This dataset provides descriptive and location information for the Sierra National Forest Land Management Plan 2023 Giant Sequoia Grove Management Area. Management Areas, sometimes called Land Allocations or Prescriptions, are required as part of a Land Management Plan (LMP), often referred to as Forest Plan. These plans detail how certain areas or land types will be managed.

On July14, 1992, President George H.W. Bush proclaimed that naturally occurring old-growth giant sequoia groves within the Sierra National Forest be managed, protected, and restored so that present and future generations would be able to benefit from and enjoy them. The proclamation required that the boundaries of these groves be delineated to provide for grove protection and management. The proclamation also required that these giant sequoia groves would not be managed for timber production, would be protected as natural areas with minimal development, and would be withdrawn from all forms of mineral entry subject to existing valid rights.

The Sierra National Forest contains the McKinley and Nelder Giant Sequoia Grove Management Areas, each of which includes the tree-line grove boundary plus a 400-meter buffer. There are about 15 giant sequoia plantations that are not included in this management area direction.