Sequoias fire danger; McKinley Grove ancient trees near Fresno endangered by Garnet Fire- Heating Planet at CofA Blog, video n transcript

Sequoias are part of the California ecosystem. Crews are doing everything they can to guard these ancient trees. Grove has not burned in 100 years. Of course first priority is protecting the people in the towns- CBS 47 Central Valley Video: Fire crews guard giant Sequoias against Garnet Fire Sept 12.

  

AI generated transcript: -talk to officials about their 0:02 efforts to protect the giant 0:08 sequoias. 0:11 >> The garden fire continues to 0:11 move north toward the giant 0:13 sequoias in mckinley Grove 0:14 right now while of course fire 0:17 crews first priority is 0:17 protecting the people in the 0:18 towns they're also doing 0:18 everything they can to guard 0:24 these ancient trees. The giant 0:25 Sequoia a symbol of the South 0:27 Valley these trees are 0:28 extremely important and 0:29 extremely vulnerable alaina 0:30 Coleman with the giant Sequoia 0:34 lands coalition has dedicated 0:34 her career to protecting them 0:38 both a coastal redwoods and 0:39 giant Sequoia forest are. 0:41 >> The to force in the world of 0:42 store more carbon per acre than 0:46 any other forest, but she says 0:47 20% of mature giant sequoias 0:50 have died just since 2015 and 0:51 the Garnett fire continues to 0:52 threaten that population there 0:53 still is a lot of hot spots out 0:57 there, the large fuels the 0:58 downed logs big branches. 1:00 They're still very dry. The 1:01 fire is moving through mckinley 1:04 Grove in the Sierra National 1:05 Forest threatening the giant 1:06 sequoias there we have a 1:07 sprinkler system around the 1:11 trees were using the jumpers to 1:12 go up into the trees when 1:15 needed to help with the areas 1:16 that are igniting this isn't 1:17 your front yard sprinkler 1:17 system though the sprinklers 1:20 are basically set up around the 1:21 bottom of the root of the tree. 1:24 >> So that if the fire were to 1:24 move through that area it's 1:25 going to help to suppress it 1:25 and push it off the tree and 1:28 the ground's already going to 1:29 be. 1:30 >> Basically put prepped ahead 1:31 of time so far no giant 1:33 sequoias have officially caught 1:34 on fire. 1:37 >> But flying embers have 1:38 started sending their crowns. 1:41 Coleman says mckinley Grove 1:41 hasn't burned in more than a 1:44 100 years. So there's a lot of 1:45 old debris lying around if 1:49 we're able to do restoration 1:49 work and clear that force for 1:50 debris. 1:52 >> low-intensity burning ahead 1:53 of the coast road that wildfire 1:56 that wildfire would likely kill 1:57 last monarch tree is officials 1:59 say they can't protect every 1:59 tree from the Garnett fire, but 2:02 giant sequoias aren't just 2:03 trees. 2:06 >> They're part of the grain of 2:06 the California ecosystem it 2:07 really is a moment of awe that 2:07 puts it all into perspective of 2:11 what we're doing and why we're 2:12 doing it out here. 2:14 >> Right now fire crews have 2:15 the upper hand with lower 2:16 temperatures and higher 2:16 humidity, so they're going to