Wilderness Stewardship Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (SEKI)

Comment Period Extended to August 31, 2011

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, CA – The National Park Service would like your input in development of a Wilderness Stewardship Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (WSP/EIS) to guide existing and future wilderness use and management at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. All written comments must be transmitted, postmarked, or hand-delivered by August 31, 2011. (The original due date was July 25.) To respond electronically, submit your comments via the National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/sekiwild. To submit written comments by letter, you may send them by U.S. Postal Service or other mail delivery service or hand-deliver your comments to Superintendent Karen F. Taylor-Goodrich, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Attn: Wilderness Stewardship Plan, 47050 Generals Highway, Three Rivers, CA 93271. Faxed comments will be accepted at (559) 565-4202. Comments in any format (written or electronic) submitted by an individual or organization on behalf of another individual or organization will not be accepted. Anonymous comments will not be accepted.

It is the practice of the National Park Service to make all comments available for public review after the close of the EIS process. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment - including your personal identifying information - may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

For more information about Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, visit http://www.nps.gov/seki or call (559) 565-3341.