Firefighters in Central California have been working to protect a grove of giant sequoia trees from a massive wildfire.

A fire burning in Fresno County has reached the McKinley grove of giant sequoias. Several trees are in flames and specially ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic ...

On Sunday night and into Monday morning, when the north side of the 55,000-acre blaze in the mountains east of Fresno exploded in a 10,000-acre run, it launched embers across a valley into ...

ARNOLD — California State Parks, with assistance from CAL FIRE, plans to conduct prescribed burns in Calaveras Big Trees ...

Giant sequoia foresters are hosting a public town hall meeting next week to discuss plans for three separate prescribed burns ...

The Garnet Fire sparked from a lightning strike on Aug. 24 burned through parts of the Sierra National Forest in eastern Fresno County. It raged through an area from the Kings River at the southern ...

The hotshot crews were deliberately burning a small area of the forest in an attempt to choke off the main blaze by eliminating its fuel. That’s a process known as backfiring, according to Sierra ...

California once suppressed “controlled burns,” an Indigenous practice. Residents are now embracing it to reduce the growing ...

Crystal Cave, while not as easy to access, takes visitors back in geological time. Tickets must be purchased online in advance, and a slow, bumpy road leads to the parking lot. The park recommends ...

Officials with the U.S. Forest Service confirmed that the Garnet Fire entered parts of the southern side of the McKinley Grove this week. The footprint of the McKinley Grove, which is known for its ...