World's Oldest Trees Endangered

 "The wildfires that burned more than four million acres in California this year were both historic and prophetic, foreshadowing a future of more heat, more fires and more destruction. Among the victims, this year and in the years to come, are many of California’s oldest and most majestic trees, already in limited supply."

N.Y. Times photo story HERE.

 

     Now the base of the largest tree---ironically named General Sherman has been covered  in protective aluminum: