Nov. 22, 2023
Plan to replace sequoias destroyed by wildfires violates law, environmentalists claim
Wildfires burning trees in remote areas is part of a natural process, say environmental groups who oppose replanting a forest with genetically diverse sequoia seeds.
Four California environmental organizations accused the National Park Service of violating wilderness protection laws when it authorized the replanting of giant sequoias in six remote groves that burned in southern Sierra Nevada wildfires.
The fires took place in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks in 2020 and 2021 and killed up to 19% of the sequoias in the mountain range, according to the National Park Service. The agency said replan...
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