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Martinez Honors Yosemite Conservationist John Muir at Earth Day Event
Martinez, the city where conservationist John Muir last made his home with his family and is buried, will celebrate his life at this years Earth Day event. Tri-Valley Herald: Contra Costa Countys first Earth Day event after a three-year hiatus will celebrate the birth of naturalist John Muir with a festival Saturday at his Martinez…
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EPA Gets Reprieve On Yosemite Smog…Temporarily
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The Famous Yosemite Firefall Lives On In Memory
Yosemite Firefall: “At 9:00 each evening in Camp Curry, the crowd which had gathered for the nightly campfire program, would fall silent. A man would call out to the top of Glacier Point ‘Let the Fire Fall!’, and a faint reply could be heard from the top of the mountain. Then a great bonfire of…
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Yosemite Then and Now
ScienceMatters @ Berkeley: A plaque in UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is engraved with a prophetic quote from founding director Joseph Grinnell. In 1910, Grinnell said “the value of the museum will not be realized until the lapse of many years, possibly a century.” Only after such a long time passed could researchers benefit…
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Yosemite Visitation Lowest in 14 Years
LA Times (registration required): “One of the country’s most well-known national parks is attracting fewer visitors, park officials said. Yosemite National Park drew fewer than 3.4 million visitors in 2004 — the lowest number in 14 years, said park officials who were preparing to release the exact numbers this week. ”
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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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Summer flowers and Lake near Tioga Pass
Awesome Photo. This one is really beautiful. Picture: Summer flowers and Lake near Tioga Pass, late afternoon. Yosemite National Park