Giant Sequoia Emergency Response

Sawyer crews work to clear fuel around giant sequoias to help protect them against wildfires. An Emergency Response was approved by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore on July 22, 2022, to expedite the implementation of approximately 13,377 acres of fuels reduction treatments in 12 Giant Sequoia groves to reduce the wildfire risk that threatens these giant, iconic trees. The emergency fuels reduction treatments include hand cutting of brush and small trees, pulling duff away from the base of large Giant Sequoias, mechanical thinning, and prescribed burning.

These emergency actions make use of the agency’s existing authorities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to conduct emergency fuels treatments as expeditiously as possible.

Giant Sequoia groves subject to the Emergency Response: Abbott, Bearskin, Belknap Complex, Black Mountain, Burro Creek, Grant, Indian Basin, Landslide, Long Meadow, Nelder, Silver Creek and Wishon.

Chief’s Decision Memorandum (PDF)

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1078184

Giant Sequoia Emergency Response

Chief’s Decision Memorandum (PDF)

Implementation Updates (PDF)

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