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Since the mission of the parks is to protect sequoias, why would the parks deliberately set fires in sequoia groves?

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Since the mission of the parks is to protect sequoias, why would the parks deliberately set fires in sequoia groves?

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For more than 70 years, the parks did their best to put out every fire in the sequoia groves. But during those seventy years, the parks learned something startling. Sequoias are well-adapted to natural fire. In fact, they need fire to reproduce. Periodic fires help to create an ideal habitat for young sequoias to grow by removing competing trees and duff, leaving a bare mineral soil for sequoias to grow. Learn more about fire in the parks…

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For its first seven decades, the parks tried to put out every fire in the sequoia groves. But during those seventy years, the parks learned something startling. Sequoias are well-adapted to natural fire. In fact, they need fire to reproduce. Periodic fires help to create an ideal habitat for young sequoias to grow by removing competing trees and duff, leaving a bare mineral soil for sequoias to grow. Learn more about fire in the parks…