• Giant Sequoia Trees

    Sequoia & Kings Canyon

    National Parks California

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  • Parks Institute Stage 1 Fire Restrictions June 1, 2013

    Due to high fire danger, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks are instituting fire restrictions inside the parks. More »

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    Expect minimal construction delays on main road through parks (Generals Hwy) through June 2013 on weekdays generally from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. See link for schedule. Call for 24-hour road conditions info: 559-565-3341 (press 1, 1, 1). More »

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Fire Bibliography-Technical Literature from the 1960s

1960s

  • Changes in Vegetation, Structure, and Growth of Southwestern Pine Forest Since White Settlement. Cooper, C.F. 1960. Ecological Monographs 30:129:164.
  • Ecological Effects of Forest Fires. I.F. Ahlgren and C.E. Ahlgren. 1960. The Botanical Review. 26:483-533.
  • Danger of Wildfire Reduced by Prescribed Burning in Ponderosa Pine. H.H. Biswell. 1960. Calif. Agr. 14:5-6.
  • The Influence of Fire on California's Pristine Vegetation: A Consideration in Controlled Burning. L.T. Burcham. 1960. Extension Forestry Office, Agricultural Extension Service, U.C. Berkeley, 16 pp.
  • The Ecology of Fire. C.F. Cooper. 1961. Scientific American. April
  • Past Fire Incidence in Sierra Nevada Forests. W.W. Wagner. 1961. Journal of Forestry 59:739-748.
  • The Influence of Giant Sequoia on Soil Properties. P.J. Zinke and R.L. Crocker. 1962. Forest Science 8:2-11.
  • Some Aspects of the Influence of Fire and Sodium-Calcium Borate on Chaparral Vegetation. S.K. Stocking. 1962. M.A. Thesis, San Francisco State College. 112 pp.
  • Litter Production by Big Trees and Associated Species. H.H. Biswell, H. Buchanan, and R.P. Gibbens. 1966. California Agriculture 20:5-7.
  • Ecology of Vertebrate Animals in Relation to Chaparral Fire in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. G.E. Lawrence. 1966. Ecology 47:278-291.
  • Influence of fire and sodium-calcium borate on chaparral vegegation. S.K. Stocking. 1966. Madroño 18:193-203.
  • The Use of Fire in Wildland Management in California. H.H. Biswell. 1967. pp. 71-87. In: Natural Resources: Quality and Quantity. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley.
  • Forest Fire in Perspective. H.H. Biswell. 1967. pp. 43-63. Proceedings from the California Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Nov. 9-10, 1967. #7
  • The Fire Ecology of Sequoia Regeneration (Acrobat PDF file - 377KB) Hartesveldt, R.J. and H.T. Harvey. 1967. pp. 64-78. Proceedings from the California Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Nov. 9-10, 1967. #7
  • Vegetation Transects on the Camp conifer Fire Area. H.A. Jensen. 1967. Report for NPS Sequoia & Kings canyon National Parks by Hamman, Jensen, and Wallen, Inc. Mapping and Forestry Services, report on purchase order 102-1009.
  • Experimental Burning in Park Management. R.W. Murphy. 1967. pp. 207-216. Proceedings from the California Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference. Nov. 9-10, 1967. #7
  • The Influence of Man and Fire on the Vegetation of the Calaveras Groves of Sequoiadendron giganteum. P.W. Rundel. 1967. M.S. Thesis, Duke University. 81 pp.
  • Fuel Conditions in a Giant Sequoia Grove and Surrounding Plant Communities. J.K. Agee. 1968. MS Thesis, Univ. of Calif. 55pp.
  • The Properties of Heated Soils and Their Relationships to Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Germination and Seedling Growth. J.I. Donaghey. 1968. MS Thesis, San Jose State University. 162 pp.
  • Sequoias' Dependence on Fire. R.J. Hartesveldt, H.T. Harvey, H.S. Shellhammer, R.E. Stecker. 1969. Science 166: 552-553
  • Ecological Study of Meadows in Lower Rock Creek, Sequoia National Park. R. Leonard, C.M. Johnson, P.J. Zinke, and A. Schultz. 1969. Annual Report for 1968 to NPS Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP.
  • Natural Reforestation in the Northern Sierra Nevada-Donner Ridge Burn. J.H. Bock and C.E. Bock. 1969. In: Proceedings Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, Apr. 10-11, 1969, Tallahassee, Florida. 9:119-126.
  • The Properties of Heated Soils and Their Relationships to Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Germination and Seedling Growth. J.L. Donaghey. 1969. M.A. Thesis, San Jose State College, 173 pp.
  • Seedling Survival in a Giant Sequoia Forest. J.K. Agee and H.H. Biswell. 1969. Calif. Agr. 32(4):18-19.
  • Some quantitative aspects of the grass-oak woodland in Sequoia National Park, California. W.H. Brooks. 1969. Paper presented at Northwest Scientific Association annual meeting, Eastern washington State College, March 21, 1969, 19 pp.

Did You Know?

Black bear on tree trunk.

Picnic areas are a major source of problem bears. Bears quickly lose their fear of humans when allowed access to our food. They wind up dead, hit by cars or shot because they threaten people. Store all food immediately on arrival, stay close to food at tables, and put all trash in bearproof cans!