Search results for: “Hetch Hetchy”
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Can You Help Find A Missing Hiker In Yosemite?
Yosemite National Park is asking the public for help in locating a missing person in the Hetch Hetchy area. Michael Ficery, was reported missing on June 21st, 2005, two days after his wilderness permit expired. Ficery was last seen on June 15, 2005 on the trail to the Tiltill Valley near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.…
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Checking Up On The Poll Results
Wow! I just checked the poll again and it looks like more people would like to see Hetch Hetchy restored. If you haven’t voted yet, now is your chance. The poll runs all through this month and at the end of the month I’ll post the results and put up a new poll. So go…
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Have You Voted Yet?
Hmmm…so far on this months poll, “Do you think Hetch Hetchy should be restored?”, it’s tied. 3 people have voted “yes” and 3 have voted “no”. Have you voted yet?
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Yosemite’s Tuolumne River One of the Country’s Most Endangered
The Tuolumne is a beautiful river that begins in Yosemite and passes through much of park but often goes unseen by visitors. Now, plans to divert more river water from the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the city of San Francisco have left environmental groups concerned. SFGate.com: “Two California rivers will be listed among the nation’s…
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Living the Life of John Muir
“As a wilderness explorer, he is renowned for his exciting adventures in California’s Sierra Nevada, among Alaska’s glaciers, and world wide travels in search of nature’s beauty. As a writer, he taught the people of his time and ours the importance of experiencing and protecting our natural heritage. His writings contributed greatly to the creation…
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Road Closures
Highway 120: Highway 120 from Crane Flat to 5 miles west of Lee Vining is closed for the winter due to snow. Glacier Point Road: The road to Glacier Point is currently closed due to snow. Hetch Hetchy Road: The Hetch Hetchy Road is currently closed. Mariposa Grove Road: The Mariposa Grove Road is currently…
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High Water Poses Danger Even When You Think It’s Safe
This years snow pack is well above normal and we’re really happy to have had so much rain and snow. But it also means that as temperatures heat up, and they’ve been really hot of late, that all that runoff from the melting snow has to go somewhere.
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Crews Working to Keep Rim Fire Out of Yosemite
Crews are continuing to work to keep the Rim Fire from burning more of Yosemite while protecting the small towns to the north.