A wildfire burning near the southern part of Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove has become the latest blaze to threaten the world’s largest trees, which have been repeatedly imperiled in recent years as climate change increases the intensity of fires.
High temperatures and low humidity forecast for this weekend are set to complicate firefighting efforts, which already have been made difficult by numerous downed trees, Phillipe said. Trees destroyed by bark beetles, killed by climate-change-induced drought and felled by a major windstorm serve as fuel for flames.Prescribed burns conducted periodically in Mariposa Grove in the past several years have helped slow the progress of unwanted fires, Phillipe said.
— the largest in the park’s history. The initiative restored sequoia habitat, realigned roads and added a shuttle service from the arrival area.“We’re suppressing this fire,” she said. “We’re doing everything we can to put it out.”
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