Earlier prescribed burns that reduced dry fuel may help protect the park’s famous giant sequoias from devastating losses
wildfire has burned more than 2,720 acres in Yosemite national park, sparking global concern for the cherished groves of ancient and iconic tall trees clustered among the picturesque mountainsides. The fire, which was 22% contained Tuesday morning , also forced evacuations in the town of Wawona and caused the park to partially close to visitors. It’s possible that the blaze will smolder for weeks, even as containment is gained.
“Recently there has been this association between fire and bad outcomes because the fires have been absurdly, apocalyptically intense,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of “Right now we are fortunate to have relatively mild winds,” said Stanley Bercovitz, a public information officer with the interagency team managing the fire response. Temperatures are high, but have lingered beneath 100F, and relative humidity has not dropped into the single digits.
“There are tremendous values at risk in this fire,” Yosemite’s superintendent, Cicely Muldoon, said during a community meeting on Monday night, noting the town of Wawona and the Mariposa Grove, which she referred to as the “root of the whole national park system”. “I know these closures are super hard,” she added, but “the team has made some awesome progress.”
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