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  • Wildlife Alert - BEARS

    Be Bear Aware During Your Visit.

    Are you prepared to store your food properly on your next camping or backpacking trip?

    Much of the Sequoia National Forest is American black bear habitat. They belong here. 

    Alert Start Date: August 4th, 2025
  • Sequoia National Forest Camping and Parking Restrictions

    The following acts are prohibited within the Sequoia National Forest. 
    1. Camping for more than 14 consecutive days within any 30-day period anywhere on National Forest System lands within the Sequoia National Forest. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a).

    Alert Start Date: July 1st, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-03
  • Day Use Only Prohibition FOREST ORDER NO. 0513-25-04

    The following is prohibited within the Sequoia National Forest

    Being in an area designated as Day Use Only after sunset or before sunrise.

    Alert Start Date: June 29th, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-04
  • Help Halt Golden Mussel Invasion in Waterways

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    Alert Start Date: June 24th, 2025
  • Sequoia National Forest Fire Restrictions 0513-25-05

    The following acts are prohibited within the Sequoia National Forest June 18, 2025, through November 30, 2025.

    Alert Start Date: June 18th, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-05
  • Kings River Scenic Byway Dispersed Camping Prohibition 2025

    To protect natural resources, camping within 250 feet of the Kings River Scenic Byway (State Highway 180) from its intersection with Tenmile Road (Forest Road No. 13S09) and continuing east approximately 21.1 miles to the Sequoia National Forest boundary. See map.

    Alert Start Date: May 8th, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-02
  • Kern River Ranger District Glass Container Prohibition

    The following act is Prohibited within the Kern River Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest: Possessing or storing food or beverages in glass containers in the Kern Canyon and Isabella Lake Glass Container Prohibition Areas, as described in Exhibit A, and shown on Exhibits B, C, and D.

    Alert Start Date: May 7th, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-01
  • North Fork Kern Wild and Scenic River Camping Prohibition

    Camping is prohibited, outside of the developed campgrounds and designated dispersed camping areas listed in Exhibit A, in the locations described below and shown on the attached map.

    Alert Start Date: October 30th, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-24
  • Brush Creek Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition

    Camping is prohibited within 50 feet of the Brush Creek water’s edge, between the intersection of Brush Creek with the Kern River and points 0.5 miles east of the Kern River along both branches of Brush Cree

    Alert Start Date: October 1st, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-21
  • Chico Flat Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition

    Kern River Ranger District

    Chico Flat Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition

    Alert Start Date: June 5th, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-09