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Previous prescribed burns saved thousands of ancient sequoias during historically unprecedented wildfires

“Here we estimate mortality outcomes for 26,403 giant sequoias across 19 groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks following the Castle (2020) and KNP Complex (2021) wildfires using a Bayesian framework.”

Read HERE

Dixon, D.J., Das, A.J., Dong, X. et al. Previous prescribed burns saved thousands of ancient sequoias during historically unprecedented wildfires. Nat Commun 17, 8558 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75418-6

Posted by:
Brooke Simmons
Published on:
October 8, 2026

Categories: PublicationTags: giant sequoias, mortality, prescribed burns

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