California's oldest tree in Redwood National Park - in pictures
The Hyperion tree, a 115-metre coast redwood made famous online, stands in a remote area of Redwood National Park in California. National Park Service / AP
President Joe Biden has ordered officials to inventory old growth and mature forests on federal lands and develop policies to conserve them. AP
Sequoia National Park is reopening its Giant Forest area three months after the grove was saved while wildfires destroyed thousands of other redwoods. AP
An area of Redwood Canyon that was burnt during the 2021 KNP Complex Fire in Kings Canyon National Park, California. National Park Service / AP
A fire inside a redwood tree burns in the forest durng the Dixie Fire near Chester, California. EPA
Many of California's giant sequoias have been damaged or killed in recent forest fires. The Fresno Bee / AP
A sequoia looms over the Redwood Canyon loop trailhead's parking lot as smoke from the 2021 KNP Complex Fire drifts through the forest. The Fresno Bee / AP
A road through a redwood forest. Photo: Rosemary Behan
The Skunk Train has been running through redwood forests and river canyons to Fort Bragg since 1885, when it was built to transport timber. AP
