Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

This finding aid describes the Rodney S. Ellsworth Papers, part of the NPS History Collection.

Clark’s nutcrackers favor the seeds of whitebark pines, which they cache in great numbers. Whitebark pines are largely dependent on nutcrackers for seed dispersal; many cached seeds are not retrieved and go on to germinate. The tree is in decline due to native bark beetles, a non-native fungus…

This finding aid describes the Louis A. Hendrickx Papers, part of the NPS History Collection.

Captain Charles Young and members of the Ninth Cavalry spent the summer of 1903 in Sequoia and General Grant national parks. Captain Young was the first African American superintendent of a national park. Young and the Ninth Cavalry accomplished more that summer than the army units that served…

In the wake of all the media attention to fires after the historic 1988 Yellowstone fires, an interpreter from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks discusses fire interpretation methods there. Articles discusses 1987 California State University-Fresno research study demonstrating the great…