Fifth & Mission

The Controversial Plan to Save California's Giant Sequoias

The Controversial Plan to Save California's Giant Sequoias

Fifth & Mission


Published: 23 October 2023 at 09:00 Europe/London

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Best of 5M: Wildfires have devastated giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees. Now national park officials want to restore the iconic California species by replanting them, but the plan is facing pushback. Reporter Kurtis Alexander joins host Cecilia Lei to discuss scientists' concerns and why debates like this will only become more common as we confront the devastation wreaked by climate change. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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