Giant Sequoia National Monument

Giant Sequoia National Monument
The Proclamation Tree, a giant sequoia under which Giant Sequoia National Monument was established.
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Location	Tulare / Fresno / Kern counties, California, United States
Nearest city	Porterville, CA
Coordinates	36°2′24″N 118°30′16″W / 36.04000°N 118.50444°W / 36.04000; -118.50444
Area	327,769 acres (1,326.43 km2)
Created	April 15, 2000 (2000-04-15)
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Giant Sequoia National Monument
U.S. National Monument

The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a 328,000-acre (512 sq mi) U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada in eastern central California. It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Sequoia National Forest and includes 38 of the 39 Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves that are located in the Sequoia National Forest, about half of the sequoia groves currently in existence, including one of the ten largest Giant Sequoias, the Boole Tree, which is 269 feet (82 m) high with a base circumference of 112 feet (34 m). The forest covers 824 square miles (2,130 km²).

The monument is in two sections. The northern section surrounds General Grant Grove and other parts of Kings Canyon National Park and is administered by the Hume Lake Ranger District. The southern section, which includes Long Meadow Grove, is directly south of Sequoia National Park and is administered by the Western Divide Ranger District, surrounding the eastern half of the Tule River Indian Reservation.

The Giant Sequoia National Monument was created by President Bill Clinton in Proclamation 7295 on April 15, 2000, and published as 65 FR 24095 on April 25.

In August 2023, gray wolves reappeared at Giant Sequoia National Monument for the first time in more than 100 years.^[1]