But NPS officials report that natural regeneration is insufficient
I am certainly not an expert, but looking at the data it seems that the sequoia sapling density is sufficient? A seedling every 12 square feet after five years seems sufficient, but perhaps it drops significantly after year five?
Year postfire (seedlings/ha sq ft/seedling
1 153,278 0.702246898
2 34,870 3.0868655
5 8,601 12.51470759
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/showFile.cfm?projectID=107200&MIMEType=application%252Fpdf&filename=Stephenson%20et%20al%2E%202023%5FSequoia%20Seedling%20Reference%20Densities%202023%2D05%2D31%5FPREPRINT%20IN%20REVIEW%2Epdf&sfid=663190
I am certainly not an expert, but looking at the data it seems that the sequoia sapling density is sufficient? A seedling every 12 square feet after five years seems sufficient, but perhaps it drops significantly after year five?
Year postfire (seedlings/ha sq ft/seedling
1 153,278 0.702246898
2 34,870 3.0868655
5 8,601 12.51470759
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/showFile.cfm?projectID=107200&MIMEType=application%252Fpdf&filename=Stephenson%20et%20al%2E%202023%5FSequoia%20Seedling%20Reference%20Densities%202023%2D05%2D31%5FPREPRINT%20IN%20REVIEW%2Epdf&sfid=663190