Stewards of the Sequoia

04/07/2026

ONE MINUTE TRAIL CLEARING-Stewards Crew getting it done
It takes hundreds of hours to maintain each trail. Please DONATE now to support keeping the Sequoia trails you ride open
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01/17/2026

Welcome to the almost 100 people who followed and liked our recent post about upcoming Trail Appreciation projects. However what we need are volunteers, but no one signed up. So if you ride a dirt bike and want put some love back into your Sequoia trails please email [email protected]

1/18/2026
Rincon Brushing
1/24/2026 Re*****on Water bars
1/31/2026 Piute Project
2/7/2026
Rincon Brushing
2/8/2026 Cedar Brushing
2/21/2026 Mill Creek Water bars
2/28/2026 Piute Project
3/7/2026
Rincon Brushing
3/19, 20, 3/21, 3/22, 3/23, 3/24/2026 Badger Gap Brushing Marathon
PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] TO REGISTER

01/09/2026

WINTER SPRING TRAIL APPRECIATION DAYS
Your trails are calling. We need your help maintaining Sequoia trails. Consider putting in one day in to help keep your trails from degrading. It is fun and rewarding. Register NOW to help us plan projects better and notify you of any date changes to take advantage of better weather.

1/17 & 1/18/2026
Rincon Brushing
1/24/2026 Re*****on Water bars
1/31/2026 Piute Project
2/7/2026
Rincon Brushing
2/8/2026 Cedar Brushing
2/21/2026 Mill Creek Water bars
2/28/2026 Piute Project
3/7/2026
Rincon Brushing
3/19, 20, 3/21, 3/22, 3/23, 3/24/2026 Badger Gap Brushing Marathon
These projects will be on motorized trails and we will be using dirt bikes to access the project areas
PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] TO REGISTER

03/21/2023

All roads and trails in Sequoia National Forest and surrounding BLM lands are closed until further notice for public safety due to heavy flooding, potential flash floods and to prevent creating ruts by driving on roads and trails.
Two weeks ago Stewards urged everyone not to ride on the trails until they dry out so as not to tear them up and create ruts that wreck the trails.
It is now illegal to ride roads or trails and even be on public lands. Please respect the closures to prevent damaging your roads and trails. It is so wet there are mushrooms growing on south facing hillsides.
There may not be closure signs at all trailheads, but they should not be ridden. These closures may be in effect for a while due to the ground being saturated. Be aware you can be fined up to $5000 and go to jail for 6 months.
You can read the Sequoia National Forest Closure Order athttps://q7s10e.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sequoia-Forest-Flood-Closure-2023.pdf
You can read the BLM Keyesville Closure Orderhttps://q7s10e.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-10-23-BLM-Closure-Order.pdf

11/16/2022

Stewards Executive Director met with the Forest Service today to discuss how they could resolve our objections to their revised Sequoia Forest Plan.

No answers were provided, so we will have to wait to see if they will eliminate their one mile wide PCT management area and address our other concerns.

09/02/2021

Turns out it has long been known how to prevent mega fires and create healthy forests, but policy makers and extreme groups like the Sierra Club continue to block them

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a nine-part series on how to fix California. Read the first article in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, and the sixth here.

09/01/2021

All California National Forests Temporarily Closed Until September 17

“We do not take this decision lightly but this is the best choice for public safety,” said Regional Forester Jennifer Eberlien. “It is especially hard with the approaching Labor Day weekend, when so many people enjoy our national forests.”

The Forest Service is concerned with public safety and about preventing new wildfires while they have little or no capacity to respond to more fires with all crews engaged in existing fires. You can read their detailed forest order here-
Regional Order No. 21-07 Emergency Forest Closures (usda.gov)

08/27/2021

Here is a glimpse of the devastation in the French Fire. Just Outstanding trail was one of the top 100 single tracks in California. So much beauty gone, so much habitat destroyed. It did not have to be like this If extreme groups like the Sequoia Forest Keepers had not prevented much needed forest wide thinning.

08/21/2021

Many iconic trails in the Wagy Flat - Shirley Meadow area like Just Outstanding were toasted yesterday in the French Fire.
It is like Armageddon

08/21/2021

Yesterday saw the destruction of last green forest in the Wagy Flat-Shirley Meadows -Rancheria area near Lake Isabella.

06/08/2021

Stewards Plants Trees After Castle Fire

On May 1st the Forest Service invited Stewards of the Sequoia volunteers to plant trees helping speed reforestation in the Castle Fire burn area.

Eight Stewards volunteers spent the day digging in the parched earth to plant over 100 seedlings along Route 190 just east of Camp Nelson mountainous region.

Sadly it will take many centuries if ever for this forest to recover.

Many thanks to Sequoia National Forest staffers Steven and Wendy for hosting the tree planting and to the Springville Forest Fire Crew for going out and watering the seedlings.

05/31/2021

The Bakersfield Trailblazers 4x4 Club event every spring to raise money for Stewards of the Sequoia.

Support the businesses who support us!

To wrap up our recognition of donors, we saved the best for last!

Thank you for all of the generous donations from all of the businesses who donated for the Bakersfield Trail Blazers Calico raffle.

American Offroad $3000 (Mini Jeep and Goods)
American OffRoad