Prescribe fire giant sequoia 2009 (IMAGE)
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A forester sprays a giant sequoia during a controlled burn in 2009 in Kings Canyon National Park. About a decade later, extreme wildfires swept through the region, but sequoias previously treated with prescribed fire were four times more likely to survive, a UC Davis study found.
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Anthony Caprio/National Park Service
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