Category: News
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Wild Fires Make for Smokey Days in Yosemite
Jack Fire Location: 0.5 miles north of Wawona, near Yosemite’s South Entrance Acres burned: about 867 Containment: 60 Percent Fire started: 10/29/07 Cause: Lightning Resources committed: 49 total, including NPS and USFS resources The Jack Fire is currently over 867 acres and growing approximately 10-20 acres per day. The hand line constructed north of Wawaona…
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Fighting For Yosemite
I was lucky enough to have a link to the audio recording (Thanks Jack!) made inside the court room during the arguments and questions at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing regarding the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan. Rick Deutsch was nice enough to do a copious write up and post…
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Yosemite Ornament Graces White House Christmas Tree
A Christmas ornament featuring Yosemite National Park is gracing the White House Christmas tree as part of a celebration of the National Parks. NPS: “‘It is an amazing honor for the National Park Service to be selected as the theme for the White House holiday decorations by the President and Mrs. Bush,’ said National Park…
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Jack Wildfire Makes for Hazy Days
If you’ve been in the park or see people’s photos on Flickr or the Yosemite Association webcams then you’ve no doubt noticed how smoky and hazy the air has been last few days. This smoke is coming from the Jack Wildfire above Wawona on the south end of the park. The fire is currently about…
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Crash Survivor Returns After 25 Years
Twenty five years ago Donnie Priest, his mother and step father’s plane crashed into White Mountain just north of Tioga Pass in one of the deadliest winter storms to hit California. Now Priest, who lost both his legs due to frostbite, has returned to White Mountain to visit the place where he nearly lost his…
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The Ice Rink is Open – Winter is coming!
The weather is still relatively balmy, but for those of us Jones-ing for a bit of snow and the onset of ski season, the opening of the ice skating rink is one of the first signs that winter is rapidly approaching. I’m not too much of an ice-skater, myself, but the spectacular location of this…
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Curry Village is closed for two weeks
Curry Village tents and cabins are all empty except for some Yosemite Institute student groups for the next two weeks. This is an annual closure. It’s remarkably quiet among the little white tents. We look forward to having guests again!
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Yosemite Ridge Gives Children With Chronic Illnesses a Second Chance
Modesto Bee: “Allen Karle’s lungs don’t always cooperate with a 10-year-old’s idea of fun. Asthma put the Modesto boy in a hospital for five days in January and five days again in May. ‘They’ve got him on so much medication, it’s ridiculous,’ said his mother, Sharon Karle. She’s got asthma too, though not as bad.…
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Thanksgiving day road trip.
Well, it’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley. Frost has arrived, turning the cow parsnip flower bracts sublime. I met up with a coworker at breakfast by chance. What are you doing for Thanksgiving, I asked. “Just hanging out.” Would you like to head over Tioga Pass? I want to get over to Mono…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from all of us here at Yosemite Blog.