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04-09-2003 11:27 PM |
Two giant sequoias fall in Yosemite; Are national parks being loved to death?
"YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) For more than 1,000 years, the two giant sequoia trees thrived in the Mariposa Grove, eventually towering 30 stories into the sky. When they fell, a hole the size of a jetliner opened in the forest canopy.
It may be months before park biologists determine what did in the trees, but officials say the human traffic through the forest may have played a large role.
''We may be loving them to death,'' says park ranger Deb Schweizer."
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