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57: 1045: 182:. It lies partly in the Tule River Indian Reservation. Black Mountain Grove is 19.3 miles long and is the sixth largest specimens in the world of all groves. It is dry and hot during summer time which is potentially negative to the forest because it is a higher risk for wildfires. During the winter time, it is cold and fresh. The Black Mountain Grove was a highlight in history because it was the conventional point to stop logging in groves. It played a significant role in the creation of 1056: 36: 64: 290:
Black Mountain Grove gets fire threats from around the area; for example, from Long Canyon or South and Middle Fork. There was a lot of dead wood around Black Mountain Grove, the dead wood, or just the high fuel in general, has not been removed since 2003; which means, it would burn a good portion of
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burned through a large section of the grove. The fire killed 53 giant sequoias greater than 0.91 m (3.0 ft) in diameter, of which 31 were at least 3.05 m (10.0 ft) in diameter. The high mortality rate was caused by a combination of poor management of local fuel loads and
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and in private ownership and contains old and young growth sequoias. The main access to this grove is by road or hiking across country. The grove is estimated at 3,310 acres (13.4 km) with sequoias sprawling across the divide forming the Middle and South Forks of the
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the sequoias if it were to catch on fire. This high fuel load caused the MSA to demand a “fuel load reduction plan,” which included plans for logging. Unfortunately this dense fuel load would go on to fuel two devastating wildfires in 2008 and 2017.
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Before there were laws to protect the trees in the grove, more than 500 acres of non-sequoia trees were destroyed, and more than 70% of the groves were logged. The forest still has many different kinds of species of trees standing including
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plan extended the grove boundaries and prohibited timber harvesting within the groves. In 1992, President Bush visited the large sequoias and boosted the terms by completely protecting them from harvesting, mining, and development.
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to stop logging the groves. The judgement made for that lawsuit was that the groves would be restored to their natural state. The 1990 Mediated Settlement Agreement (MSA) to the
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containing more than 500 large trees, on the slopes of Black Mountain located between the Middle and South Forks of
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In 1928, the wildfire burned more than 2,600 acres (11 km), which left a large clearing in the forest.
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has also been a contributing factor to an increase in the frequency and intensity of wildfires.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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tree located at the north side of the forest. The smaller plants underfoot are
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For an identically named giant sequoia grove in Southern California, see
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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In 1987, a lawsuit was filed against the Solo Timber Sale by the
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Giant sequoia grove in Tulare County, California, United States
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In 2008, another wildfire burned about 12% of the grove.
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Black Mountain Beauty, the largest tree in the grove
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Black Mountain Grove (Southern California)

Map showing the location of Black Mountain Grove
Tulare County
California
United States
36°06′16″N 118°39′19″W / 36.10444°N 118.65528°W / 36.10444; -118.65528
Sequoiadendron giganteum
sequoia grove
Tule River
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Tule River Indian Reservation
Tule River
Sierra Club
Sustainable land management
Pier Fire
climate change
ponderosa pine
willow trees
dogwood
white fir
black oak
incense cedar
sugar pine
fern
forbs
Climate change
Black Mountain Beauty
Pacific dogwood

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