Every year my wife and I buy the annual pass into all the National Parks. It’s a great way to see America and most of the proceeds go back to the Park Service. On each pass is a photo taken by a park visitor and picked as part of the Share the Experience campaign. Well [...]
One of the many types of full time avian residents found in Yosemite are Peregrine Falcons. Since most falcons make their nests in high cliff walls or dead tree snags Yosemite makes an ideal breeding ground. Each year the National Park Service closes several climbing routes until nesting pairs have finished fledging their young and [...]
The Grouse and Harden fires in Yosemite National Park are nearing the boundaries that managers planned for the incidents. The Grouse Fire is three miles southwest of Yosemite Valley and north of Glacier Point Road. The Grouse Fire is 3,007 acres and 90 percent contained. The Harden Fire on the north side of the park, [...]
Joshua Gunther obtained a wilderness permit to enter the Yosemite backcountry via the Ostrander Lake Trailhead on Saturday, June 27, 2009. He was due out at the same trailhead on Sunday, July 5th. Joshua did not report to work on July 6th or July 7th and is possibly still in the Yosemite area. Joshua may [...]
Today’s Photo of the Day is from Robin Black who sent me a link to her photoblog and some photos of her recent trip to Yosemite. While looking at all her beautiful photos I kept coming back to this little guy who just kinda stuck in my head. It’s as if he’s saying, “Yah. It’s [...]
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