Sequoia National Forest covers more than 1.19 million acres in California’s southern Sierra Nevada beside Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Established in 1908 from part of the Sierra Forest Reserve, it was expanded, reduced, and restored by federal action before taking its present form. Its terrain rises from foothills to peaks above 12,000 feet and includes giant sequoia groves, granite formations, glacier-shaped landscapes, extensive recreation areas, and six wilderness areas. The forest also protects part of Giant Sequoia National Monument and important sequoia habitat, though logging in places like Converse Basin and major recent wildfires have caused heavy losses among mature trees.