Visit Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary to see Michigan’s giant sequoia tree, a hidden gem that offers a taste of Sequoia National ...

It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods. The living crown (this one atop the General Sherman, at center) was once a distant mystery.

This month, the Save the Redwoods League — in conjunction with the National Park Service, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the Redwood Parks Conservancy — released a report titled ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...

The great giants we associate with redwoods belong to the other two species: the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), both of which can top 300 feet ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great ... Start your visit at the Giant Forest Museum, which offers an overview of the giant sequoias, meadows and human history in the region.

There are hundreds of miles of trails in Sequoia National Park suitable for all abilities and ages. In the Giant Forest, the Congress Trail, a paved 2.7-mile loop that begins near the General ...

Despite the efforts of advocates working to save the tree, the Boardwalk Condominiums’ 100-foot-tall redwood known by many as Big Red is scheduled to be cut down starting March ...