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Washburn Post-Fire BAER

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Unit Information

P.O. Box 577 
Yosemite National Park, 
California 
95389 
P.O. Box 577 
Yosemite National Park, 
California 
95389 

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    Phone:
    707-853-4243
    Hours:
    8am-8pm

Photographs Gallery

California black oak will re-sprout after a low to moderate intensity fire

A field of lupines respond one year after the Rim Fire, similar floral displays are expected in the Washburn Fire footprint next year.

Bear clover will re-sprout after a low to moderate intensity fire

Giant sequoias like the Galen Clark Tree that burned during the Washburn Fire resist fire with their thick spongy bark. A single individual ancient sequoia may undergo hundreds of fires throughout its lifetime.

Thousands of baby sequoias respond 1 yr after Rim Fire. Sequoias respond to the environmental cues of fire to germinate and are fire dependent because nearly all seed germination requires fire to heat and release seed from their serotinous cones.

Bracken fern will re-sprout after a low to moderate intensity fire

A backburn of the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias during the 2013 Rim Fire (left) led to thousands of baby sequoias in 2014.

NPS-Yosemite National Park Study Trail Cam Photo Taken During the Day

NPS-Yosemite National Park Study Trail Cam Photo Taken During the Night

Mountain Lion Paw Print Found in Washburn Fire Burned Area After Fire had Passed

BAER Specialist Testing Burned Soil for Water Repellency in Washburn Burned Area

BAER Specialist Testing Burned Soil for Water Repellency in Washburn Burned Area

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