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The John Muir tree is in serious trouble. The giant sequoia towers 80 feet over the landscape, but its vibe is scrawny a scarred trunk beneath a skimpy top half, where sparse branches wear scraggly foliage. Gone is the bushy canopy seen in its historic photos. Needles are entirely brown, not a good look for an evergreen’s mantle.
While the Sequoia National Forest stepped up its effort to protect its Giant Sequoias through prescribed burns, a fire that happened naturally this past fall also helped in the effort.
The National Park Service is working to replant several groves of giant sequoias devastated by recent wildfires. But some conservationists say planting is unneeded and could damage forests.
Yosemite has led the National Park System from the beginning. Its core elements of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of Big Trees were established as a public park in 1864,