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  • Rockfall Sends Dozens Fleeing

    News Release – Yosemite National Park: A rockfall occurred in Yosemite National Park at approximately 3:45pm on October 25, 2005 near Curry Village in eastern Yosemite Valley. No damage or injuries were reported from falling rocks. Park officials estimate the rock release to be approximately 20 tons, which fell from about 800 feet above the…

  • Ready for a little color?

    “The best autumn colors occur under dry and cool but not freezing weather. The National Weather Service has posted their seasonal outlooks indicating that weather in the central Sierra this fall is likely to be warmer and drier than average, so we could be in for a spectacular fall display. Leaves have been using pigments…

  • Yosemite Filling Up Fast

    Merced Sun Star: “Anyone going to Yosemite National Park this weekend should go early or late, or think twice about going at all. A heavy, slow melting snow pack has drawn large crowds to Yosemite during the past couple months — as many as 17,000 per day, causing long waits at park entrances and bumper-to-bumper…

  • Yosemite Open House

    MyMotherLode.com: “Yosemite National Park will be giving the public an opportunity to find out the latest on a number of ongoing projects. An open house is scheduled for June 29th from 2 to 6 PM at the Valley Visitors Center Auditorium in Yosemite Valley. Projects to be discussed are the center’s exhibit hall, the South…

  • Prescribed Burning Ready to Begin

    NPS: Yosemite National Park Fire Management is preparing for a fire season after a long, wet winter in the Sierra Nevada. Seasonal fire employees have returned to the park, as has the park’s fire helicopter. The high level of precipitation could moderate the fire season in the mountains. However, it may increase fire potential in…

  • Burning Set To Begin In Yosemite

    Headed up to Yosemite sometime soon? Don’t be alarmed if you see fires or if the air is full of smoke. The 2005 controlled fire season is set to start with fires planned for El Portal and the Wawona areas. Controlled fires help remove fuels and undergrowth which could otherwise lead to devastating wildfires within…

  • Spend Eternity In Yosemite

    How much do you love Yosemite? Do you love it enough that you want it to be your final resting place? If you’ve ever thought about being cremated and having your ashes spread over the National Park then here’s some news, you can. The NPS regularly grants permission to those who wish to scatter cremated…

  • Road Report: Highway 140 Repairs Underway

    Headed up to Yosemite Valley on Highway 140 out of Merced and Mariposa? Be prepared for a short wait. Road crews are busily patching and sealing the El Portal road between the Big Oak Flat Road Junction and the Yosemite View Lodge just outside the park entrance. The road work is scheduled to take place…

  • Gas Prices Continuing to Climb

    Sierra Star: “At a gas station in El Portal near the northern entrance of Yosemite National Park, cost of a regular unleaded gallon of gas is $3.09. In at least two gas stations in California, one in San Francisco and one closer to home, in El Portal near the northern entrance of Yosemite National Park,…

  • Original Yosemite Land Protected for Future Generations

    MercuryNews.com (free registration required): “A picturesque landscape of sugar pine, incense cedar and white fir trees adjacent to Yosemite National Park’s western boundary near El Portal will be protected from development under a deal announced Monday. Owned by the same family since 1925, the 730-acre Ransome Ranch was purchased by the Pacific Forest Trust, an…