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Your PARK NEEDS YOU
In the fall of 2021, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks—and surrounding areas—experienced a devastating wildfire called the KNP Complex Fire.
On September 9, 2021, lightning strikes from an evening thunderstorm kindled localized fires that would merge into one massive fire. It wasn’t until December 16 when authorities were able to declare what became the KNP Complex 100% contained. In total, the fire burned 88,000 acres and 16 Giant Sequoia groves. The National Park Service estimates that between 1,300 and 2,300 Giant Sequoias more than 4 feet in diameter were either killed outright or injured severely enough that they will die in the next several years. Those sequoias are known as ‘monarchs,’ and are the oldest and biggest of the giant sequoias to exist.
What Now?
On September 9, 2021, lightning strikes from an evening thunderstorm kindled localized fires that would merge into one massive fire. It wasn’t until December 16 when authorities were able to declare what became the KNP Complex 100% contained. In total, the fire burned 88,000 acres and 16 Giant Sequoia groves. The National Park Service estimates that between 1,300 and 2,300 Giant Sequoias more than 4 feet in diameter were either killed outright or injured severely enough that they will die in the next several years. Those sequoias are known as ‘monarchs,’ and are the oldest and biggest of the giant sequoias to exist.
What Now?
Immediately after the fire started, Sequoia Parks Conservancy launched the KNP Complex Recovery Fund to raise money for repair and renewal in the wake of the fire. As the fire raged, park-lovers, stewards, grantors, and conservationists raised over $600,000, 60% of the fund’s $1 million goal.
Sequoia Parks Conservancy has now started a fundraising campaign to complete the $1 million goal.
Donations during The Big Give will be restricted to the KNP Complex Fire Recovery Fund and will support efforts to rebuild trails, protect sequoia groves and meadows, safeguard cultural and historic features, reestablish access to Crystal Cave, restore wildlife habitat, and more.
Other Ways to Help
You can help us spread the word and support the recovery by starting a fundraiser on social media, creating a crowdfunding campaign, or reaching out to your family and friends. We truly appreciate all the support that you can bring to this challenge.
For help setting up a fundraiser or other questions, please email us at giving@sequoiaparks.org.
We also welcome best-use donations, which will be applied to the area of greatest need.
National Park Service KNP Complex Fire Resource Page: https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/nature/knp-complex-fire.htm
Sequoia Parks Conservancy has now started a fundraising campaign to complete the $1 million goal.
Donations during The Big Give will be restricted to the KNP Complex Fire Recovery Fund and will support efforts to rebuild trails, protect sequoia groves and meadows, safeguard cultural and historic features, reestablish access to Crystal Cave, restore wildlife habitat, and more.
Other Ways to Help
You can help us spread the word and support the recovery by starting a fundraiser on social media, creating a crowdfunding campaign, or reaching out to your family and friends. We truly appreciate all the support that you can bring to this challenge.
For help setting up a fundraiser or other questions, please email us at giving@sequoiaparks.org.
We also welcome best-use donations, which will be applied to the area of greatest need.
National Park Service KNP Complex Fire Resource Page: https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/nature/knp-complex-fire.htm
Recent Television Coverage
September 24, 2021 ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
September 24, 2021 ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
Recent News Coverage
- March 15, 2022 Fresno Bee: National Park aims to replant giant sequoias in burned grove
- January 9, 2022 Wildfire Today: BLM to burn piles in Giant Sequoia groves - Wildfire Today
- January 1, 2022 BBC: California's fires threaten to ravage mighty sequoia forests - BBC News
- November 26, 2021 Los Angeles Times: How the KNP Complex fire devastated one giant sequoia grove
- November 24, 2021 CNN: Giant Sequoias are nearly impossible to kill. Climate change is changing that
- November 20, 2021 PBS: Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
- November 19, 2021 Los Angeles Times: Wildfires killed thousands of sequoias in southern Sierra Nevada
- November 19, 2021 Washington Post: Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
- November 1, 2021 KTLA: Study finds climate change to be main driver of increasing wildfire weather in U.S. West
- October 10, 2021 Sacramento Bee: World's largest giant sequoia grove burns in KNP Complex Fire
- October 7, 2021 Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of giant sequoias may have burned to death in KNP Complex, Windy fires
- October 6, 2021 Washington Post: California fires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias
- October 3, 2021 The Guardian: Giant sequoias and fire have coexisted for centuries. Climate crisis is upping the stakes
- October 2, 2021 Fresno Bee: KNP fire, Sequoia National Park recovery get celebrity support
- October 1, 2021 Washington Post: Firefighters are helping sequoias see 3,000 years
October 1, 2021 Fresno Bee: Celebrity speaks out for KNP Complex fire awareness as blaze scorches more that 51,000 acres - September 28, 2021 NPR: Scientists Are Racing To Save Sequoias : Short Wave
- September 28, 2021 CBS News: California wildfires destroy homes and threaten giant trees in Sequoia National Forest
- September 27, 2021 PBS Nova: How aluminum wrap protects sequoias from wildfire
- September 23, 2021 USA Today: How California's history of prescribed burns helped firefighters defend Sequoia National Park
- September 23, 2021 USA Today: General Sherman, Giant Forest survive KNP Complex Fire as blaze threatens other sequoia groves
- September 17, 2021 NPR: Giant Sequoias May Not Survive The Wrath Of Extreme Fires
- September 17, 2021 WABE: A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing To Save The Rest
- September 15, 2021 ABC News: Fires shut Sequoia National Park, could threaten huge trees
- September 7, 2021 CNN: Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
- September 7, 2021 USGS: A Whole New (Fiery) World
- June 16, 2021 SFist: Nearly All of California's Giant Sequoias Are In 'Exceptional Drought' Areas
- June 11, 2021 Smithsonian Magazine: Fire Destroyed 10 Percent of World's Giant Sequoias Last Year—Can They Survive Climate Change?
- June 3, 2021 The Guardian: ‘Mind-blowing’: tenth of world’s giant sequoias may have been destroyed by a single fire
- May 7, 2021 NBC News: A giant sequoia in California is still smoldering from last year's wildfires
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND DONORS
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