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Environment & Energy

TreasonousBastard

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3. Hope they get it right this time. Sequoias are one of those trees that...

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:18 PM

Sep 2021

requires fire to get the seeds out of the cones. It was only 20 or thirty years ago the Park Service found out there were so few seedlings because they kept putting out small fires.

A 3000 year old tree has been through hundreds of fires. If the fire is intense enough to burn through 1-2 feet of bark, though, that's another story.

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'It Has Come to This': Ancient Sequoias Wrapped in Foil as Wildfire Threatens [View all] douglas9 Sep 2021 OP

These fires were sparked by lightening. OnlinePoker Sep 2021 #1

The Castle Fire in 2020 may have killed as many as 10,600 sequoias, about 14% of the population hatrack Sep 2021 #6

+1 Mickju Sep 2021 #7

Damn! Hope against hope that works in lieu of Backseat Driver Sep 2021 #2

Hope they get it right this time. Sequoias are one of those trees that... TreasonousBastard Sep 2021 #3

Hmmmm... Goonch Sep 2021 #4

Get those right wingers out there raking the forest like Dotard recommends. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #5