As fires threaten the Ancient Ones, sequoia lovers wonder what else will no longer endure
3 years, 3 months ago

As fires threaten the Ancient Ones, sequoia lovers wonder what else will no longer endure

LA Times  

Roots jut out from a giant sequoia along Big Stump Trail, where smoke from the KNP Complex fire fills the air in Kings Canyon National Park. They’re the witnesses to everything and they literally allow us to breathe.” In San Diego, Katie Ohlin, an early witness to spiraling sequoia mortality, watched this week as people worldwide poured out their alarm and their connection to the trees after seeing photographs of fire workers wrapping the famed Giant Forest, including the largest living tree on Earth, in silver retardant foil. “They didn’t know the magnitude.” Ohlin stepped away from forestry work and went home to San Diego after the Castle fire. “It’s a three-headed fire,” said tribe member Johnny Franco.

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Park Fire in California scorches through land the size of Los Angeles
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Park Fire in California scorches through land the size of Los Angeles

Associated Press  

FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The Park Fire has scorched 547 square miles as of Saturday and destroyed 134 structures since igniting Wednesday when authorities said a man pushed …

NPS wants to plant sequoias. Environmentalists sue, say there’s no need to butt in
1 year, 1 month ago

NPS wants to plant sequoias. Environmentalists sue, say there’s no need to butt in

LA Times  

High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally, particularly at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California. The National Park Service is calling “for action … with some level of urgency” to reseed burned areas that are “otherwise unlikely to recover” without human intervention. “I’m not exactly sure what’s going on with the …

California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble
1 year, 1 month ago

California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2015 a lightning strike started what became known as the Rough Fire, which eventually burned more than 150,000 acres of forest east of Fresno and just west of Kings Canyon National Park. The blaze burned into seven different sequoia groves in Sequoia National …

California’s mountains are too warm for some trees to survive. Inside these ‘zombie forests’
1 year, 2 months ago

California’s mountains are too warm for some trees to survive. Inside these ‘zombie forests’

LA Times  

There’s something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Researchers at Stanford University found in a recent study that roughly one-fifth of all conifer forests in the Sierra are mismatched with the warmer climate and have become “zombie forests.” “The name ‘zombie forest’ is kind of kitschy, but I’ve come to find that it is haunting,” said ecologist …

How two scorched giant sequoias kicked off a controversy about controlled burns in California
1 year, 2 months ago

How two scorched giant sequoias kicked off a controversy about controlled burns in California

LA Times  

Two beloved giant sequoias scorched in a prescribed burn at Calaveras Big Trees State Park last year now appear likely to recover. “It literally is a carpet of green underneath and they’re all little babies.” Calaveras Big Trees is a haven for local residents, who describe a spiritual connection to the park’s cathedral-like sequoia groves. “I still feel that had …

Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims
1 year, 4 months ago

Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims

LA Times  

A firefighter sets a back fire as the York fire burns in Mojave National Preserve on July 30. “We’ve long known that the trends to anticipate in the 21st century are extended droughts and more active fire regimes, and these types of disturbances are having profound effects on forests statewide,” said Ryan Tompkins, forest and natural resources advisor at the …

Opinion: We’ve got it all wrong about sequoias and wildfire
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: We’ve got it all wrong about sequoias and wildfire

LA Times  

As my colleagues and I hiked through the Nelder giant sequoia grove south of Yosemite National Park recently, we could barely believe our eyes. The U.S. Forest Service, which manages the Nelder Grove and many other sequoia groves, has repeatedly told the public, the media and Congress that giant sequoias are adapted to mild and moderate surface fires. As it …

In burned-out groves of giant sequoias, crews plant seeds of hope. Will they survive?
1 year, 7 months ago

In burned-out groves of giant sequoias, crews plant seeds of hope. Will they survive?

