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Sequoia & Kings Canyon NATIONAL SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON PARKS & SEQUOIA NATIONAL FORES T/ GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT WINTER 2009-10 GUIDE Free Activities • page 3 page 8 • Facilities & Ranger Programs in Sequoia Safety Tips / Finding Gasoline • page 5 page 9 • Facilities & Programs in Kings Canyon & USFS Highlights in Sequoia Park • page 6 page 10 • Camping & Lodging / Bears & Your Food Highlights in Kings Canyon & USFS • page 7 page 12 • Park Road Map The changing face of winter As days get shorter and cold nights able to adapt fast enough to meet the threat lengthen, many visitors look forward to of global climate change. The traits that the the changes that winter brings. These pika and the mountain yellow-legged frog parks show a new face as summer dust set - have perfected over thousands of years may tles and cool, green shadows replace the not be enough to protect them as rapidly yellow wash of heat. The clatter of traffic changing climate changes their habitats. and voices and the buzz of summertime As the climate warms, snowpacks are bugs and birds fade with the waning day - shrinking and melting earlier. Pikas in some light, replaced by the solo call of a raven areas have had to move farther uphill in over an otherwise quiet land. search of the protective snowpack that they We are given the chance to marvel at the need to live safely in winter – if there is still stillness and outward simplicity of a world room uphill to move to. blanketed by snow. For most animals, The mountain yellow-legged frogs’ abili - however, winter survival is anything but ty to survive winter in an icy place has simple. helped keep them safe from many threats. American pikas (small, high-altitude A warmer environment, however, may let cousins of rabbits) survive the Sierra predators and diseases move up into that area. Nevada’s harshest climes by preparing all To survive, pikas need cool temperatures in summer and the summer. Pikas not only store food like In the western United States, impacts insulation of a snowpack in winter. Seven inches long, they live from climate change that we are now some other species, they have evolved a in tunnels under the snow where they eat “hay” — clever way to preserve it by making hay grasses they dried in the summer sun and store for winter food . observing include not only changing snow while the sun shines – literally. Pikas col - packs, but also increased wildland fires, lect grasses and dry them in the summer sun. This preserves the plants invasion by non-native species, and more tree deaths. Some scientists that then provide sustenance under the snow during the long, cold view the Sierra Nevada as one of the “canaries in the coal mine” when winter. it comes to climate change. We know that the stillness that we appre - Mountain yellow-legged frogs in the high Sierra use a different sur - ciate in winter now covers a quickly changing face. vival tactic: they can survive below ice for up to nine months without Get to know the parks in winter. Rent snowshoes at Wuksachi harm. Over thousands of years, they evolved the ability to change their Lodge or Grant Grove and be the first to make a trail through new- physical needs in winter to tolerate low oxygen and cold water in lakes. fallen snow. Notice how the trunks of the behemoth sequoias shine This allows them to live in an area that is hostile to many of the preda - red against the white, and listen for the call of the raven. Look at the tors that their lower-elevation relatives must escape from. face of winter, before the face of winter changes. It will “take a village” All animals and plants have, over thousands of years, developed sur - – parks, cities, scientists, and you – working together to tackle the vival traits specific to their environments. They may not, however, be challenges of climate change. -Adrienne Freeman, NPS Get to know Sequoia & Kings Canyon WELCOME! The National Park Service cares Borrow the park map & guide in for special places saved by the Braille at visitor centers. BIENVENIDOS American people so that all may Hay un folleto en Español disponible en los centros de visita. experience our heritage. BIENVENUE Une guide officielle est dis pon ible RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT IN PARKS dans les centres d’information. