Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

One of the first Congressional committees to conduct an inspection tour of national parks was the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee during the summer of 1920. Given the financial needs of the fledgling National Park Service (NPS), it was a high-stakes tour. Although a few members

In 2021 the Dixie Fire forced Pacific Crest Trail hikers around up to 500 miles of trail. What heat, drought and smoke are doing to America's long trails, from a hiker who walked it.

The National Park Service (NPS) used $193,750 of Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) funds through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to temporarily cage and collect whitebark pinecones in Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks.