Washburn Fire
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The Washburn Fire was a wildfire that burned in Yosemite National Park near the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. The fire was reported on July 7, 2022, in the lower Mariposa Grove area near the Washb
The smoke plume of the Washburn Fire as seen from Oakhurst
A wildland firefighter performing mop up operations in the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias.
Galen Clark
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Galen Clark was a Canadian-born American conservationist and writer. He was the first European American to document the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees. His advocacy contributed to the Yosemite
Washburn Fire
…measures were taken on July 11, including a fire sprinkler system to increase relative humidity around the Grizzly Giant and the wrapping of the historic Galen Clark cabin. Fire preparation measures, including fuel reduction over the past 50 years and the restoration of hydrology during the Mariposa Grove Restoration…
Galen Clark, photographed by Carleton E. Watkins, c. 1865–66
Clark on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
Portrait of Clark in his later years
Galen Clark's grave marker in Yosemite Cemetery.