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  • Western Divide and Kern River Ranger Districts Winter Road Closures

    To provide for public safety and protect natural resources, using any type of motorized wheeled vehicle on the National Forest System roads the Exhibit and attached map, except persons using a tracked over-the-snow vehicle when there is a minimum of twelve inches of snow on the road. 
    Alert Start Date: December 4, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-52-12
  • Hume Lake Ranger District Road Closure Except ATV/OHV and Tracked Vehicles - 2025

    To provide public safety and protect natural resources, using any type of motorized wheeled vehicle on the National Forest System roads listed below and shown on the attached map (Exhibit A) is prohibited. This prohibition does not apply to the use of wheeled-all-terrain vehicles and…
    Alert Start Date: November 14, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-09
  • Hume Lake Ranger District Road Closure Except Tracked Vehicles - 2025

    To provide public safety and protect natural resources, the following act is prohibited within the Hume LakeRanger District of the Sequoia National Forest. Using any type of motorized wheeled vehicle on the National Forest System roads listed below and shown on the attached map (Exhibit A). This…
    Alert Start Date: November 14, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-2025-10
  • Hume Lake Ranger District Winter Roads Closure - No Exceptions - 2025

    To provide public safety and protect natural resources, using any type of motorized wheeled vehicle on the National Forest System roads listed below and shown on the attached map (Exhibit A) is prohibited. For purposes of this Order, a wheelchair is not considered to be a motorized wheeled…
    Alert Start Date: November 14, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-11
  • Wildlife Alert - BEARS

    Be Bear Aware During Your Visit.Are you prepared to store your food properly on your next camping or backpacking trip?Much of the Sequoia National Forest is American black bear habitat. They belong here. Bears are extremely intelligent and curious and have learned to see people as a source of…
    Alert Start Date: August 4, 2025
  • Sequoia National Forest Camping and Parking Restrictions

    The following acts are prohibited within the Sequoia National Forest. 1. Camping for more than 14 consecutive days within any 30-day period anywhere on National Forest System lands within the Sequoia National Forest. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a).2. Parking or leaving a motor vehicle or trailer in one…
    Alert Start Date: July 1, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-03
  • Day Use Only Prohibition FOREST ORDER NO. 0513-25-04

    The following is prohibited within the Sequoia National ForestBeing in an area designated as Day Use Only after sunset or before sunrise.Sunset and Sunrise will be determined according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Solar Calculator specifications for the city of Los…
    Alert Start Date: June 29, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-04
  • Help Halt Golden Mussel Invasion in Waterways

     In October 2024, the California Department of Water Resources discovered non-native, highly-invasive golden mussels in the Bay-Delta near Stockton, California. Once established, golden mussels can spread rapidly, significantly damaging natural ecosystems, water infrastructure, agriculture, and…
    Alert Start Date: June 24, 2025
  • Kings River Scenic Byway Dispersed Camping Prohibition 2025

    To protect natural resources, camping within 250 feet of the Kings River Scenic Byway (State Highway 180) from its intersection with Tenmile Road (Forest Road No. 13S09) and continuing east approximately 21.1 miles to the Sequoia National Forest boundary. See map.
    Alert Start Date: May 8, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-02
  • Kern River Ranger District Glass Container Prohibition

    The following act is Prohibited within the Kern River Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest: Possessing or storing food or beverages in glass containers in the Kern Canyon and Isabella Lake Glass Container Prohibition Areas, as described in Exhibit A, and shown on Exhibits B, C, and D.
    Alert Start Date: May 7, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513-25-01
  • Miracle Hot Springs Day Use Area Closure

    To provide for public safety and protect natural resources, going into or being upon National forest System lands within the Miracle Hot Springs Day Use Closure Area is prohibited. Parking along Kern Canyon Road (county route 214) beginning at the eastern edge of Section 15, Township 27 South,…
    Alert Start Date: January 31, 2025
    Forest Order: #0513/26/01
  • North Fork Kern Wild and Scenic River Camping Prohibition

    Camping is prohibited outside of the developed campgrounds and designated dispersed camping areas listed in the Exhibit and locations shown on the map. 
    Alert Start Date: October 30, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-24
  • Brush Creek Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition

    Camping is prohibited within 50 feet of the Brush Creek water’s edge, between the intersection of Brush Creek with the Kern River and points 0.5 miles east of the Kern River along both branches of…
    Alert Start Date: October 1, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-21
  • Chico Flat Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition

    Kern River Ranger DistrictChico Flat Dispersed Camping Area Prohibition
    Alert Start Date: June 5, 2024
    Forest Order: #0513-24-09
  • Day Use Only Prohibition

    Being in an area designated as a Day Use Only after sunset or before sunrise is prohibited.
    Alert Start Date: July 11, 2023
    Forest Order: #0513-23-14