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News and Articles on Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Valley dealt a last-place national ranking in quality of life Jul 30, 2008
"We're near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park," said John Whyte, 49, a maintenance officer from Lemoore. Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego regions have many of the top-ranked districts and many of the amenities that attract the rich and educated -- top-ranked hospitals, famous universities, high-paying jobs, four-star restaurants and worldly museums. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Some highways cleared of snow Feb 5, 2008
n / The Fresno Bee 02/04/08 23:15:42 More informationRoad conditionsSequoia and Kings Canyon National Park: (559) 565-3341Yosemite National Park: (209) 372-0200 ... Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park received 20 ... The risk of avalanches, the elevation of the road and the amount of snow makes it difficult to clear the road, said Alexandra Picavet, a spokeswoman at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Missing Corcoran official is found Sep 18, 2007
Freeman praised the 70 searchers -- many of them volunteers from places such as Fresno, Madera and Los Angeles counties, as well as Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park -- for their work. Much of the search focused between the southern rim of Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point Road, which is a heavily forested area about 7,000 feet in elevation. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Hide food, then grin and bear it Aug 10, 2007
Some of the more notorious sites are the Dorst Creek Campground and Cedar Grove in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Tuolumne Meadows and White Wolf in Yosemite and Onion Valley Trailhead camp out of Independence in the eastern Sierra. Park rangers require campers to use bear-proof metal food boxes to store all food and trash at these sites, yet enough campers do not obey the law that the bears still make their rounds, looking for goodies sometimes left out on picnic tables at mid-day. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Yosemite fee hike still on the Q.T. Apr 29, 2007
Along with Yosemite, entrance fees at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park to the south are also set to jump from $20 to $25, Gediman said. The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 1996 allowed national parks to raise fees and keep 80 percent of the increased amount to pay for individual park projects. (The Union Democrat)
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