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Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. The two national parks offer an unparalleled opportunity to savor the ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark ...

Dozens of people gathered Thursday at the base of the Sequoia Legacy Tree in Downtown Visalia to honor it before it is cut down due to disease. At about 102 feet around, it is one of the largest ...

The time has come to remove Visalia’s beloved Sequoia Legacy Tree. Planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, the tree has been sick for years, as some community members have noted. Before ...

Iconic sequoia trees that tower over millions of captivated visitors at Yosemite National Park each year are under threat from a fast-moving fire. The fire quickly spread amid hot and dry weather ...

Visalia is known as the Gateway to the Sequoias. In 2018, as a way to give visitors a sampling of Visalia’s connection to the national park, Visit Visalia with the help of many volunteers created the ...

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Roots run deep on the corner of Acequia Avenue and Locust Street in Downtown Visalia. The City's historic Sequoia Legacy Tree has been around for nearly a century. The tree ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Giant sequoia trees, like redwoods, are mainly found in the Sierra Nevada in California. However, according to Andrew Prater, founder of the Shiba Sequoia Forest, they can grow ...

Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special. The past few years had been particularly rough for ...

High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally, particularly at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California. That is one of the few ...

As a child, my parents took me to see General Sherman, the tree in Sequoia National Park, and I became awestricken by the sheer size and magnificence of giant sequoias. As an adult, still enamored ...