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To contact the Public Affairs Specialist Alexandra Picavet you may e-mail us, or phone 1-559-565-3131.

 

For information about the Fire program in the parks contact the Fire Education and Information Specialist Deb Schweizer you may e-mail us, or phone 1-559-565-3703.

Mineral crystals compared to size of a penny.  

Did You Know?
Most of the distinctive light-colored rock characteristic of the Sierra Nevada is a granitic rock called granodiorite. A huge formation of this rock, called a batholith, lies within the Sierra. Some 400 miles long and up to 50 miles wide, the Sierra batholith is one of the largest in North America.
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Last Updated: September 04, 2007 at 20:44 EST