As a child, my parents took me to see General Sherman, the tree in Sequoia National Park, and I became awestricken by the sheer size and magnificence of giant sequoias. As an adult, still enamored ...

SIERRA NEVADA, Calif. — Giant sequoia trees have been able to withstand centuries of wildfires, evolving over thousands of years to co-exist. People from around the world travel to California's Sierra ...

With a natural range limited to a few stretches of forest in California, the giant sequoia is known for one feature above all ...

The fire now burns in both Yosemite National Park and Sierra National Forest. The Washburn Fire in central California has now scorched 4,700 acres from Yosemite National Park to Sierra National Forest ...

The giant sequoias have been living in the Western U.S. for thousands of years. Nestled on the Western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range live isolated patches of some of the world's oldest and ...

Visalia is known as the Gateway to the Sequoias. In 2018, as a way to give visitors a sampling of Visalia’s connection to the national park, Visit Visalia with the help of many volunteers created the ...

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. Before ...