DescriptionFuels reduction saved Mariposa Grove from the Washburn Fire.png
English: This image appears as Figure 2 in a U.S. government authored report, available at
https://sbfiresafecouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/s42408-023-00202-6.pdf
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Fig. 2 Washburn Fire perimeter with origin and arrows showing fire progression. Purple graduated shading shows prescribed fire history in the Wawona area (inset A) and Mariposa Grove (inset B). The fire was also bounded by the 2017 South Fork wildfire along its north perimeter and historical prescribed fires along the western perimeter.
The report is titled "How forest management changed the course of the Washburn fire and the fate of Yosemite’s giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum)". Authors are Lacey E. Hankin et al.
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Fuels reduction in Mariposa Grove (lower right inset) saved Giant Sequoias from the 2022 [[Washburn Fire]]