How You Can Help
The Mineral King Valley is one of the most historic
valleys in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, holding prehistoric as
well as historic 1870s to early 1900s sites and artifacts. It still
maintains a living community begun in 1873 with presently occupied buildings
that were constructed from 50 to over 100 years ago. One stated alternative
of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is to tear down this historic,
living community even while maintaining old Park administration buildings
of its own.
With your help, we can preserve this, and other Sierra
Nevada historic sites.
Participate in the Park Service planning process:
Sequoia
National Park is now in the process of creating a new General Management
Plan to set Park direction for the next few years. With enough public
pressure, the Denver planning team will be forced to place more emphasis
on the preservation of all historic sites in our mountains.
Your input may be the key turning point. By writing a
letter requesting preservation of the Mineral King community to the GMP
planning team and other agencies and individuals listed below, you may
help to stop not only the destruction of Mineral King, but also of many
other Sierra Nevada historic sites. Mineral King has the potential to
be the vanguard of a new government policy for historical and cultural
as well as natural conservation.
To register your concerns and opinions, contact the planning
team:
Park GMP Coordinator
David Graber, Senior Scientist
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
47050 Generals Highway
Three Rivers, CA 93271-9651
Phone (559) 565-3173 e-mail:
david_graber@nps.gov
NPS GMP Team Leader
Susan Spain, Landscape Architect
National Park Service – DSC
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
Denver, CO 80225-0287
Phone (303) 969-2280 e-mail:
susan_spain@nps.gov
Tell the Park Service what you think:
Contact your local representative:
A list of congressmen and senators with their contact
information can be found at:
C-SPAN's Congressional Directory
Join an organization working towards preservation of
Mineral King historic structures and sites:
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