Tom Tiffany: “Over the previous about five to 10 years, they lost 20% of…”

“I was just in Yosemite a year and a half ago as part of the Natural Resources Committee, went out there. Over the previous about five to 10 years, they lost 20% of their sequoias and it's because they were not managing their forest properly. Sequoias can resist fire. If you see those trunks of those trees, huge trees, they can resist.” (06:15–06:24)

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