• Giant Sequoia Trees

    Sequoia & Kings Canyon

    National Parks California

  • Road Construction Delays in Sequoia NP through Mid-Aug. (if entering/exiting via Hwy. 198)

    Expect 20-minute to 1-hour delays on weekdays and 20-minute delays on weekends along main road through parks. Weeknight closures with one pass through the construction zone at 11:30 p.m. See link to schedule and map or call 559-565-3341 (press 1, 1, 1,). More »

  • 22-foot Vehicle Length Limit in Sequoia National Park

    Planning to see the "Big Trees" in Sequoia National Park? If you enter/exit via Hwy. 198, all vehicles must be less than 22 feet in length. Even vehicles towing trailers must be less than 22 feet in combined length. Longer vehicles must enter at Hwy. 180. More »

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1997 AFR Contents

 Cover of 1997 Mineral King Report

Annual Report 1997

Research, Inventory and Monitoring

Mineral King Risk Reduction Project

Compiled by Anthony Caprio

The Executive Summary of the 1997 Mineral King Risk Reduction Project Annual Report is available in HTML format. The entire report is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To view these files you will need a free Acrobat Reader. If you do not have one, you can download it from Adobe here.

Download the full report as one file here (7.89 MB - PDF file)

The report is divided into multiple sections for faster downloading.

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Download: Cover and Cover Caption (930 kb - PDF file)

Executive Summary - Download: Summary and Sections 1 and 2 (1.1 MB - PDF file)

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1) Project Year Synopsis:

  
Accomplishments for Each Project and Goals for 1997

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2) Overview of Project

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2.1) Objectives

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2.2) Description - East Fork Project Area

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3) Project Year 1997 - Download: Section 3 and 3.11 (1.8 MB - PDF)

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3.1) Vegetation Sampling

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3.11) Landscape Assessment - Fire and Forest Structure

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3.12) Red Fir (Pitcher) Plots - Download: Section 3.12 (1.9 MB - PDF)

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3.13) Fire Effects Monitoring - Download: Section 3.13 (189 KB - PDF)

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3.14) Prescribed Fire and Heavy Fuel Effects on Mature Giant Sequoia Trees - Download: Section 3.14 (189 KB - PDF)

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3.15) Red Fir Regeneration and Fire - Download: Section 3.15 (393 KB - PDF)

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3.16) Fuel Inventory and Monitoring - Download: Section 3.16 (899 KB - PDF)

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3.17) Fire History - Download: Section 3.17 (1.2 MB - PDF)

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3.2) Wildlife Sampling - Download: Section 3.2 (752 KB - PDF)

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3.21) Small Mammal Monitoring

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3.3) Watershed Sampling - Download: Section 3.3 (533 KB - PDF)

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3.31) Watershed: Stream Chemistry and Stream Hydrology

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3.32) Watershed: Macro-Invertebrate Study

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3.4) Prescribed Fire-Cost Effectiveness Project - Download: Section 3.4 (5 KB - PDF)

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3.5) Data Coordinator - Download: Section 3.5 (65 KB - PDF)

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3.6) Other - Download: Section 3.6 (10 KB - PDF)

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4) Acknowledgments - Download: Section 4 and 5 (30 KB - PDF)

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5) References

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Did You Know?

Sequoia cross-section shows evidence of much fire damage and recovery

Sequoia tree rings tell a fascinating story of survival and adaptation. Many sequoia cross-sections do not show a neat set of concentric growth rings. Among the rings are many scars — indicating repeated fire damage — and as many curved rings, the growth that eventually covered over the scars.