LA Times  

The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a hoedad, dropped in a delicate sequoia seedling and tamped the dirt tight around it. “Giant sequoia are going through an existential crisis,” said Tim Borden, of the Save the Redwoods League. Save the Redwoods League hopes to plant 30,000 giant sequoia seedlings at their Alder Creek grove property, as part of their …

As forests go up in smoke, so will California’s climate plan
2 years, 4 months ago

As forests go up in smoke, so will California’s climate plan

LA Times  

Smoke and carbon dioxide rise from the the McKinney fire in Klamath National Forest near Yreka, Calif., on Aug. 2. “But it’s becoming more common as an emergency.” Now, with recent fires having killed more than 13% of all giant sequoias — a species that grows only in California’s western Sierra — scientists and officials are growing increasingly concerned that …

Photos: Destructive fire rages near California’s Yosemite Park
2 years, 5 months ago

Photos: Destructive fire rages near California’s Yosemite Park

Al Jazeera  

A wildfire burning out of control through tinder-dry forests near California’s Yosemite National Park has forced thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities. Aided by aircraft and bulldozers, they faced tough conditions, including steep terrain, sweltering temperatures and low humidity, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. Evacuations were in place for more …

US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires
2 years, 5 months ago

US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it’s taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires. “Without urgent action, wildfires could eliminate countless more iconic giant sequoias,” Forest Service Chief Randy Moore said in a …

US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires
2 years, 5 months ago

US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it’s taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires. “Without urgent action, wildfires could eliminate countless more iconic giant sequoias,” Forest Service Chief Randy Moore said in a …

Yosemite’s Giant Sequoias expected to survive wildfire started by people
2 years, 5 months ago

Yosemite’s Giant Sequoias expected to survive wildfire started by people

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An iconic grove of giant sequoia trees seems to have escaped the worst-case scenario as …

Yosemite wildfire threatens grove of iconic sequoia trees
2 years, 5 months ago

Yosemite wildfire threatens grove of iconic sequoia trees

Associated Press  

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that threatened the gathering of the iconic trees and forced hundreds of campers to evacuate. The fire was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable” at it, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information …

Bipartisan House bill aims to rescue California’s giant sequoias from wildfires
2 years, 5 months ago

Bipartisan House bill aims to rescue California’s giant sequoias from wildfires

LA Times  

The Windy fire burns a tree in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest last year. Confronting an existential threat to the world’s largest trees, Rep. Scott Peters joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on a rescue plan for California’s giant sequoia groves. Peters and McCarthy introduced the Save Our Sequoias Act to provide $350 million over …

Preventative fires credited with saving Yosemite sequoias
2 years, 5 months ago

Preventative fires credited with saving Yosemite sequoias

Associated Press  

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century, thanks to efforts to regularly burn the undergrowth beneath the towering trees, a forest ecologist who toured the site said Tuesday. Small, intentionally lit fires over the past 50 years essentially stopped the fire in its …

Ancient sequoias safe for now as crews continue battling 3,500-acre Washburn fire in Yosemite
2 years, 5 months ago

Ancient sequoias safe for now as crews continue battling 3,500-acre Washburn fire in Yosemite

LA Times  

The Washburn fire can be seen from unincorporated Mariposa County as it continues to burn in Yosemite National Park. The Washburn fire in Yosemite National Park continued to grow Tuesday amid hot, dry weather, but officials have become more confident that the Mariposa Grove of ancient sequoias will survive the blaze. “This fire should actually be pretty beneficial for them, …

Firefighters race to defend ancient sequoias from 2,700-acre Washburn fire in Yosemite
2 years, 6 months ago

Firefighters race to defend ancient sequoias from 2,700-acre Washburn fire in Yosemite

LA Times  

Firefighters waged an all-out battle Monday as the 2,720-acre Washburn fire burned at the edges of Yosemite National Park‘s largest grove of ancient sequoia trees. “It has backed a little ways into that, but it hasn’t backed intensely into the grove,” Ahearn said during a Monday night community meeting about the fire. “We have people going in there, cleaning around …

Hotter, drier conditions heighten danger as Yosemite fire threatens ancient sequoias
2 years, 6 months ago

Hotter, drier conditions heighten danger as Yosemite fire threatens ancient sequoias

LA Times  

A fire threatening hundreds of ancient sequoias in Yosemite National Park continued to spread Sunday as firefighters braced for more difficult conditions this week with warmer and drier weather approaching. “The fire is burning in difficult terrain with continuous fuels,” posing a “significant threat to firefighters,” fire officials said in a statement. Last year was a devastating fire season for …

