Three Rivers in Tulare County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks

Photographed by Karen Key, August 26, 2007

1. Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Marker

Inscription.
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Program on Man and the Biosphere

By decision of the Bureau of the International Coordinating Council of the Program on Man and the Biosphere, duly authorized to that effect by the council, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park is recognized as part of the International Network of Biosphere Reserves. This network of protected samples of the world’s major ecosystem types is devoted to conservation of nature and the scientific research in the service of man. It provides a standard against which the effect of man’s impact on his environment can be measured.

26 October 1976
Amadou-Mahtar M’BOW
Director of General of UNESCO

Erected 1976 by United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Natural Resources. A significant historical date for this entry is October 26, 1976.

Location. 36° 36.257′ N, 118° 43.911′ W. Marker is in Three Rivers, California, in Tulare County. It can be reached from River Road. Located in front of the Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Three Rivers CA 93271, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Joaquin Valley,

specifically in the Central Valley,

and in the Sierra Nevada.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: General Sherman Tree (approx. 2 miles away); Cattle Cabin (approx. 2.6 miles away); For the Good of the Giants (approx. 3.6 miles away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. 3.9 miles away); The CCC Boys (approx. 3.9 miles away); Colonel Young: A Buffalo Soldier (approx. 4 miles away); Auto Log (approx. 4 miles away); Call the Cavalry! (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Three Rivers.

Also see . . .
1. UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). Organization website (Submitted on October 15, 2007, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California.)

2. Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, California. National Parks Service website (Submitted on February 8, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Karen Key, August 26, 2007

2. Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Marker

Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Key, August 26, 2007

3. Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks

Photographed by Karen Key, August 26, 2007

4. Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks

Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2007, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. This page has been viewed 1,755 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 15, 2007, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.