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  • Demolishing Hetch Hetchy Could Save California’s Salmon Population – or Not

    The Tuolumne River below Hetch Hetchy Dam. Photo by Jared Kelly. There’s a very interesting piece by columnist Bill McEwen in the Fresno Bee about the decline in salmon coming up California’s rivers and salmon might be the dams undoing. The Tuolumne, a tributary of the San Joaquin, is “the keystone” to bringing back California’s…

  • The First Car in Yosemite

    Oliver Lippincott became first motorist in Yosemite National Park, in his Locomobile steamer. Photo courtesy http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/. Although today is listed as the first official day cars were allowed into Yosemite, here’s proof they’d been there for quite some time already. Automobiles were legally allowed to enter Yosemite National Park, California, for the first time on…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-20

    Don't worry. The spam is under control. # 23 new followers and everyone a spam bot. # @reonschutte Or tie them to a stake in a public square and we pelt them with real Spam. Without the can of course. in reply to reonschutte # @gdanmitchell is up early this morning posting photos. Beautiful shot…

  • Wildcat Fire Still Wild and Getting Wilder

    Smoke and haze from local fires invade Yosemite Valley. Photo by Antti. The Wildcat Fire has become more active due to the higher temperatures and lower humidities, tied to the ridge of high pressure over the region. Approximately 650 acres have burned. Fire managers will have more accurate acreage after a reconnaissance flight today. The…

  • Adventure Awaits Along Highway 395

    June Lake Loop offers a great summer getaway for travelers up Highway 395 East of Yosemite National Park. Surrounded by rugged peaks, this cluster of small lakes offer great fishing and excellent camping opportunities under the watchful eye of 13,000 ft. peaks. Photo by Frank K.. .For lots of San Bernadino and L.A. County residents…

  • Yosemite Visitor Rescued From TIny, Tiny Ledge

    They say, “what goes up, must come down” unfortunately sometimes getting down requires the aid of a helicopter, 3 bolts, long ropes and a team Search and Rescue personell. National Parks Traveler: Park dispatch received a cell phone call from climber Daniel Susman around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15th, in which Susman reported that…

  • Unsafe Driving Leads to Two Accidents in 5 Days

    Mather District rangers dealt with two serious accidents that injured a total of 15 people this past week. On July 15th, the driver of a passenger van carrying eight people fell asleep on the Tioga Road east of Yosemite Creek. The van went over the edge, rolling completely at least once on a talus slope…

  • Here’s a Photo Contest You Can Really Get Behind

    Every year my wife and I buy the annual pass into all the National Parks. It’s a great way to see America and most of the proceeds go back to the Park Service. On each pass is a photo taken by a park visitor and picked as part of the Share the Experience campaign. Well…

  • Peregrine Falcons Close Climbing Routes

    One of the many types of full time avian residents found in Yosemite are Peregrine Falcons. Since most falcons make their nests in high cliff walls or dead tree snags Yosemite makes an ideal breeding ground. Each year the National Park Service closes several climbing routes until nesting pairs have finished fledging their young and…

  • A Great Blog About Bears

    So if you’ve got some time to kill then I recommend heading over to JeffreyTrust.com and spending some time reading the stories. Jeffrey Trust is a ranger in Yosemite who “works with Web sites, bears and people” but it’s his work with bears that he talks about on his blog that I find most interesting.…