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Next 48 hours critical for 2000-year-old giant sequoias in Yosemite

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The Washburn fire has been threatening to destroy the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. Hundreds of firefighters have been working to keep the flames from reaching the trees.

Here & Now's Scott Tong learns more with Garrett Dickman, a forest ecologist at Yosemite National Park.

This segment aired on July 12, 2022.

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