Group from Save The Redwoods League walk through the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save the Redwoods League purchased less...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Creek running through a grove of Red alder trees in the Hoh River rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington State, United States.Creek running through a grove of Red alder (Alnus Rubra)...
To 70-year-old conifers turned into black sticks, along Highway 190 near the fire-ravaged mountainside of the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
To 70-year-old conifers turned into black sticks, along Highway 190 near the fire-ravaged mountainside of the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
George Powell, left, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager and Eric La Price, right, Sequoia National Forest's Western Divide District ranger...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
In Sequoia Crest, the small vacation-home community developed in the grove in the 1960s, chimneys and foundations are all that remain of about a...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Sunset obscured by smoke filled skies near Alder Creek Grove where Sequoia trees had grown on this Sierra Nevada ridgetop for well over 500 years....The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League on the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove explains that when big...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
One giant Sequoia was decapitated, the upper trunk and branches strewn at its base in a tangled heap in the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League on the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove explains that when big...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Giant Sequoia tree decapitated by fire still smolders in the fire-ravaged mountainside of the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument areas hardest hit...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Eric La Price, Sequoia National Forest's Western Divide District ranger surveys damage in the Camp Nelson area not as severely burned by the Castle...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Ash covered ground appears like snow as a group from Save The Redwoods League walk through the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Eric La Price, left, Sequoia National Forest's Western Divide District ranger and George Powell, right, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League on the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove explains that when big...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods League on the privately owned Alder Creek grove photographs some of the giant...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Sign to the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant sequoia on record which is as tall as a 25-story building and wider than a two-lane...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Torched trees still smolder as a group from Save The Redwoods League walk through the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, left, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods League and Campaign Director Suzanne Moss, look of cones of a Sequoia - no...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods walks through the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
There were no sounds of life on the fire-ravaged mountainside in the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument areas hardest hit by the Castle fire. Eric...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods walks past burned tree trunks near the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League on the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove explains that when big...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Cones of a Sequoia - no larger than a chicken egg - which release seeds when exposed to a burst of heat. Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Eric La Price, Sequoia National Forest's Western Divide District ranger surveys damage in the Camp Nelson area not as severely burned by the Castle...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods photographs a giant Sequoia that was decapitated, the upper trunk and branches...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
The broccoli top of a giant Sequoia that was roasted in the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save the Redwoods League...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Suzanne Moss, left, Campaign Director for Save The Redwoods League and Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection look at some of the giant sequoias...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League on the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove explains that when big...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Group from Save The Redwoods League walk through the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save the Redwoods League purchased less...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods walks through the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
George Powell, left, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager and Eric La Price, right, Sequoia National Forest's Western Divide District ranger...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Group from Save The Redwoods League walk through the burned portion of the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save the Redwoods...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Camping trailer and truck charred by fire pushed by 60 mph winds blasting down drainages in the fire-ravaged mountainside of the McIntyre Grove, one...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
George Powell, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager walks through the fire-ravaged mountainside in the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument areas...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Black sticks, the ruins of 50- to 70-year-old conifers that George Powell, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager guessed had grown in after an...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods League Shive at the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant sequoia...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods Shive leads a group around the the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Technically considered part of the SQF Complex fire because it started near another, small lightning fire, almost all of the complex fire's 171,000...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods walks past burned tree trunks near the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods Shive leads a group around the the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Group from Save The Redwoods League observes the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder Creek grove that Save the Redwoods League purchased less than...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
George Powell, Sequoia National Forest ecosystem manager walks through the fire-ravaged mountainside in the McIntyre Grove, one of the monument areas...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
One giant Sequoia was decapitated, the upper trunk and branches strewn at its base in a tangled heap in the 530 acres of the privately owned Alder...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Kristen Shive, Director of Science for Save The Redwoods Shive holds the cone of a Sequoia - no larger than a chicken egg - which releases seeds when...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Becky Bremser, Director of Land Protection for Save The Redwoods walks through the base of the 3,000-year-old Stagg Tree, the fifth-largest giant...The ecological impacts of the Castle fire on giant sequoia groves in the Alder Creek Grove and the neighboring Giant Sequoia National Monument.