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Sierra National Forest was the second National Forest created in California and the largest at the time. It covered over six million acres (24,000 km 2) of the Sierra Nevada and was about four times the average area of typical California National Forests.
The protected areas of the Sierra Nevada, a major mountain range located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, are numerous and highly diverse.Like the mountain range itself, these areas span hundreds of miles along the length of the range, and over 14,000 feet of elevation from the lowest foothills to the summit of Mount Whitney.
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 ...
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The United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management currently control 52% of the land in the Sierra Nevada. [4] Logging and grazing are generally allowed on land controlled by these agencies, under federal regulations that balance recreation and development on the land.
The Forest Service said light winds on Friday helped firefighters slow the growth of the Basin Fire northeast of Fresno. The fire is burning primarily in dry, dense grass within the Rough Fire ...
David Bell loved the outdoors and was looking forward to crossing the Seven Teacups trail in the Sierra Nevada off his bucket list. On Friday, the 48-year-old Utah resident finally embarked on the ...
The Sierra Nevada, also known locally as the "Sierra", is a mountain range running 400 miles (640 km) north-to-south along eastern California, and occasionally into western Nevada. The name "Sierra Nevada" is Spanish, translating as "Snowy (Mountain) Range".