Yosemite fire explodes, threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove, Wawona
2 years, 6 months ago

Yosemite fire explodes, threatens iconic giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove, Wawona

LA Times  

In this image provided by the National Park Service, a firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn fire burns in Yosemite National Park. “Because of that combination, we are having these fires that are large and intense and last longer than what anybody’s seen in any part of their experience,” said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson. …

A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park
2 years, 6 months ago

A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park

NPR  

A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park Enlarge this image toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Noah Berger/AP YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest to threaten the …

Wildfire rages near Yosemite’s famous giant sequoia trees
2 years, 6 months ago

Wildfire rages near Yosemite’s famous giant sequoia trees

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A fire has broken out in Yosemite National Park, forcing closures around some of the …

Wildfire nears famous site in California’s Yosemite National Park
2 years, 6 months ago

Wildfire nears famous site in California’s Yosemite National Park

Al Jazeera  

Officials say none of Yosemite’s famous giant sequoias has been damaged by the blaze, but part of the park was closed. A portion of Yosemite National Park in the US state of California has been closed, officials said, as a wildfire is inching closer to a grove of famous giant sequoia trees. Authorities blocked access to the park’s largest stand …

Fast-growing wildfire in Yosemite National Park forces hundreds in Wawona to evacuate
2 years, 6 months ago

Fast-growing wildfire in Yosemite National Park forces hundreds in Wawona to evacuate

LA Times  

A firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn fire burns in Yosemite National Park on Thursday. A wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park grew rapidly Friday, prompting evacuation orders and threatening the park’s largest grove of giant sequoias. It grew quickly Friday as firefighters battling in hot and dry conditions tried to control the flames threatening hundreds of …

Giant Forest to reopen months after fires threatened sequoias
3 years, 1 month ago

Giant Forest to reopen months after fires threatened sequoias

LA Times  

The General Sherman tree stands in the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park after officials removed its fire-protective covering on Oct. 22. Three months after wildfire flames ripped through California’s ancient sequoia groves, officials at the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks have announced the Giant Forest will reopen to the public. Visitors will be able to access limited areas …

Editorial: California lost thousands of giant sequoias. It’s tragic, but at least we are aware
3 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: California lost thousands of giant sequoias. It’s tragic, but at least we are aware

LA Times  

Pretty much anyone who has had the privilege of standing next to one of the biggest, oldest giant sequoia trees understands the rush of awe. But as the public tracked the fight against the KNP Complex fire in September, which threatened giant sequoias to the point where their lower parts had to be tucked under fire-resistant foil blankets, it might …

‘There is nothing alive on that tree’: Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire
3 years, 1 month ago

‘There is nothing alive on that tree’: Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire

LA Times  

It looked like a bomb had gone off in the vast stand of giant sequoias on a mountain ridge in the southern Sierra. “That is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to look at in my entire 30-year career with the Forest Service.” The Redwood Mountain Grove at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks was devastated by …

Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees
3 years, 1 month ago

Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday. Blazes so intense to burn hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias — trees once considered nearly fire-proof — puts an exclamation …

California wildfires have killed almost 20% of world’s giant sequoias over past two years
3 years, 1 month ago

California wildfires have killed almost 20% of world’s giant sequoias over past two years

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California wildfires have destroyed nearly 20 per cent of the world’s population of giant sequoia …

Thousands of giant sequoias killed in California wildfires
3 years, 1 month ago

Thousands of giant sequoias killed in California wildfires

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of …

Wildfires killed thousands of sequoias in southern Sierra Nevada
3 years, 1 month ago

Wildfires killed thousands of sequoias in southern Sierra Nevada

LA Times  

Nathan Stephenson, scientist emeritus at the Western Ecological Research Center, speaks Friday about the loss of giant sequoias in the Redwood Mountain Grove in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. As many as 3,600 giant sequoias perished in the flames of the twin wildfires that ignited during a lightning storm in early September and rampaged through 27 groves of the …

Sequoia National Park, charred by wildfire, to partially reopen Thursday
3 years, 2 months ago

