes and forests. NBC New’s Steve Patterson reports.nbcnews.to

October 24th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @SequoiaKingsNPSSequoia & Kings Cyn @SequoiaKingsNPS
On October 13, 2021, NPS staff drove up the Generals Highway from Ash Mountain to administrative areas north of Lodgepole to survey some of the fire effects within the current footprint of the KNP Complex.
Fire Effects from the KNP Complex - NPS Survey on Oct 13th, 2021On October 13, 2021, a group of NPS staff drove up the Generals Highway from Ash Mountain to administrative areas north of Lodgepole to survey some of the fi...youtube.com

October 18th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @ParksTravelerNat'lParksTraveler™ @ParksTraveler
Thousands of trees of all species in Sequoia National Park along the Generals Highway have been dubbed “hazardous” and need to be addressed for public safety. #nationalparks @sejorg
nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/10/thousa…
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October 24th 2021

The storm currently bearing down on California (Oct. 24-25) may help end the KNP fire, which ravaged the park in September.

Twitter avatar for @SequoiaKingsNPSSequoia & Kings Cyn @SequoiaKingsNPS
#KNPComplex Update & Map for Oct 23. More info @
inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7838/ 88,307 Acres 60% Containment Video briefings @ bit.ly/2021KNPComplex
KNP Complex Update for October 23, 2021
KNP Complex Map for October 23, 2021

October 23rd 2021

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