Agreed on all fronts. Some of these coast redwoods are ~1000 years old, and most of them have undoubtedly encountered low-medium intensity fires before. But California’s recent climate is now starting to depart from not just 20th century history, but also the natural history spanning the lifetime of these trees. This thread probably isn’t the place for a longer discussion on that front, but suffice it to say that I definitely agree it’s time to deploy the grad students!