Author: lbschutte
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Pardon the Smoke
The National Park Service is continuing with the prescribed burn project near Wawona. Roughly 1000 acres are expected to be burnt beginning in small 50 acre per day parcels. Burning will continue throughout the week as weather conditions hold out. The objective of this burn is to create defensible fire space around Wawona. The first…
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Photo of the Day: Clearing Storm Over Mono Lake by David Kiene
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of a clearing storm over Mono Lake. If you look close you can see the snow on the eastern Sierra. Really beautiful shot, David. Very nice. Photo by David Kiene via Flickr.
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Something Cool Happened on the Way Up
Brian and his friend, Nick, were climbing El Cap when the rock slide happened. Interestingly enough the park geologist, needed to survey the situation, was on a route very close to theirs. Here’s what Brian had to say and his video from Flickr as the SAR helicopter came to extract the park geologist. Brianz: At…
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Photo of the Day: Bobcat by Matt Blakemore
Starting this week off our Photo of the Day is a very nice shot of our friend the bobcat (his close friends get to call him Bob) as he sits stalking ground squirrels. Great shot, Matt. Photo by Matt Blakemore via Flickr.
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Thanks for the Feedback
Thank you everyone who has taken the time to send in their feedback about Yosemite Blog! The responses are great! Please, keep them coming.
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Tunnel View Rededication
Friday, October 24th the National Park Service will be rededicating the Tunnel View Overlook. The event begins at 10:45 with remarks by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, NPS Director Mary Bomar at 11. Parking at the overlook will not be available during the event but shuttle buses be running from the Bridalveil Fall Parking…
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Half Dome Cables Come Down Tomorrow!
Don’t forget! Last day to use the cables is October 14, tomorrow. Trail crew will be taking down the Half Dome cables on Oct. 15th and 16th.
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Campground Closings: Lower Pines and Backpackers Campground
Crane Flat, Lower Pines and the Valley Backpackers campgrounds will be closing October 13th for the season. Other campgrounds: Tuolumne Meadows campground has closed for the season. Porcupine Flat campground will remain open until October 15th. Tamarack Flat closed October 10th. North Pines will remain open until November 3rd Hodgdon Meadow, Upper Pines, Camp 4…
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How Would You Like That?
Very soon we’ll be relaunching Yosemite Blog with a new look, new feel, and TONS of new features. But I wanted to get your opinion. What are you guys looking for in a site about Yosemite? What things do you like to read on a daily basis? How do you feel we could improve the…
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Good News or Bad News
I try to keep the editorialization to a minimum when I’m posting stuff to the blog but when I saw the story the San Francisco Chronicle had published about last weeks rock slide I was really miffed. I mean, the article sounds more like what a fiction writer would come up than serious journalism. The…