Sequoia National Park, charred by wildfire, to partially reopen Thursday

LA Times  

A news photographer, left, is dwarfed by a giant sequoia in Lost Grove on Sept. 17 in Sequoia National Park. Those who venture into Sequoia National Park — which is partially reopening Thursday after a roughly two-month closure — will see areas charred by still-active wildfire, including scorched trees at higher elevations. From certain vantage points, visitors to the park …

After California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removed
3 years, 2 months ago

After California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removed

India TV News  

In the wake of California wildfires, upwards of 10,000 trees weakened by fires, drought, disease or age must be removed, work that will keep a nearby highway closed to visitors who seek the world’s two largest sequoia trees. The hazard trees could potentially fall onto people and cars on the section of State Route 180 known as Generals Highway, or …

‘Running out of options’: Fight to protect giant sequoias has gotten experimental
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Running out of options’: Fight to protect giant sequoias has gotten experimental

LA Times  

Firefighter Lindsay Freitag sprays water on sequoias on the Trail of 100 Giants to extinguish heat within the massive trees after they were singed in the Windy fire. As flames from the KNP Complex threatened to race up a steep slope toward the remote Muir Grove of giant sequoias, officials at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks had to think …

KNP Complex fire triggers flurry of new evacuations, as flames threaten more giant sequoia trees
3 years, 3 months ago

KNP Complex fire triggers flurry of new evacuations, as flames threaten more giant sequoia trees

LA Times  

National Park Service public information officers inspect the ground around giant sequoias during a tour of the KNP Complex fire burn area Sept. 30 in Sequoia National Park. The 51,000-acre KNP Complex fire tearing through the Sequoia National Park triggered a flurry of evacuations Friday morning, as flames — spurred by a drying trend — threatened communities and burned toward …

Can 2,500-year-old sequoias be saved by 25-year-old climate activists?
3 years, 3 months ago

Can 2,500-year-old sequoias be saved by 25-year-old climate activists?

LA Times  

A giant sequoia near Springville, Calif., was decapitated in the Castle fire in August 2020. Writing on The Times’ op-ed page, 25-year-old Daniel Propp identifies the only productive response by people like him — becoming an activist: “Beyond hope there is more than despair. The ship may sink, but we are going to swim like hell toward shore.” It’s almost …

Wildfires approach more giant sequoias and worsen air quality across Central California
3 years, 3 months ago

Wildfires approach more giant sequoias and worsen air quality across Central California

LA Times  

Firefighters battling the Windy Fire extinguish a spot fire near the Trail of 100 Giants grove of Sequoia National Forest on Sunday. Twin blazes continued to threaten California’s towering sequoia trees and create new miseries for nearby residents, spewing smoke and worsening air quality across Central California on Wednesday. Crews were A rocky rim known as Paradise Ridge has helped …

The bold firefighting strategies that saved some of the world’s largest sequoias
3 years, 3 months ago

The bold firefighting strategies that saved some of the world’s largest sequoias

LA Times  

Mark Garrett, a fire information officer, examines a sequoia tree during a media tour of Lost Grove as the KNP Complex fire burns about 15 miles away in Sequoia National Park recently. “It shows the effectiveness, and why it’s so important that we come together as we look to protect these giant sequoias for each generation.” California Fire creeps closer …

Four Guardsmen safe, but giant sequoia burns; cabins threatened
3 years, 3 months ago

Four Guardsmen safe, but giant sequoia burns; cabins threatened

LA Times  

A firefighter hoses down hot spots around a sequoia tree in the Trail of 100 Giants in Sequoia National Forest on Monday. As the Windy fire torched the top of at least one towering tree in the Sequoia National Forest, a new threat emerged Tuesday when the nearby KNP Complex moved closer to a collection of century-old cabins. The Windy …

Fire creeps closer to ancient sequoias, reaching Trail of 100 Giants
3 years, 3 months ago

Fire creeps closer to ancient sequoias, reaching Trail of 100 Giants

LA Times  

With smoke all around, a firefighter sprays water around the base of a giant sequoia as the Windy fire burns along the Trail of 100 Giants in the Sequoia National Forest on Sept. 19, 2021. Two fires — the KNP Complex in Sequoia National Park and the Windy fire in Sequoia National Forest — were lapping at the base of …

