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Yosemite National Park: Who would have thought that giant sequoia groves need to be burned in order to be saved? Learn how early park managers discovered the importance of fire the hard way, and see how today's managers carefully manage fires in Yosemite.

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Yosemite Presents, California, Environmental Activism, Controlled Burns

Keywords

california, controlled burn, fires, forest fires, giant sequoia groves, national park, prescribed fire, sequoia trees, sequoias, yosemite

Date of Video

September 24, 2004

Video Location

Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA

GPS

37°44'42.73"N × 119°35'53.6"W

Credit

Courtesy of the National Park Service. For a large collection of audio and video podcast episodes on many classroom topics, visit the National Park Service on iTunes U.

Movie Number

2949