2008 Velvet Grass in the Kern Canyon:
Special grazing restrictions new in 2008 for Kern Ranger Station Pastures, Lower Funston Meadow, and Upper Funston Meadow. (2 pages, 66 KB pdf)
2008 Stock Use and Grazing Regulations: Site-specific regulations & restrictions listed by individual meadows within their respective river drainage. (2 pages, 50 KB pdf)
2008 Stock Users Guide: Includes descriptions of forage areas as well as the site-specific regulations. (40 pages, 1.72 MB pdf)
Trail Descriptions Explore descriptions of some main park trails. more...
Trail Conditions Information available on current trail conditions. more...
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Keeping Your Food from Bears You MUST store your food here. It saves bears. Here's how! more...
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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