Description of the Mineral King valley:
The Mineral King Visitor Center, hosted by the National Park Service, provides a fairly complete on-line description of Mineral King.
Park Service mission statements:
The Park Service mission is defined in "The National Park Service--Our Mission". Discussion of the Park Service mission statement can be found at the following locations:
"Testimony of Paul C. Pritchard on the Future of the National Park System"
General Management Plan
Organizations working to preserve Mineral King historic sites and structures:
Mineral King Preservation Society (operating this website)
Mineral King District Association
If you know of any other organizations that are supporting preservation of Mineral King's historic sties, please contact us here.
Historical preservation societies:
Three Rivers Historical Society
Related research:
The study entitled "Human Induced Environmental Changes and the Mineral King Canyon" was conducted collaboratively by students of the Univeristy of California at Santa Barbara and Westminster College.
The study addresses the following questions:
- What kinds of environmental change have occurred?
- What are the primary human proximate causes of this environmental change, and what human driving forces are associated with these proximate causes?
- What have the major impacts of this environmental change on humans? On biodiversity? What has been the social response?
- How does this location compare to other locations?