California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves
3 years, 3 months ago

California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fire officials warned that stronger winds were also …

Sequoia National Park’s General Sherman tree, one of largest in the world, still safe amid growing wildfire
3 years, 3 months ago

Sequoia National Park’s General Sherman tree, one of largest in the world, still safe amid growing wildfire

LA Times  

This image from Saturday showed the KNP Complex fire moving toward the site of General Sherman in Sequoia National Park. Firefighters at Sequoia National Park have used special aluminum foil-like material to protect General Sherman, one of the world’s largest trees, from flames of encroaching wildfires. “Firefighters are going to stay busy in here again today,” Wallace said, “making sure …

Wildfires threatening giant sequoias continue to grow with another red-flag warning day
3 years, 3 months ago

Wildfires threatening giant sequoias continue to grow with another red-flag warning day

LA Times  

Sierra Cobras fire crew member Gustavo Cisneros keeps an eye on a hillside as the Windy fire burns in Sequoia National Forest near the Tule River Reservation on Thursday. Critical fire weather conditions are expected to persist through Sunday evening in Sequoia National Park, where hundreds of additional firefighters are now fighting a lightning-sparked wildfire that has reached the Giant …

California wildfires burn into groves of giant sequoia trees
3 years, 3 months ago

California wildfires burn into groves of giant sequoia trees

Associated Press  

THREE RIVERS, Calif. — California wildfires have burned into at least four groves of gigantic ancient sequoias in national parks and forests, though cooler weather on Friday helped crews trying to keep the flames away from a famous cluster containing the world’s largest tree. The fires lapped into the groves with trees that can be up to 200 feet tall …

A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing To Save The Rest
3 years, 3 months ago

A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing To Save The Rest

NPR  

A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing To Save The Rest toggle caption Lauren Sommer/NPR On a hot afternoon in California's Sequoia National Park, Alexis Bernal squints up at the top of a 200-foot-tall tree. toggle caption Lauren Sommer/NPR Sequoias need fire, but fires are changing Giant sequoias only grow in isolated pockets, tucked in the mountains …

Raging California wildfires threaten ancient sequoia forest
3 years, 3 months ago

Raging California wildfires threaten ancient sequoia forest

Al Jazeera  

The extraordinary intensity of the California wildfires could overwhelm the sequoia trees, some thousands of years old. The colossal “General Sherman” tree in Sequoia National Park, the Giant Forest Museum and other buildings were wrapped for protection against the possibility of intense flames, fire spokeswoman Rebecca Paterson said. The Colony Fire, one of two burning in Sequoia National Park, was …

Sequoia National Park's Giant Trees At Risk As Wildfires Grow
3 years, 3 months ago

Sequoia National Park's Giant Trees At Risk As Wildfires Grow

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two expanding forest fires threatening Sequoia National Park’s giant sequoia trees and infrastructure. The Colony Fire was a threat to Giant Forest, home to more than 2,000 sequoias, but not imminently, said Mark Ruggiero, fire information officer for Sequoia and Kings Canyon …

Giant Forest trees prepped for flames in Sequoia National Park as KNP Complex fire closes in
3 years, 3 months ago

Giant Forest trees prepped for flames in Sequoia National Park as KNP Complex fire closes in

LA Times  

Flames burn through brush near the entrance to Sequoia National Park near Three Rivers as the KNP Complex fire threatens the area. As the growing KNP Complex fire continues its march through Sequoia National Park, fire crews on Thursday were prepping the famed Giant Forest for flames by wrapping some of the massive sequoias in fire-resistant aluminum material. The grove …

World’s largest trees under siege from California wildfire as sequoias face new perils
3 years, 3 months ago

World’s largest trees under siege from California wildfire as sequoias face new perils

LA Times  

Deep inside the heart of Sequoia National Park lies a cathedral-like grove that is home to thousands of towering sequoia trees. “In a climatological sense, we are in uncharted territory,” said Crystal Kolden, a fire scientist at UC Merced who has been tracking the KNP Complex’s march toward the critically dry forest. “It’s just really not the type of conditions …

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