But she’s pretty sure of one thing: The western Sierra pine forest as it was 100 years ago is not coming back. Sierra Nevada's dead trees Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times Research ecologist Nathan L. Stephenson looks over a dead incense cedar tree in a plot of land that ecologists have been studying since 1992 in the Sequoia National Park. — Adrian Das, ecologist with the U.S. Geological SurveyA dead pine tree stands against a backdrop of dead conifers in the Seqouia National Forest. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times A dead pine tree stands against a backdrop of dead conifers in the Seqouia National Forest. A dead pine tree stands against a backdrop of dead conifers in the Seqouia National Forest.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2017 13:00 UTC