SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. November 3, 2016 – Beginning on November 10, National Park Service fire staff will commence with a prescribed burn in the Mineral King area of the park known as the Deadwood Prescribed Burn. The purpose of this operation is to reduce hazardous fuel loadings and maintain the natural fire cycle in the East Fork of the Kaweah River drainage of Sequoia National Park. https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/news/prescribed-burn-planned-for-mineral-king-next-week.htm
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