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  • Animals Looking For A Room With A Better View

    What causes animals to change where they live? A group of researchers from UC Berkeley have been studying the animals residents of Yosemite and what they found is surprising. Kansas City Star: “Scientists studying Yosemite National Park’s bountiful wildlife have found that several species have moved to higher altitudes, an uphill migration possibly spawned by…

  • Yes, It Will Cost More to Spend the Night in Yosemite Next Year

    NPS: Yosemite National Park announced today that camping fees will increase beginning January 1, 2006. Campgrounds affected by the rate increase are Upper Pines, Lower Pines, and North Pines in Yosemite Valley, Hodgdon Meadows and Crane Flat, Tuolumne Meadows, and Wawona. Rates in these campgrounds will increase from $18/ night to $20/ night. Additionally, first-come,…

  • Sierra Glaciers Disappearing at Alarming Rate, Scientists Report

    A great story aired on KXTV 10, the local news station out of Sacramento that serves the Yosemite region, on the shrinking glaciers of the Sierra and Yosemite. I wasn’t able to get the online video to work but the story is great. Be sure you check out the Reporters Notebook after you read the…

  • Upper Pines Sold Out for Thanksgiving

    The NPS is reporting that Upper Pines campground is sold out Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving weekend and almost sold out for Saturday. Looks like it’s going to be a busy Thanksgiving. Visitors are being asked to try Wawona, Hodgdon Meadow, or Camp 4. Technorati Tags: camping, national parks, yosemite

  • Life With Edie

    A few months ago I did an online interview with Edie who is working for the concessionaires about life and work in the Park. I’ve finally had a chance to work through the interview and post it. YB: Why did you want to work in Yosemite? Edie: I found myself, at the age of 45,…

  • Life in Yosemite by TB

    “I worked in Yosemite for a short time in April of 2000 as a tour guide. It was my plan to work that summer from April to September. Actually I never got past the training phase and decided it was not for me but that should not in any way influence your decision. I have…

  • Working in Yosemite

    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to actually work in a National Park much less one as popular as Yosemite? Have you thought to yourself how exciting and adventurous it would be to live and work in the Valley, watching the sun rise and set everyday in the grandeur of Yosemite? Working in Yosemite…

  • Giant Sequoias Make a Lasting Impression

    Columbia Daily Tribune: “The largest remaining stand of sequoias in the world is found in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park in California, which I visited in September. It is so impressive that people have felt a strong urge to note the individuality of the giant trees by giving them names. At one time, most…

  • Envoys from China Visit Yosemite

    If you were in Yosemite yesterday you may have noticed the hubbub as NPS officials put on their finery and for a meeting with a delegation of Chinese conservation professionals. Part of an ongoing exchange program between the Department of Interior and the State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China, the group met…

  • Yosemite Gets 5″ of Early Season Snow Forcing Closure of Glacier and Tioga Roads

    I noted yesterday that I was watching it snow at Glacier Point on the Yosemite Association webcam well the snow accumulation was enough that it forced the closure of the Glacier Point and Tioga Roads. AP : About five inches of snow has forced the closure of several roads in Yosemite National Park, at least…