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Yosemite declined offer for retardant air-drop in Washburn Fire’s early hours. Here’s why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials wasted little time responding to the first reports of a fire burning in the Mariposa Grove on the afternoon of July 7.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

Face it, Yosemite lovers — sprinklers can’t save the Mariposa Grove forever

Californians are shutting off their irrigation systems to reduce water consumption amid a devastating, climate-driven drought. In Yosemite National Park, sprinklers were turned on in hopes of slowing the climate-driven Washburn fire from threatening the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 20, 2022

Decades of 'good fires' save Yosemite's iconic grove of ancient sequoia trees

Saving the centuries-old trees in Yosemite's famed Mariposa Grove took hard work from firefighters but also half a century of intentional fires.

WEKU · Jul 19, 2022