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  • Best Intentions: Learning About Fire in Yosemite (video)

    In the wake of the recent Big Meadow Fire people have a lot of questions about fire and the way it’s used in National Parks. Here’s a great video about early park managers and how they discovered the importance of fire the hard way, and see how today’s managers carefully manage fire in Yosemite. Total…

  • Watch the Ken Burns Special with Shelton Johnson and Lee Stetson

    If you want to see the PBS special by Ken Burns, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea there will be a screanings from Sunday, September 27 through Friday, October 2 where you’ll be able to watch all the episodes in the series. The episodes will be shown from from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, at…

  • Put Your Food in the Bear Locker

    B & E (Breaking and Entering) bear struck in Camp 4 demolishing several cars. Photo by Jeffrey Trust. Jeffrey Trust not only gets to do the web stuff for Yosemite National Park, but he gets to work with bears too. In fact, he loves working with the bears and frequently writes about them on his…

  • Yosemite Featured on New Quarter

    California’s quarter depicts naturalist and conservationist John Muir admiring Yosemite Valley’s monolithic granite headwall known as “Half Dome” and also contains a soaring California condor. The coin bears the inscriptions “California,” “John Muir,” “Yosemite Valley” and “1850”.Photo courtesy theUS50.com. Although it is already prominitely featured on the California state commemorative quarter, Yosemite will again be…

  • Catch the Ken Burns Special Early in Yosemite

    If you’re a local or even happen to be in the park but want to tear yourself away from the beauty of Yosemite, the El Portal School will host a preview of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea by Ken Burns on Thursday, September 24, at 11 a.m. in the multi-purpose room. The public is…

  • Get the Book Before the Movie

    As a kid I was never one to wait for the movie. In fact, as soon as I heard they were making a movie I’d go out and buy the $5 paperback at the local grocery store then read it cover to cover in one sitting. That explains why I was so excited by today’s…

  • Don’t Forget to Set Your TiVo

    September is flying by and before you know it Christmas, yes I said the C-word, will be here. That’s why I wanted to remind you to set your TiVo or DVR now so you don’t miss The National Parks: America’s Best Idea by Ken Burns which airs September. 27th on PBS. As much as I…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-09-09

    Update: SR-120 at Yosemite National Park – SR-120 is completely open through Yosemite National Park. (via @CaltransDist10) # Ridiculous. List of CA State Closures due next week http://bit.ly/Wl2Fc #

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-09-07

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Ken Burns airs Sept. 27th. Don't forget! http://bit.ly/2hAcAj #

  • Cleaning Up with a Bang

    Reg Bowders explains the workings of the electronic detonators used with fireline explosives. The detonators have a radio transmitting range of 5 miles in line of sight, making for a much safer method of dropping large trees. Photo courtesy National Park Service. One of the things most people don’t realize is that after a forest…