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Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada in California, bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and on the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is known for its mountain scenery and beautiful lakes.
Sierra reserves hire first 60 rangers. Gifford Pinchot named chief of United States Division of Forestry. [2]: 167 1899 The first timber sale in a California National Forest. [3] Betsy became the first logging loocomotive in the southern Sierra Nevada. [4]
The Sierra National Forest — located in the central Sierra Nevada, California; Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ...
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The mid-montane forest grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada at moderate elevations. North of Lake Tahoe , the mid-montane forest occurs from 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m). Between Tahoe and Yosemite, the forest ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,200 to 1,800 m), while south of Yosemite, it occurs between 5,000 to 7,000 feet ...
Nelder Grove, located in the western Sierra Nevada within the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California, is a Giant sequoia grove that was formerly known as Fresno Grove. The grove is a 1,540-acre (6.2 km 2 ) tract containing 60 mature Giant Sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) trees, the largest concentration of giant sequoias in the ...
The forest contains soaring volcanic peaks such as Lassen Peak and Brokeoff Mountain, wide plateaus of transitional forest and sagebrush, and the homelands of Ishi, the last Native American to live most of his life free interactions with the dominant Anglo-Americans. Plumas National Forest: Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Lassen, and Yuba counties ...
Graveyard Peak is an 11,539-foot-elevation (3,517 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States. [1] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Sierra National Forest.