Cute alien flora has nothing on this terrestrial sapling. (“I am (takin)g root!”) Treemendous! A forest with giant sequoias, the largest trees in the world, is a feast for the senses. If you stand beneath one of these giants, you can gaze all the way up its tall trunk and through its high branches and see the sky above. These giants of the forest are also resilient. You’re how old? Tree ring studies of giant sequoias provide a long record of climate and fire history, helping park managers and scientists better understand relationships of climate, fire, and the giant sequoia life cycle. Over the last decade, the National Park Service has taken proactive steps to reduce the impacts to giant sequoias from catastrophic fires fueled by climate change, and will be implementing additional protection measures, in part, through funding available from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. During this time, over 10,000 of acres in Yosemite and Sequoia national parks have been treated to protect ...