A firefighter from Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks who was on the lines of the Ferguson Fire outside Yosemite National Park was killed Sunday when a tree fell on him.
A wildfire burning not far from Yosemite National Park's western border was pumping smoke into the park Saturday, and prompting an increase in visitation to Sequoia and Kings canyon national parks.
A Washington state man who was reported overdue for a food resupply along the Pacific Crest Trail and was the subject of a search effort was simply running behind due to storms and is in good shape, according to Kings Canyon National Park staff.
A 67-year-old Washington man bidding to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail south to north is believed to be missing in Kings Canyon National Park, where he was last seen on May 18.
A 67-year-old Washington man bidding to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail south to north is believed to be missing in Kings Canyon National Park, where he was last seen on May 18.
Giant sequoias, long viewed as majestic, impervious guardians of the high Sierra, are beginning to struggle with the multi-year stretches of drought, according to research conducted in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and elsewhere in the Sierra.
A young couple planning to tour Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite national parks might have perished on their way to Kings Canyon in a crash off the steep and winding Highway 180.
A body thought to be that of a missing climber has been recovered close to Kings Canyon National Park near the base of Thunderbolt Creek on the Inyo National Forest side of the border with the national park.
Sequoia National Park rangers were busy Saturday with two search-and-rescue missions, one involving a climber missing since Wednesday and the other involving a young couple who failed to reach Yosemite National Park as planned.