Nature Center and Library

This site has links to more information about the history and environment of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Please choose a topic from the list below.

• Park History
• Plants and Wildlife
• Protecting and Managing Park Resources
• Other sites with information relating Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Park History

• Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (by Dilsaver & Tweed)
• Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers: Black Army Captain in Charge During Sequoia National Park's Early Years
• Indian Tribes of Sequoia National Park Region: 1935 Field Division of Education publication
• Walter Fry: The Parks' First Naturalist

Plants and Wildlife

Giant Sequoias:

• A list of the 30 Largest Sequoias
• The General Grant: The Nation's Christmas Tree
• A Virtual Tour through the sequoias of Grant Grove
• Restoring a Sequoia Grove: The Giant Forest Restoration Project

Bears

• Sierran black bears
• The story of Bear #583, a bear who got used to eating human food
• Find out more about bear management in Sequoia and Kings Canyon.

Other Wildlife

• Disappearing frogs

Protecting and Managing Park Resources

• The home page for Sequoia and Kings Canyon Resource Management
• Fire management
• Ozone/air quality in Sequoia and KingsCanyon
• Restoring a Sequoia Grove: The Giant Forest Restoration Project
• How is a National Park different than a National Forest?

Other sites with information relating Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

(These sites are not run by the National Park Service.)

• The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP): An ecosystem evaluation to provide a scientific review of late-successional forests, key watersheds, and significant natural areas on federal lands of the Sierra Nevadas.
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon have been designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
• The Mark Twain log, a section of a sequoia from the Big Stump Basin of Kings Canyon National Park, now on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
• The Information Center for the Environment, hosted by UC Davis, contains large amounts of environmental data on California ecosystems and natural resources.

http://www.nps.gov/seki/nat_cen.htm
Last Update: July 23, 2004