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Prescribed Burn Near the General Grant Tree Starts Tuesday
521 acres west of Highway 180 in Kings Canyon. Several Grant Grove trails close during ignitions.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks plan to start a prescribed burn in the Grant Grove area on Tuesday, October 13, weather permitting. The burn covers 521 acres west of Highway 180, including areas near the General Grant Tree.
During ignitions, the General Grant Tree Trail, the North Grove Loop, the Grant Grove Day Ride Trail and a segment of the North Boundary Trail will be temporarily closed. The park says it will keep the closures as short as possible and reopen trails as soon as operations finish. Weather and air quality will be checked before ignitions, and the dates may change.
Much of the land around Grant Grove burned severely in the 2015 Rough Fire and the 2021 KNP Complex Fire. The park credits its long history of prescribed burning with sparing the grove the worst of both.
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