Prescribed Burns Saved Thousands of Giant Sequoias
July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026
DAVIS, California, July 22 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news:
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Prescribed Burns Saved Thousands of Giant Sequoias
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When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.
The study, published in the . . .
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Prescribed Burns Saved Thousands of Giant Sequoias
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When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.
The study, published in the . . .