The time has come to remove Visalia’s beloved Sequoia Legacy Tree. Planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, the tree has been sick for years, as some community members have noted.

Conservator Chelsea McKibbin took on the task. Chelsea's team looked closely at the sequoia to monitor and document any changes to its condition. Some parts of the tree slice, including the bark, had ...

“Big Tree mania” set in, William Tweed writes in a 2016 history of the giant sequoia. Pieces of Dowd’s tree went on tour to San Francisco and to New York City. By 1855, a hotel had been ...

The largest tree on earth, the General Sherman, is found in the groves at Sequoia National Park. Sequoia and its neighbors protect a large-scale ecosystem directly east of California’s heavily ...