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  • 2008 Tuolumne Planning Workbook

    The “other” great river flowing through Yosemite is the Tuolumne. It flows down the meadow by the same name, past the Glen Aulin High Sierra camp, and into the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. From there it slowly winds westward in an impressive canyon.  If you are more than a casual visitor, you appreciate all that the…

  • New Yosemite stamp

    Big doings at the park this Thursdy. If you happen to be there, go by the Post Office. It’s next to the Ansel Adam Gallery (near the Visitor Center). A new 42-cent First Class stamp will be rolled out at 10:30 am. If you have a letter to mom, you can get a first-day cancellation.…

  • Filter pump clean up

    Your water filter pump is good for 300 – 500 gallons. Geez, think you will ever get that far?? If you take care of it, it will last a lonnnng time. Most good filter pumps today are designed to protect you against Giardia and Crytosporidium. These are the 2 most prevalent buggers in Yosemite and…

  • Plastic Hiking Water Bottles

    Recently word got out that Canada was halting the sale of plastic bottles that contained BPA (Bisphenol-A).This was followed by WalMart pulling their inventory. The concern is that the chemical used in plastic baby bottles and other uses was thought to leech out when heated, and is a potential carcinogen.  One of the largest makers…

  • CA State Parks – SAVED!!!

    Many, many of us enjoy and use the State Parks as our training ground for our Yosemite hikes. This is great news. Governor Schwarzenegger released a revision to his January budget and is now proposing to restore funding to keep all of California’s state parks open. The Save Our State Parks Campaign advises that the Legislature…

  • An Interesting Caption

    This photo was a contender for Photo of the Day when I chose Miguels photo but the caption on this one drew me back and I had to share it. a.everpoor: josh dion taking a basking in the sun rays of early morn. walking up the cables in pitch dark and watching some random cross…

  • Rescue story

    Check out this story and interview with Tom Broxson, who survived a 200-foot fall off the top of Washington Column in 1991. Link Illustration by Anya Miller

  • Yosemite Association Forum

    The Yosemite Association (YA) sponsors 2 member forum each year. They just had the Spring ‘08 function. There were about 200 people at the Village for this one. The Park Superintendent (Mike Tollefsen) and the CEO of YA (David Guy) spoke, along with many other programs. I got a neat tour of the Ahwahnee Lodge…

  • The plows are coming!!!

    Plowing operations begin April 15 on the snow clogged Tioga Road. This is Highway 120 East-West. This key road connects to the Nevada area. The actual opening date for normal traffic will come much later and cannot be predicted. But it is nice to know that Park employees who will be working in, or traveling…

  • Yosemite User Capacity Forum

    Yosemite will be hosting the above forum on Feb 6-8 at the Yosemite Lodge in the Valley. To quote the announcement of the purpose:  “To further the understanding of, and explore approaches to addressing, user capacity in National Parks and other public lands by engaging public land managers, researchers, elected officials, tribes, and the general…