Category: News
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The Rim Fire From Above
Check out this video from one of the MAFFS C-130J that have been helping to fight the fire in Yosemite and the Stanislaus National Forest by dropping fire retardant.
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Tioga Road Temporarily Closing
A portion of the Tioga Road, from Crane Flat to White Wolf, will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic beginning today for fire suppression efforts.
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Got your permit? The cables are going up this Friday!
If you’re one of the lucky ones who got your permit early this is great news! If not you can still try for the daily lottery (see post for more information) to get a permit, if there are any left.
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The Lyell Glacier has Stopped Moving
Conspiracy theorists will yell “there’s no such thing”, while climatologists are saying “I told you so” but for whatever reason, climate change or what-have-you, the The Lyell Glacier, the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park, has stopped moving.
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Robbers Heist Local Mariposa Museum in Attempt on Giant Gold Nugget
Investigators are looking for a pair of hooded bandits who threatened workers at the California Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa just outside the park on Friday and absconded with an estimated $2 million in gold and precious gems.
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Boy Scouts Help Remove Invasive Plants in Yosemite
There’s been so much “doom and gloom” in the news over the hantavirus outbreak that we often overlook the good news. Here’s a story about a couple of boyscouts who took it upon themselves (and their boyscout troop) to help clean up Yosemite and maintain it’s natural beauty by removing invasive plants in the park.…
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4 More Hantavirus Cases Reported
The California Department of Public Health is reporting four additional cases of Hantavirus in visitors who stayed at the tent cabins in the Boystown area of Curry Village. Boystown has been closed indefinitely.
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Night Skies: Another great Yosemite Nature Notes
Yosemite isn’t only beautiful during the day with it’s majestic waterfalls, peaks and spires, awe-inspiring granite walls, but it’s beautiful at night. Have you ever looked up? There are SO MANY STARS! It’s like you can see every one.
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One Child Dead another Missing after Swimming in Merced
A 10-year-old boy is dead and a 6-year-old is missing after they were swept away while swimming in the Merced River.
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Hanta Virus claims life of Yosemite visitor
NPS – The recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in two Californians, one of whom died, has prompted Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state public health officer, to remind Californians to take precautions to prevent exposure to the virus that causes HPS at their places of…