Ursa Minor (cave) Ursa Minor (cave) Ursa Minor Cave is part of Sequoia National Park, a naturally formed system of caves in California's Sierra Nevada. The cave was discovered in August 2006 by four cave explorers from the Cave Research Foundation who found a softball-sized hole on a cliff face in the mountains. After widening the hole to allow for human entry, the explorers discovered one of the most spectacular caves in the western United States. The cave has since been named "Ursa Minor," because of the large bear skeleton found in the cave. The cave was featured in the September 2007 issue
Ursa Minor (album) to state at concerts that the band was planning on returning back to the materical to complete "Ursa Minor". By the end of 2012, it was reported that Jenkins had ultimately dropped the "Ursa Minor" album idea. Jenkins revealed that the change in plans had been a result of changes in band members since the release of "Ursa Major". Much of "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor" had been written with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who after the release of "Ursa Major", sued the band for missing song-writing credits and publishing royalties for "Ursa Major" and the "Red Star" EP. Fredianelli had