California Wildfire Destroyed 10,000 Redwood, Killing Off 10% of World's Sequoia Population

According to a draft study acquired by the Visalia Times-Delta, a California wildfire that scorched the southern Sierra Nevada last year resulted in the destruction of a tenth of the world's adult giant sequoias.

Burning Sequoia

Scientists have uncovered a huge smoking sequoia in California's Sequoia national forest months after flames ravaged the region.

Researchers discovered the burnt but still standing tree this week in the lowest area of the national forest. Sequoia's fire ecology and research team member noticed a column of smoke in the ravine below while turning down a hairpin switchback on the route.

The crew followed the smoke to an enormous solitary sequoia standing in the burn area from last year's Castle fire, using a long camera lens. In the heart of the darkened forest, the big tree, which had undoubtedly stood for hundreds if not thousands of years, seemed like a chimney spewing smoke.

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