The careful treatment process exposed the natural surface of the wood, enhancing its appearance by revealing the sequoia's growth rings. Tree rings are created under the bark as the organism grows ...

The towering, 2,500-year-old “Mother of the Forest ... 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 ...

Reps. Vince Fong and Scott Peters are introducing legislation to speed restoration of fire-threatened giant sequoia groves.

The distinction between the Mariposa Grove and the others is that Mariposa is the largest, housing about 500 mature giant sequoia trees, each thousands of years old. Featured sights include the ...