The Sequoia Naturalist

This test web site provides an integrated reference for naturalists, especially those in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park (SEKI). However, there is no formal association with the National Park Service.

These web pages are still under construction. The initial emphasis is on the natural sciences, but it also includes some web links useful to park visitors. If you have any comments, please send me e-mail.

Table of Contents

• Visitor Information

  • California Road Information
  • Nationwide Weather Forecast

  • Lodging in and around Seqouia

• Some related web sites

  • NPS Websites

  • Websites of non-NPS Organizations

• Natural Sciences

  • Air and Climate
  • Biology
  • SEKI trees, wildflowers (view a picture of your favorite wildflower)
  • Geology
  • Paleontology

  • Astronomy: Univ. Texas at Austin, McDonald Observatory

• For Fun: aWord a Day

California Road Information

• Caltrans: Sequoia and Kings Canyon access roads: CA SR120, SR 198, SR 99, SR 65

National Weather Forecast

• National Weather Service
• Grant Grove (NBC)
• Lodgepole (NBC)
• Ash Mountain

Lodging In and Around Sequoia

• Sequoia Lodging
• Montecito-Sequoia Lodge

NPS Websites

• NPS
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon
• NPS Nature Web Site
• NPS Natural Resource Information Division: orgchart and responsibilities
• Park Visitations

Websites of non-NPS Organizations

• Sequoia Natural History Association (SNHA)
• Sequoia National Forest #1
• Sequoia National Forest #2
• U.S. Forest Service
• Other U.S. Forest Service links
• GORP pages on SEKI (Great Outdoors Recreation Pages)
• Commentary on Giant Sequoias (Sierra Club)
• Onroute Destinations: Kings Canyon
• Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes
• Sequoias at the Web Mill (books and links)
• Atevo Travel: Guide to SEKI
• Kings Canyon Backcountry Photographs
• Grant Grove Ski Touring Center

Air and Climate

• Air Pollution Maps: EPA
• Air Pollution (Univ. Winsconsin, Madison)
• Global Warming: EPA
• Global warming(Univ. Winsconsin, Madison): The debate heats up
• Climatology (Univ. Winsconsin, Madison): How do we measure climates, past and present?

Biology

• Bug ID
• Disappearing Frogs(Univ. Winsconsin, Madison)
• Can we teach animals to be wild? (Univ. Winsconsin, Madison)

Trees, wildflowers

• Wildflowers of Sequoia National Park (see pictures; flower list provided by Jim Warner and the Sequoia National History Association)
• California wildflowers (see pictures)
• Wildflower picture query examples (modify as needed):

  Display pictures where taxon is Delphinium hansenii

  http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_flora_query?where-taxon=Delphinium+hansenii

  Display pictures where genus is Delphinium

  http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_flora_query?where-taxon=Delphinium&rel-taxon=like

• Giant Sequoias Genus and Species Description
• Trees of California: scientific Names Cal State Univ. Fullerton
• Giant Sequoia Treasures
• SEKI Fire information cache (NPS)
• Giant Sequoias and Fire (NPS)
• Wild Forest Fires (Univ. Winsconsin, Madison)
• Study of tree rings: Dendrochronology

Geology

• Moro Rock (NPS)
• Crystal Cave (SNHA)
• Geolologic time scal (NPS)

Paleontology

• The fossil record (U.C. Berkeley)

Astronomy: U.T. Austin, McDonald Observatory

• StarDate search
• The Planets

For Fun

• A Word a Day

Last update: Manuel J. Carrillo 9/12/99