Yosemite is the latest national park to close over smoke impacts and hazardous air quality. The iconic park joins Sequoia and Kings Canyon on the list of recreation spots that have shut their gates in recent days. The Forest Service had already announced the extension a temporary closure of all eighteen...
Sequoia, Kings Canyon National Parks Removing Mentions of Robert E. Lee
The Robert E. Lee Tree is unmarked, without a sign to designate it by name, in Kings Canyon National Park's Grant Grove. But the General Lee Tree in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park has a sign at its base. Now, the names of these trees may only live as...
Missing Hiker Found Dead in Kings Canyon National Park
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK — Authorities say a man found dead at the base of Mount Darwin in Kings Canyon National Park is missing hiker Alan Stringer. The Inyo County Sheriff's Office said searchers found the body of the 40-year-old Huntington Beach man atop a glacier at about 2:30 p.m....
Celebrate Sequoia National Park's 129th Birthday With a Visit
"Big" is the word that comes to mind for Sequoia National Park, which was established 129 years ago on Sept. 25, 1890. Big trees and big canyons dominate the park, as well as its jointly administered neighbor, Kings Canyon National Park, which was established in 1940. Together, the two Central...
Fighting Fire With Fire Often Falls Short in US West
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK — The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along the Kings River opened up to an ominous scene: flames in the trees and thick gray smoke shrouding canyon walls. Firefighters were on the job. In fact, they had started the...
More Than 120 at Snowbound Kings Canyon Lodge Rescued
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK — More than 120 visitors and staff who became snowbound in a Sierra Nevada resort due to recent storms have been freed. The U.S. Forest Service says snow trapped the guests and staff on Sunday at a lodge at Montecito Sequoia Lodge in Kings Canyon National...