Category: News
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We Can Pull The Plug
Here’s an article showing how we can pull the plug on Hetch Hetchy and San Francisco will get along just fine. I’ve always believed the same thing. We are humans after all and we do adapt. Here’s the article. My Motherlode.com: “Researchers released a major study regarding the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, revealing that practical, reasonably…
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Half Dome Trail Almost Done. Cables To Be Taken Down Soon.
Looks like the repairs to the Half Dome trail are almost completed and the trail will be opening normally through October 10th when the cables will be taken down for the season. “The work to repair the Sub Dome segment of the Half Dome Trail will be completed at 4 pm on Thursday, September 29,…
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Bus Stop Moved Due To Construction
“Contractors begin work today on the bus stop. A temporary stop will be in place forward of the current stop to pick up passengers. Please observe traffic signs and drive slowly in the area. YARTS will not be stopping at the Ahwahnee, please board the bus at one of the other Valley locations. ” (NPS)…
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Saving The Bears
It looks like there’s been a decrease in bear related activities this year. Last year there were a reported 582 bear incidents by this time. This year it’s been reduced by more than half to only 256 bear incidents. I hope this is due to an increased natural food supply and bears learning what’s theirs…
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Watching The Moon Rise
The Modesto Bee has a great article on yesterdays Ansel Adams even at Glacier Point. Take some time and read it. It’s very nicely done. Technorati Tags: Ansel Adams WIderness, California, history, Moon, nature, photography, Sierra Nevada, yosemite
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Climber Perishes While Attempting Half Dome
NPS: “A rock climber fell to his death while rock climbing in Yosemite National Park yesterday, September 14, 2005. Bela Feher, 35, of San Diego, California, was rock climbing near the ‘Slab Route’ on the face of Half Dome, when he apparently fell 100 to 150 feet. Park Rangers were notified when his body was…
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Cooks Meadow Trail Slated for Removal
The paved trail which parallels the Merced River in Cook’s Meadow located between Superintendent’s Bridge and Sentinal Bridge Parking will be closed to pedestrian traffic beginning Tuesday Sept. 13. The Branch of Ecological Restoration and Vegetation Management will begin removing asphalt in preparation for the construction of the second boardwalk which will be installed by…
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Red Bears Debut Along Tioga Road
“Have you noticed the new red bear markers along the Tioga Road? These markers, placed in areas where several bears have been hit by cars in recent years, are part of a signing campaign to reduce road-kill in Yosemite. Following a series of studies and well documented accounts by Yosemite National Park, Wildlife Conservation Society,…
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Climber Aims to Bring Awareness to Organ Donation
KESQ News: “A woman who has climbed several of the world’s best-known peaks since surviving a heart transplant ten years ago, began her toughest ascent yet today — the sheer, nearly three-thousand-foot-high face of El Capitan. 43-year-old Kelly Perkins started what’s expected to be five days of vertical climbing and camping on the massive granite…
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Working In Yosemite Experience To Remember For Interns
Rochester Eccentric: “Janine Dauzy saw a lot of black bears this summer. She saw so many, in fact, that she knew the tag numbers on about 15 of them by heart. She recognized their individual behaviors – which one stole a granola bar from a campground and which was roaming with her cubs among tents,…