Yosemite National Park encompasses over 748,000 acres in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Established in 1890, it is one of the earliest national parks in the United States. Yosemite Valley, the ...

Flames burn up a tree as part of the Windy Fire in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2021.

The incident involving Yellowstone’s giant sequoia trees remains under investigation. (Getty Images) While being struck and killed by a tree branch at Yosemite is unlikely, it isn’t unprecedented.

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two expanding forest fires threatening Sequoia National Park’s giant sequoia trees and infrastructure.

The sequoia saplings destined for Detroit are clones of two giants known as Stagg — the world's fifth-largest tree — and Waterfall, of the Alder Creek grove, about 150 miles (240 kilometers ...