In Kings Canyon National Park, from Highway 180, the Grant Grove area is open. More weather is expected this weekend, and likely to make the area difficult to navigate.
You are invited to participate in the planning process during the public comment period, today through January 17, 2023.
Fire restrictions on the Sequoia National Forest have been rescinded due to cooling temperatures and rainfall. Forest fires are still a threat…
(October 21, 2022) Although the days have become cooler, forest vegetation is very dry, increasing the risk of wildfires.
The objective of this emergency response is to reduce the wildfire risk that currently threatens the Giant Sequoia groves.
Since 2015, wildfires have caused significant destruction of the giant sequoia groves, and have destroyed nearly one-fifth of all giant sequoias in the last two years.
The fire burning in Yosemite National Park has doubled in size over the weekend.
The National Park Service says a missing hiker's body was found along the route of Mt. Darwin in Kings Canyon National Park on Thursday. They said 40-year-old Alan Stringer was reported missing by family members on Monday.
Stephen McGuire was reported missing to the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday, May 23.
A Sequoia standing over 100 feet tall has been relocated to make way for a hospital expansion in Boise.