Month: November 2008

  • Industrial Yosemite

    Take a tour through the seldom seen industrial district of Yosemite Valley, featuring a freezer axe, a shrink – wrapped wolf, and a secretary – controlled hazardous waste storage shed. Slide show (by Brian Helfrich)

  • Tollefson Moving On

    Here’s a great article that ran this morning in the Modesto Bee on Mike Tollefson, the current Superintendent of Yosemite who will be leaving for his new job as head of the Yosemite Fund in January. I really liked this article because I thought it did well to bring out and show who Tollefson is.…

  • Photo of the Day: Cathedral Range by Dave Miller

    Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Dave Miller who posted this beautiful black and white of the Cathedral Range on Flickr. I think this is one of my personal favs. Beautiful shot, Dave. Photo by Dave Miller of Bay Area Outdoors.

  • Photo of the Day: Half Dome by Mark Petersen

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful black and white that Mark Peterson tagged with the magic words “yosemiteblog.com” on his Flickr account. This immediately rang the Bat Phone where Robin and I slid down the pole and leaped out in our full regalia ready to blog the photo and fight crime. Well, ok…all…

  • SF Drops Plan to Drain Tuolumne

    In a shallow victory for environmentalists and those of us who live along the Tuolumne, San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission has dropped plans to siphon off an additional 25 million gallons of water a day from the already flagging river. East Bay Express: “San Francisco’s plan to take an additional 25 million gallons of water…

  • What’s New Pussycat

    Unless you’re REALLY paying attention you may not notice all the new content that we’re adding prior to the upcoming transition. To make it a little easier I’ve added a “What’s New” page. There is so much stuff being added daily it’s really worth checking out every day.

  • Photo of the Day: Yosemite Scenic – 014 by Evan

    Every so often a photo pops up on my radar from Flickr that I really like. So I get ready to post it as Photo of the Day but when browsing the photographers photostream I come across a truly awesome shot, like this one. I love this shot! This is fantastic, Evan! Nicely done! Photo…

  • We’d Like to Hear from You

    As part of our new roll out we’re featuring sections on places to stay in and around the park. If you’ve stayed at any of the local inns we’d like to hear from you. Send us an email with what you liked or didn’t like and what you thought of where you stayed. It can…

  • Photo of the Day: Olmstead Point, Yosemite by Sean Duan

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot by Sean Duan of Olmsted Point. This one you need to see full size. Beautiful. Very nice, Sean. Photo by Sean Duan via Flickr.

  • Fire Season Officially Over for Yosemite *WHEW*!

    With recent wet weather dampening everything in sight, fire season in Yosemite is officially over. National Park Service: The fire season concludes this year with a number of projects successfully completed, including those which significantly protect communities in and around Yosemite. In April, 1,124 acres were burned immediately adjacent to the community of Wawona, and…