One of my favorite National Parks Road Trip itineraries is the Majestic Mountain Loop. This three-park (Sequoia, Kings C ...

Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park, President Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864. This act protected Northern ...

Yosemite Conservancy President Frank Dean walks on a new boardwalk trail in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Sacred relics of Yosemite National Park, which houses over 500 mature sequoias in Mariposa Grove, are under threat from the Washburn Fire.

A giant sequoia tree fell in the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite National Park during a wind storm on Jan. 18 and 19, 2021, one of at least 15 mature sequoias that toppled. (Photo: Yosemite National Park) ...

Projects in Yosemite National Park, California in 2021 include Bridalveil Fall trail construction, researching dying giant sequoias and endangered animals.

But now, a fire is threatening over 500 giant sequoias as it encircles Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove. Advertisement Home to the famous “Grizzly Giant,” the grove is the largest in ...

Yosemite’s giant sequoias were saved by forest-thinning. Here’s why some want it stopped A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National ...

A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park. Updated July 9, 2022 1:14 PM ET Originally published July 9, 2022 2:22 AM ET. By . The Associated Press Enlarge this image.

Wildfire threatening Yosemite sequoias now affecting air quality in San Francisco Bay Area. The Washburn Fire has grown to more than 2,700 acres. By Julia Jacobo. July 11, 2022, 11:03 PM.

Yosemite’s sequoias survived the latest wildfire. Not all national parks will be so lucky A firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn fire burns in Yosemite National Park on July 7.

A forest ecologist said Tuesday a grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than 100 years because of intentional fires used to burn the undergrowth ...