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New wildfire prompts evacuations in Northern California
"Crews are working to protect giant sequoia trees from wildfires in California's Sierra Nevada governor Gavin Newsom says one big wildfires in the K. and P. complex zero percent percent contained thirty three thousand acres just this complex over the years the area around the big trees had controlled fires to burn away vegetation Christy Brigham with sequoia and kings national parks says the bases are also wrapped in fire resistant material these are all fired up well this is very what if there's air in here so far only one big tree has been damaged giant forest has two thousand sequoias and includes the general Sherman the largest tree in the world by volume I'm a Donahue
KQED Radio
"kings national parks" Discussed on KQED Radio
"Now joined by Christie Brigand, Chief of Resources Management in science at Sequoia and Kings National Park and Paul Ringgold, chief program officer was save the Redwoods League. Thank you both so much for joining us. Christie. I want to start with you. The photos that I saw in the news that was released over the last few days were completely heartbreaking. Describe what it's like down in the Southern Sierras after the burns after the fires last year. Thanks, Leslie. And first I want to just thank you so much for having Paul and I on to talk about this with the public and with your listeners. We really appreciate the opportunity. It's devastating, Leslie When you walk in these groves, um you know, I cry. Uh mm. Cursing but true. It's really heartbreaking to be among these giants that have survived so many previous fires, so many other changes to the landscape. And have now been killed. So abruptly. Um, when you walk among their blackened husks and see how big and large they were, and how far off the ground their branches were that were completely incinerated. It really brings home that this is a new kind of fire. And it's going to take collective action to save the remaining old sequoias. So it's a tough a tough situation down here, Leslie. I saw some journalists describe it as a moonscape. Is that a word that sounds accurate? It really does, And certainly I don't want to be overly dramatic. There are large parts of that fire of the castle fire that burned at lower severity that looked really good. That will be good for the sequoias growing there and the rest of the forest. But in these Really hot areas. It is terrifying. There's the soil is black. In some of the the groves, there's nothing on the ground. There's no seedlings. In other areas. There are plants growing back. These forests are resilient. The trees are resilient, but certainly some of the areas that I've been in our moon scapes right now. Have you ever seen any kind of this kind of damage before to these kinds of trees from past fires? I have not and talking to other scientists who study sequoias. What were the consensus that we are coming to? Is that before 2015 Which was the tail end of our hot drought. As you know, here in California. We did not see this kind of fire and that is in 2015, and the rough fire is when we first saw some large Very large sequoias that were killed by fire. As you know, these are incredibly fire adapted trees. They're very resilient. You don't live to be 2000 years old years old by You know, giving up? They're really tough. So, yes, This is a new phenomenon and a new kind of fire. What does that say about the future for these trees? So if we're burning a lot hotter these fires have lived Are these trees have lived for thousands of years? How different are the fires that are burning through now? And what does that mean for the trees? Future? Yeah, That's a great question. And I think we don't fully know the answer. But for me, it means two things first. It's a call to action. You don't give up on 2000 year old trees. Yes, it is shocking, heartbreaking, devastating that we lost 10 to 14%. But does that mean we give up on the other 90%? No, we double down. We work harder. We get together as a community. We work on forest health within we burn. We get out there We work with our tribal partners. We all band together. And as a society the second thing it means to me is This is a wake up call. Climate change is not in the future. It's now and it's hurting things. We care about people communities these trees, so let's get it together and work together to implement as many solutions as quickly as possible. Paul. I want to bring you into the conversation here for those folks who maybe haven't been down to Sequoia to see these groves of trees describe what it's like when they're when they're healthier. Described this area. What is it like? I mean, you've dedicated your career to to these trees. Tell me a little bit about I find them incredibly almost spiritual. Sure, Leslie? Yeah, as somebody who has worked in conservation for my entire career. I have to say that That you know the feeling that you get when you encounter a Grove Giants quiet. It's just It's so unique. You know, we work. I believe we work across both ranges of redwoods, both close spread within China lawyer Each is magnificent in their own, right. But the thing that I find so intriguing about Giants equate is how you encounter them. When you're in the forest, you Miles and miles of these growths, they come up. They come up at you. They're small. They're isolated and their magnificent. These are among the largest living creatures on the planet. And the longest living creatures on the planet. It's just incredible to the feeling that you have when you're when you're in these groves. And just to see what's happened in the past several rooms, you know, uh, both the council fire and in several years of fire that preceded it. It as Christie's head. It's certainly a call to action, and I think we were we tried ourselves on having worked with our partners for, uh, you know the past. Almost 100 years, you know, starting in the thirties to permanently protect these roads by placing them in public ownership, preventing subdivision logging. But it's clear that the missing the missing ingredient and the common and protection of these groves is to manage them for resilience, particularly with the significant changes that we're seeing in terms of, you know the climatic conditions. And the conditions on the ground. We're talking about this week's devastating news that last year's castle Fire destroyed about 10% of California's giant sequoias with Christie bring, Um, she's head of resources management at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks..
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"kings national parks" Discussed on Scotch Parlor | Capturing Lifestyles
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