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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS
 

From this page, you can link to a variety of plans that are used to manage these parks.

To see more information about park planning, visit the Park Planning page.

To see other planning documents that are currently under development, link to the National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) System. On that website, you will find directions for submitting comments on documents that are currently open for public review. 
If you have questions, you can
e-mail us or you can mail them to:

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
ATTN: Planning and Compliance Office
47050 Generals Highway #35
Three Rivers, CA 93271

 
Final General Management Plan is available
NPS
The Final General Management Plan for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is now available.
Click here to be directed to the Final General Management Plan.
 
Sequoia and Kings Canyon Superintendent Craig C. Axtell and Cambodian Director of Conservation and Parks signed a Sister Park Agreement Oct. 3, 2006
NPS Photo
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Superintendent Craig Axtell and Cambodian Director of Conservation and Parks Chay Samith endorse a document in English and Cambodian. The Minister of the Environment for Cambodia, His Excellency Mok Mareth; US Ambassador to Cambodia Joseph Mussomeli; and Stephan Bognar, the Executive Director of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Maddox Jolie Pitt Project (MJP), witnessed the signing of the agreement.

International Sister Park Agreement between Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Cambodia’s Samlaut Protected Area:

A flag exchange capped a three-day tour and signing ceremony to seal a five- year agreement between Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Samlaut Multiple Use Area.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Superintendent Craig Axtell and Cambodian Director of Conservation and Parks Chay Samith endorsed a five-page document in English and Cambodian. The agreement facilitates the two park area staffs to share management methods and philosophies, experiences, skills, technical knowledge, and professional abilities. 

The agreement is available.

 

Bear Management Plan
Document Type: PDF

Business Plan Summary (English)
Document Type: PDF

Resumen Del Plan De Negocios (Spanish)
Document Type: PDF

Business Plan (complete)
Document Type: HTML

Comprehensive Plan for Resource Education Document
Type: MS Word

Final General Management Plan
Document Type: PDF

EA Water Tank Replacement
Document Type: PDF

Upper Paradise Valley Trail Bridge -- Finding of No Significant Impact and Section 7 Determination
Document Type: HTML

Fire & Fuels Management Plan
Document Type: HTML

Natural Resources Management Plan
Document Type: PDF

Park-specific regulations -- "Superintendent's Compendium of Designations, Closures, Permit Requirements, and Other Restrictions"
Document Type: PDF

Addition to Superintendent's Compendium: Temporary Closure of area near Cedar Grove Mechanical Fuel Reduction Piles due to fire danger.
Document Type: PDF 

Wilderness Management Plan
Document Type: HTML

 
Ranger program on air quality,
One focus of park management is offer information to the public about natural resource issues in the parks.
The Sequoia Parks Foundation
The Sequoia Parks Foundation
Help support important projects in these parks!
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Guide helps park visitors identify a wildflower
Volunteers help the parks in many ways
Volunteers in Parks (VIP) Program
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 Before and after photo of Giant Forest restoration.
Giant Forest Restoration Project
Learn how the parks are restoring this sequoia grove.
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Yellow Star Thistle
Invasive Plants
Keep harmful non-native species out of the parks! Learn why...
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Speleothem, a cave formation.  

Did You Know?
Crystal Cave, a marble cavern, is a complex maze more than 3 miles long. Parts of it are open via tours. Many varieties of beautiful speleothems decorate the cave, including rarely formed "shields" and "raft cones." A number of unique species of animals live in the cave and its stream.
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Last Updated: June 24, 2008 at 17:47 EST