Planting sequoia seedlings

Courtney Creamer (left), USGS project lead, prepares control seedlings by planting in sterile peat cone-tainers—with or without microbial or mycorrhizal inoculants. Jonathan Humphrey (right), nursery manager at the National Park Service’s Ash Mountain Headquarters in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, waters freshly planted cone-tainers as part of the experimental setup. (Photo credit: J. McFarland, USGS)