As wildfires become more common and powerful, the Giant Sequoias of the American West are burning at alarming rates. These enormous beings stand at a few hundred feet in height and a hundred feet in diameter.

Due to climate change and 100 years of human mismanagement, the forests where these Sequoias live are being lost to wildfire.

In this episode, Kris sits down with Sam Prentice, District Hydrologist for the USDA Forest Service, to speak about how wildfires are impacting our Giant Sequoia groves, the surrounding communities, and what we can do about it. 

This episode also dives into our history of fire management, or mismanagement, in the United States, and how current government bodies and nonprofits are not on the same page for a mitigation plan. 

Links from this episode:

• Save The Sequoias Act
• 10 Tips to Prevent Wildfires
• Smokey Bear’s Helpful Website
• The Sequoia Conservation Fund

Read the Access Fund article about how wildfires are impacting climbers. 

Plug Tone Outdoors is part of the Plug Tone Audio Collective. Check out our website or follow along on Instagram to learn more about our other shows.

This episode of Plug Tone Outdoors was created and produced by Kris Hampton.

Music by Mepa Melson, Serge Quadrado, Anton Vlasov, LesFM and Coma Media from Pixabay.com

Find a full transcript of this episode, images from Sam, and more, at the blog post for this episode.

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