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Enjoy Your Gun – You Can’t Use It
Although recent legislation being snuck through the House as a ryder to the credit package will make it legal to carry guns in National Parks, you can’t use them. Shooting or destruction of any animal in a National Park is illegal – even if a bear is in your campsite. Be happy you can carry…
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Honoring Yosemite’s Other River
Many visitors to the park know the Merced River with it’s thundering waterfalls (Vernal and Nevada) but most miss the beauty of the Tuolumne River as it winds it’s way through the high alpine meadows, plunges into it’s narrow granite canyon and finally rushes headlong into Hetch Hetchy Resevoir. From Hetch Hetchy the river flows…
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Summer Fires Already Burning Around Yosemite
This years early spring brought with it an unwelcome guest, an early fire season. This year the Sierra is extremely dry and already there are fires burning in and around Yosemite. The three fires listed below started the afternoon of May 18th when a monsoonal flow brought a mass of unstable air over the Sierra.…
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Missing Person By Vernal Fall Footbridge
The National Park Service in Yosemite is looking for anyone who may have seen or have information regarding Katrin Lehmann who was last seen below the Vernal Fall footbridge where she fell into the Merced River. Ms. Lehman is 31 years old, 6 foot tall, 150 pounds with light brown hair and brown eyes. Lehman…
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Tioga Road Opening Wednesday May 20th
The Tioga Road will be opening for traffic starting Wednesday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. The road will be open to all vehicle traffic but there will be no commercial services open for a while yet. Gasoline will be available 24 hours per day (credit cards only). Additionally, the Tuolumne Meadows Campground, other campgrounds along…
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Cables Up on Half Dome
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the cables are now up on Half Dome. Grab your gloves, some water and line up! National Park Service: “The cables allowing trail access for hikers to the summit of Half Dome are up and open for the season today, May 15, 2009. The Half Dome hike is…
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Lookout Below
As part of a collaborative study of the Tuolumne River downstream of O’Shaughnessy Dam, the National Park Service and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are conducting an experimental “pulse flow” release of water to simulate a typical pre-dam spring runoff condition. The Tuolumne River downstream of the dam is presently running at about 3,400 cubic…
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Airports Near Yosemite
The majority of the visitors to Yosemite arrive in California via airplane before renting a car or RV and driving to the park. So what airports are close to Yosemite? It’s not easy to tell when you’re booking your flight online. Here’s a quick list that should help you out some. Remember if you’re staying…
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Bird Watching
Birds usually find me before I find them but if you’re into bird watching, Yosemite is a place that can’t be beat. Yosemite is home to over 150 species of migratory birds as well as another 75 species of transient birds. If you’re into raptors there have been known sightings of Red Tailed Hawks (Chicken…
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Bicycling in Yosemite
Bicycles are a great way to get around in Yosemite Valley. They not only save the environment by not polluting the air with car exhaust but they don’t take up a lot of room in parking lots and they’re easier to pull over when you see something you want to take a picture of. With…