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is still in action in these parks. ARRA is providing funds for important, WILKOMMEN shovel-ready maintenance projects that need doing here. Five Eine Landkarte ist auch in ARRA projects represent an investment of more than $11 million deutscher sprache im Besucher- zentrum erhaltlich. in these parks: • The largest project entails replacing drinking-water tanks and BENVENUTI improving fire-suppression systems at headquarters. We are La traduzione in lingua Italiana replacing a system from the 1930s and 1940s, and adding a della mappa e’ disponibile in tutti generator so that water systems can function during power i centri di informazioni. outages. • Crystal Cave now has quieter, more energy-efficient lighting via a photovoltaic system rather than the old, noisy, polluting PARK, FOREST, generator. This benefits cave tours as well as the health of life in the cave. Check it out next summer! OR MONUMENT? PHONE NUMBERS • Crews have rebuilt damage on the Kennedy Pass Trail in west - What is the difference ern Kings Canyon Park, where a severe rainstorm had carved between Sequoia and Kings EMERGENCY — DIAL 911 a large gully on trail switchbacks. They have also rebuilt trail Canyon National Parks , No coins needed. damage and cleared fallen trees from the Tehipite Fire. Sequoia National Forest , and 24-Hour Park Information • A fifth project involves replacing mandatory compliance- Giant Sequoia National 1-559-565-3341 (NPS) Monument ? www.nps.gov/seki monitoring components of the parks’ five wastewater treatment plants and 17 potable water systems. Each is on federal land. Each Na tional Forest Information exists to benefit society. Yet each 1-559-338-2251 (USFS) has a different history and pur - www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia FEES HELP YOUR PARKS! pose. Together they provide a Yosemite Information ( NPS ) Most of your entrance and camping fees stay here. The wide spectrum of uses. 1-209-372-0200 parks invest them in improving visitor facilities and protecting National parks strive to keep www.nps.gov/yose landscapes unimpaired for future resources. Fees have paid for repairing and upgrading roads, generations. They protect California Road Conditions campgrounds, trails, picnic areas, and restrooms. They have natural and historic fea - 1-800-427-7623 (Caltrans) improved visitor centers, updated exhibits, and modernized tures while offering Partners in the Parks naturalist slide programs. light-on-the-land recre - This guide, first published in 1974 as ation. Park rangers the Sequoia Bark, is published by the ENTRANCE FEE OPTIONS work for the National Sequoia Natural His tory As so ciation Park Service, part of the (SNHA) and printed by • 7-day pass for Sequoia & Kings Canyon, and for Hume Lake Department of the Willems Commercial Printing, Inc. District of Sequoia Na tional Forest/Giant Sequoia National Interior. The following groups work Monument (GSNM) : $20 per vehicle (private, non-commer - National forests, managed together to provide the information: cial) or $10 per person on foot, bicycle, motorcycle, or bus. for “multiple use, provide servic - National Park Service (NPS) es and commodities that may Malinee Crapsey, Editor •12- Month Pass for Sequoia & Kings Canyon, and for Hume include lumber, cattle grazing, 1-559-565-3341 minerals, as well as www.nps.gov/seki Lake District of Sequoia Na tional Forest/GSNM : $30 admits all passengers in a private vehicle for one year from month of recreation with and Sequoia Natural History purchase. Not valid at Crystal Cave. without vehicles. Association (SNHA) Forest rangers work 1- 559-565-3759 •12-Month America the Beautiful Interagency Annual Pass : for the U.S. Forest www.sequoia hist ory. org Service, an agency in Sequoia Parks Foundation Cost $80. Valid for entrance fees at Federal recreation sites the Department of 1-559-739-1668 including National Parks, National Forests, FWS, BLM, & Agriculture. www.sequoia fund. org Bureau of Reclamation. Admits all passengers in a single private Both agencies manage wilder - U.S. Forest Service & Giant Sequoia non-commercial vehicle where per-vehicle fees are charged, or ness and other areas where they National Monument (USFS) the passholder plus up to 3 persons (age 16 & older) for per- strive for maximum protection of 1- 559-784-1500 person fee areas, for 12 months. Not valid at Crystal Cave. natural resources. For example, www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia part of Sequoia National Forest Delaware North Companies • Seniors: America the Beautiful Interagency Pass : $10 one- has been designated Giant Parks & Resorts (DNCPR) time fee buys a lifetime pass for entrance fees for U.S. citizens & Sequoia National Monument to 1-888-252-5757 permanent residents 62 or over. (Previously issued Golden Age emphasize protection of sequoias. www.visitsequoia.com passes remain valid.) Not valid at Crystal Cave. Parks, forests, and monuments Kings Canyon Park Services (KCPS) have some different rules in order 1- 866-KCANYON (522-6966) to meet their goals. Read “Where www.sequoia-kingscanyon.com • Accessibility: America the Beautiful Interagency Access can I...” on the next page to learn Pass : Free to blind or permanently disabled U.S. citizens and what activities are permitted U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) permanent residents. Take appropriate documentation to any 1- 559-565-3171 where. Despite confusion over www.werc.usgs.gov park visitor center. (Previously issued Golden Access passes names, we get a wide range of Page 1 illustrations ©SNHA by Rick Wheeler remain valid.) Not valid at Crystal Cave.
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