Sequoia Parks Foundation

10/07/2021

Hello to everyone looking at the Foundation's page during these very challenging times. The Sequoia Parks Foundation merged with the Sequoia Natural History Association to become the Sequoia Parks Conservancy. Please follow the Conservancy for news. https://www.facebook.com/SequoiaParksConservancy

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09/21/2015

Celebrate with us! Sequoia National Park turns 125 on Saturday, and we have a special day of programs to mark the anniversary. A special shout out to Tioga Sequoia Brewing Company for their generous donation in support of this event. Please join us in raising a glass to thank them! http://tiogasequoia.com/

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09/17/2015

Next week! Sequoia National Park turns 125 on September 26, and you can learn first hand about Park projects form the people who know them best. The restoration of Halstead Meadow is an amazing transformation - come see for yourself!

09/11/2015

Thank you.

Kings Canyon National Park Engine 51 stands guard at the General Grant Grove parking lot. Fuel reduction projects (mechanical thinning and prescribed fire) that have been done in the area will make the job of protecting the Grant Grove area easier for firefighters.

09/11/2015

When arriving at the Dark Sky Festival, please use the Hwy 198 entrance into Sequoia. Hwy 180 into Kings Canyon is currently closed. Here is the most recent schedule.

09/10/2015

Grant Grove evacuation and significant highway closures due to Rough Fire. Please read carefully if you are headed that way.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks News Release

Evacuation Order Issued for the Grant Grove Area of
Kings Canyon National Park

SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif., September 10, 2015 – In response to the current conditions on the Rough Fire, which is burning in Kings Canyon National Park and the Sierra and Sequoia national forests, the National Park Service issued an Evacuation Order, effective today at 6:00am, to park visitors, park employees, concessions staff, and residents of Wilsonia, in the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park. The National Park Service is working with the Sheriffs’ Departments of both Fresno County and Tulare County to provide the evacuation notifications.

An Evacuation Order is defined as, “Movement of community members out of a defined area due to an immediate threat to life and property from an emergency incident. An Evacuation Order should be used when there is potential or actual threat to civilian life within 1 to 2 hours or when the Incident Commander deems it necessary to protect civilians.”

With the increase of firefighting personnel and firefighting operations occurring in the Grant Grove area, and the potential for the Rough Fire to move into the area; the park management in cooperation with the Rough Fire Incident Management Team have made the decision to close the Grant Grove area, and order the evacuation.

At this time, Highway 180 is closed at the Big Stump Entrance Station. The Generals Highway (sometimes referred to as Hwy. 198 is closed at the Red Fir gate (which is west of Wuksachi Village). Sequoia National Park remains open and visitors can still use the Ash Mountain Entrance Station. Vehicles longer than 22 feet (including trailers) are not advised between Potwisha and Giant Forest Museum.

For more information on the Rough Fire, please call 559-332-2028, or visit http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4456/. Information will also be posted on Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ website at www.nps.gov/seki or on the parks’ Facebook at www.facebook.com/SequoiaKingsNPS.

-NPS-

09/01/2015

Structures in Cedar Grove were wrapped yesterday as a precautionary measure. Thank you to the thousands of fire fighters and support personnel working in extremely challenging conditions for your tireless efforts to control the spread of this fire. We hope the winds and the heat will also calm sufficiently to assist you!

08/26/2015

Planning a trip? Like maps? Want to explore the Parks in a different way? Check out the new online Park Atlas for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Browse locations, measure distances, make your own custom map to bring to the Parks, or just have geeky fun playing with it online. http://go.nps.gov/SEKIatlas

08/25/2015

Thank you, Pacific Crest Trail Association!

Happy 99th Birthday to our friends at the National Park Service. We are thankful we can experience so much natural beauty along the trail and across the country because of these protected places.

Photo: Upper Basin in Kings Canyon National Park by Chris Ryerson

08/25/2015

08/25/2015

Happy 99th birthday National Park Service! Thank you for the treasures that are Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks