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Photo Contest Could Win You a Copy of Ken Burns Documentary
In celebration of the Ken Burns PBS documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, The Daily Green (a Hearst publication), Paramount and PBS are giving away $200 worth of prizes to the person for your photo of one of our National Parks. Of all the entries one winner will be selected based on composition, aesthetics,…
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Rain, Snow and High Winds Headed to Yosemite
Photographers making the best of the rain and clouds in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Rennett Stowe. It looks like winter is coming a little early this year bringing with it the first major storm of the season that’s expected to close most of the trans-Sierra passes. According to the National Weather Service we can expect…
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Fisherman Pulls Piranha-Like Fish From Lake Outside Yosemite
Bridge over Lake Don Pedro just outside Yosemite National Park. Photo by Brad Fults. Jason Earlywine and a buddy got the shock of a lifetime when a night fishing trip netted the two fishermen what they thought were piranha’s Don Pedro Reservoir just outside Yosemite. Unions Democrat: Earlywine, who works at Rawhide Meat Processing in…
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Photo of the Day: The View from Vogelsang Pass by Taylor Davis
Left to right: ridge near Fletcher Peak, Gallison Lake, Mount Florence, Bernice Lake, Merced Lake Valley, Vogelsang Peak, and the trail up to Vogelsang Pass. There’s more to Yosemite National Park than just Yosemite Valley and if you’ve never experienced the Yosemite backcountry then you’ve really missed out on something truly special. Don’t be sad…
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Ranger Shelton Johnson to be Honored
Ranger Shelton Johnson shaking hands with President Obama after a screening of the Ken Burns special. You may know Shelton Johnson as the Buffalo Soldier from Yosemite in the recent Ken Burns special, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Now Johnson is being honored for his work in bringing to light the life of the…
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More Falling Rocks in Yosemite
Looks like there was another rock slide this morning, this time behind the new housing just west of Curry Village between 5 and 7 a.m. No injuries or damage were reported. Merced Sun Star: Campers and staff at Yosemite National Park woke to the rumblings of a small rock fall this morning in the Curry…
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Don’t Miss An Episode: Watch the Ken Burns Special Online
If you missed last nights episode or Sunday night’s premier of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea and you didn’t get it your TiVo set in time don’t worry, you can still watch it online. Each of the six episodes, deleted scenes and some untold stories are available on PBS.org. Better hurry though, the videos…
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Free Entry to Yosemite 9/26 for Public Lands Day
n celebration of National Public Lands Day, Yosemite National Park, and all other National Park sites, will offer free admission this Saturday, September 26, 2009. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. This annual event seeks to educate Americans about the environment and…
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Ranger Shelton Johnson Meets President Obama at Ken Burns Screening
Ranger Shelton Johnson, who portrays a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite National Park and appears in several episodes of the new Ken Burn’s documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”, got to meet President Obama during a screening of the documentary which airs this weekend. NPS Digest: “They’d included the clip from the film where I…
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Lincoln Exhibit Coming to Oakhurst
Oakhurst is a small town just outside Yosemite’s south entrance. Don’t let that fool you though. Oakhurst is special. Just how special? Oakhurst is one of only four cities in California and 40 in the nation picked to host an exhibit celebrating the life of Abraham Lincoln. Why Oakhurst? President Lincoln has a close tie…