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California's iconic redwoods in danger from fire and infectious disease
![Photo of tree trunks in a coastal redwood forest](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood1_f.jpg)
Iconic coastal redwood forests are threatened by a link between disease and wildfire.
Credit: NPS
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![Fireman standing next to burning California redwood tree](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood2_f.jpg)
Fire consumes a once-healthy California redwood tree.
Credit: USFS
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![Dead tanoaks in a redwood forest in a California study area](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood3_f.jpg)
Dead tanoaks in a redwood forest in the scientists' California study area, pre-fire.
Credit: Kerri Frangioso
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![Two researchers in the forest conducting a post-fire survey](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood4_f.jpg)
Researchers conduct a post-fire survey two months after a 2008 blaze.
Credit: Kerri Frangioso
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![Burned redwoods soon after the Basin Fire in Big Sur, Calif.](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood5_f.jpg)
Scorched redwoods soon after the Basin Fire in Big Sur, Calif.
Credit: Howard Kuljian
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![Three ecologists in the forest surveying the burned redwood](/news/mmg/media/images/redwood6_f.jpg)
Two years after the fire, the ecologists returned to survey the burned redwood forests.
Credit: Kerri Frangioso
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