Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Junior Ranger Booklet
Junior Ranger Booklet
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National Park
1890 Park Size 865,964 acres Annual Visitors 981,000 Park Fee $35 Superintendent Clay Jordan Park Partner Sequoia Parks Conservancy Location Fresno and Tulare Counties, CA |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks feature huge mountains, deep canyons, rugged foothills, vast caverns, and the world's largest trees, Sequoiadendron giganteum. Since the two parks' 1890 founding to protect ancient giant sequoias from logging, year-round visitors continue to marvel at huge trees, abundant wildflowers and wildlife, and inspiring rock formations. Magnificent views from the trails inspire action to protect priceless flora and fauna.
The parks host a popular National Park Service Junior Ranger program, serving 12,500 local children and distributing 15,000 booklets each year. The current booklet has outdated information, lacks contemporary design, and needs more meaningful opportunities to engage with the park while visiting. The Fund for People in Parks is providing a grant to produce new content, activities, artwork, layout, and printing for 15,000 full-color, 24-page Junior Ranger booklets. The Junior Ranger program fosters meaningful park experiences, valuable understanding of park resources and issues, and lasting connections with public lands that create future generations of park stewards. Funding Needed: $31,920 Project Approved: 2024 Project co-funders: The Emmett Foundation, Sequoia Parks Conservancy, National Park Service The need to connect children with park resources is listed in the top five critical issues facing National Parks. For the National Park Service to continue to have significance in the lives of future generations, the park must engage youth, invest in their understanding of park resources and issues, and create meaningful experiences on public lands." |
