All,
Check out the reason why they believe that the trees fell. I can see the day when they won't even let you walk in the woods. Bizarre!
Giant sequoia trees fall unexpectedly
Last such known Yosemite toppling came in 1969
Saturday, March 1, 2003 Posted: 6:59 AM EST (1159 GMT)
• Yosemite National Park external link
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) -- Two giant sequoias that put down roots long before the United States became a country fell last weekend, the first of the age-old forest titans to fall in years.
The trees, thought to be between 300 years and 750 years old, were located in a grove along the Yosemite National Park's southern border. The park has hundreds of giant sequoias in three large groves.
Soil or root failure caused the collapse of at least one of the trees, which may have toppled the second sequoia as it fell, Park Ranger Deb Schweizer said.
A young sequoia in the grove fell in 1998. Before that, that last sequoia known to have fallen in the park was in 1969.
Sequoias reach maturity at about 1,000 years. The Grizzly Giant, the grove's oldest tree, is believed to be 2,700 years to 3,000 years old.
Schweizer said foot traffic around the base of the fallen trees could have damaged the root systems and contributed to the collapse.
Park officials have been surrounding some of the oldest, largest and most historically significant trees with fences to keep the public from trampling root systems, Schweizer said.
Bizare
Check out the reason why they believe that the trees fell. I can see the day when they won't even let you walk in the woods. Bizarre!
Giant sequoia trees fall unexpectedly
Last such known Yosemite toppling came in 1969
Saturday, March 1, 2003 Posted: 6:59 AM EST (1159 GMT)
• Yosemite National Park external link
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) -- Two giant sequoias that put down roots long before the United States became a country fell last weekend, the first of the age-old forest titans to fall in years.
The trees, thought to be between 300 years and 750 years old, were located in a grove along the Yosemite National Park's southern border. The park has hundreds of giant sequoias in three large groves.
Soil or root failure caused the collapse of at least one of the trees, which may have toppled the second sequoia as it fell, Park Ranger Deb Schweizer said.
A young sequoia in the grove fell in 1998. Before that, that last sequoia known to have fallen in the park was in 1969.
Sequoias reach maturity at about 1,000 years. The Grizzly Giant, the grove's oldest tree, is believed to be 2,700 years to 3,000 years old.
Schweizer said foot traffic around the base of the fallen trees could have damaged the root systems and contributed to the collapse.
Park officials have been surrounding some of the oldest, largest and most historically significant trees with fences to keep the public from trampling root systems, Schweizer said.
Bizare