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:
Organizations working to preserve
Mineral King historic sites and structures:
If you know of any other organizations that are supporting
preservation of Mineral King's historic sties, please contact us here.
Historical preservation societies:
A list of several hundred historical and preservation
societies in California can be found at the California
Historical Societies web page.
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?
