Year: 2008
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Tuolumne Meadows Gas Station and Store Open
The Tuolumne Gas Station is open 9-5 daily for cash customers for store and gas purchases. You can also get gas after hours by using your credit card to pay at the pump.
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1 Bear Dead, 1 Injured Due to Motorists
Bears are a rare sight in Yosemite even for frequent visitors and that makes their needless death even more tragic. This week two bears were hit by vehicles this week, one died from its injuries. Please slow down and obey speed limits. The park speed limit is 35 if you don’t see a sign with…
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Public Comment on Invasive Plant Management Plan in Yosemite Begins June 13th
Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats to the integrity of National Park Service lands. Non-native plants invade an estimated 4,600 acres of federal land in the United States every day, and already infest millions of acres in the national parks. Fortunately, Yosemite National Park is at the early stages of invasion, with less…
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Photo of the Day: Cumulus and Half Dome by Andrea Mancuso
THIS is an awesome photo. Nice work Andrea. Photo by Andrea Mancuso via Flickr.
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Photo of the Day: Upper Yosemite Falls by Tyler Westcott
I’ve been a little lax posting lately as I’ve been working on a couple of side projects which I’m sure many of you will enjoy. They’re just about done now so I can get back to posting with some regularity around this place. Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Tyler Westcott (aka Mumbley Joe)…
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Yosemite Falls Video
Preferring a still camera I don’t really find myself shooting video much but last trip to Yosemite I spent a little time doodling with my video camera. I thought the video had came out awful judging by the appearance on the view screen but it turns out it actually came out ok. Here’s some video…
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Photo of the Day: Dogwood on the trail to Mirror Lake by Dave Yuhas
Dave Yuhas sent me in this awesome photo of a dogwood on the trail to Mirror Lake that he took a couple of weeks ago. Great shot Dave! Thanks for sending it in. Over the Memorial Day weekend I got a lot of photos. Thank you everyone who sent some in. If you’d like to…
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Slow Down! Save the Butterflies and the Bears
If you’ve been driving around the park lately, you’ll see yellow caution signs on them with red bears. These mark places where bears have been hit by cars, which as far as I know is the leading cause of death to the parks bears. Currently, there is a major population explosion of California Tortoise Shell…
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Photo of the Day: Olmsted Point view of Half Dome by Edie Howe-Byrne
As Edie settles into her new Canon Digital Rebel XTi her shots are getting better and better. Here’s a really great shot she took of Half Dome from Olmstead point. Really nice Edie. Excellent work. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne via Little Red Tent.net.
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Plastic Hiking Water Bottles
Recently word got out that Canada was halting the sale of plastic bottles that contained BPA (Bisphenol-A).This was followed by WalMart pulling their inventory. The concern is that the chemical used in plastic baby bottles and other uses was thought to leech out when heated, and is a potential carcinogen. One of the largest makers…