Sierra Speaker Series: The King of Pines in Peril
Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center 12593 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161, Truckee, NC, United StatesOn September 20, 2025, the Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center will host an educational talk about sugar pines—once called the “King of Pines.” You’ll learn why these giant trees used to make up nearly a quarter of local forests but now are less than 5%. The drop happened because of heavy logging in the...