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California wildfire threatens homes near Sequoia National Park
2014-06-16 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A California wildfire that has already destroyed three structures and blackened some three square miles of forest land near Sequoia National Park was threatening 1,000 more homes on Monday, officials said. More than 1,100 firefighters were battling the so-called Shirley Fire, which erupted on Friday evening on the park's outskirts northeast of Bakersfield and prompted the evacuation of several foothill communities. The flames jumped containment lines on Saturday, fueled by high winds and dry brush,...
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Project Safe Sequoia Station
2013-11-02 15:38:07| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Redwood City Police Department recently launched PROJECT SAFE -- a comprehensive, long-term response plan to address public safety concerns and quality of life issues at Sequoia Station that directly and indirectly affect the enjoyable utilization of the transit hub and patronage of shopping center businesses.
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Californian Rim fire heads towards Yosemite's famed sequoia trees
2013-08-31 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A massive wildfire that has charred the northwestern edge of California's Yosemite national park is heading towards two groves of the park's famed sequoia trees, the national park service director, Jonathan Jarvis, said as firefighters battled the blaze on Saturday. The so-called Rim fire, which now has an overall footprint that exceeds the area of Dallas, has burned about 6% of Yosemite's wilder backcountry but the vast majority of the park was still unaffected, Jarvis said. The sequoias are...
Giant sequoia trees threatened by Yosemite fire
2013-08-27 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A raging forest fire sweeping toward Yosemite National Park in California may threaten giant sequoia trees. The massive Rim Fire is an intense "crown" fire, meaning it is burning and leaping in the tops of trees instead of crawling along the ground. The National Park Service has closed two of Yosemite's three giant sequoia groves to work on preventive fire efforts, a park service statement said. The Merced and Tuolumne groves are about 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the edge of the Rim Fire, which...
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Climate change may be speeding coast redwood, giant sequoia growth
2013-08-14 09:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Finally, some good news about the effects of climate change. It may have triggered a growth spurt in two of California's iconic tree species: coast redwoods and giant sequoias. Since the 1970s, some coast redwoods have grown at the fastest rate ever, according to scientists who studied corings from trees more than 1,000 years old. "That's a wonderful, happy surprise for us," said Emily Burns, science director at the Save the Redwoods League, which is collaborating on a long-term study with...
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