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  • 1 Bear Dead, 1 Injured Due to Motorists

    Bears are a rare sight in Yosemite even for frequent visitors and that makes their needless death even more tragic. This week two bears were hit by vehicles this week, one died from its injuries. Please slow down and obey speed limits. The park speed limit is 35 if you don’t see a sign with…

  • Public Comment on Invasive Plant Management Plan in Yosemite Begins June 13th

    Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats to the integrity of National Park Service lands. Non-native plants invade an estimated 4,600 acres of federal land in the United States every day, and already infest millions of acres in the national parks. Fortunately, Yosemite National Park is at the early stages of invasion, with less…

  • Photo of the Day: Cumulus and Half Dome by Andrea Mancuso

    THIS is an awesome photo. Nice work Andrea. Photo by Andrea Mancuso via Flickr.

  • Photo of the Day: Dogwood on the trail to Mirror Lake by Dave Yuhas

    Dave Yuhas sent me in this awesome photo of a dogwood on the trail to Mirror Lake that he took a couple of weeks ago. Great shot Dave! Thanks for sending it in. Over the Memorial Day weekend I got a lot of photos. Thank you everyone who sent some in. If you’d like to…

  • Slow Down! Save the Butterflies and the Bears

    If you’ve been driving around the park lately, you’ll see yellow caution signs on them with red bears. These mark places where bears have been hit by cars, which as far as I know is the leading cause of death to the parks bears. Currently, there is a major population explosion of California Tortoise Shell…

  • Plastic Hiking Water Bottles

    Recently word got out that Canada was halting the sale of plastic bottles that contained BPA (Bisphenol-A).This was followed by WalMart pulling their inventory. The concern is that the chemical used in plastic baby bottles and other uses was thought to leech out when heated, and is a potential carcinogen.  One of the largest makers…

  • TV’s Survivor Man Makes a Go At Surviving Just Outside Yosemite

    Guess who’s up in the Sierra just outside Yosemite filming an episode of hit hit TV series Survivor Man. That’s right, it’s none other than the Survivor Man himself, Les Stroud. So far Les has been just outside Oakhurst in the same general area a SAR took place this winter “surviving”. According to his blog…

  • Missing: My Little Boy

    Tonight I lived every parents worst nightmare. My 5 (almost 6) year old non-verbal autistic son went out the front door and ran off down the street alone. Not more than 4 minutes had passed when I noticed the screen door open and one of our dogs in our front yard. One of our neighbors…

  • Photo of the Day: Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon by Kevinmcchubb (on Flickr.com)

    Sometimes I like to choose photos that are a little different for the Photo of the Day and today’s photo is no exception. While browsing through the images on Flickr.com I happened to catch this one by Kevinmcchubb as I was scrolling down the page and had to back up and get a better view…

  • Half Dome Cables Up for the Season

    Grab your water, gloves, walking stick and good boots the cables are up on Half Dome just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!