One Tree Is Still Smoldering After Last Year s Californian Wildfires
AFP
7 MAY 2021
One of California s iconic giant sequoia trees was recently found to be still smoldering and smoking in an area of the state devastated by massive wildfires last summer, National Park authorities said Wednesday.
Scientists and fire crews were surveying the effects from the 2020 Castle Fire in Sequoia National Park, when they observed a still smoldering and smoking giant sequoia tree that appears to be caused from last year s fire, the park service said in a statement.
Experts believe the tree s circumstances are a result of the wildfire that began 19 August 2020 when a spark from a lightning strike grew and spread throughout the region, burning an estimated 270 square miles (700 square kilometers) of forest as of December.
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A giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in a part of Sequoia National Park that burned in one of California’s huge wildfires last year, the National Park Service said Wednesday. The fact areas are still smoldering and smoking from the 2020 Castle Fire demonstrates how dry the park is, said Leif Mathiesen, assistant fire management officer for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in central California. With the low amount of snowfall and rain this year, there may be additional discoveries as spring transitions into summer.
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A burn area in Sequoia National Park is still smoldering in at least one spot nine months after it first began to burn, the National Park Service (NPS) said today.
In a press release, the NPS said that a group of scientists and fire personnel were surveying the site of the 2020 Castle Fire when they spotted a giant sequoia “smoldering and smoking” in a burned-over area known as the Board Camp Grove. According to the release, the burning sequoia is well away from firelines and trails, but is visible from the Ladybug Trail, a 7.2-mile out-and-back that leaves from the South Fork Campground at the park’s southern end.