Tag: california
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Weekend Storm Expected to Bring Much Needed Rain
Talk about early Christmas presents, here’s a wonderful one from mother nature. Rain and snow!
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Photo of the Day: Milky Way over Tioga Pass by Kartik Ramanathan
Not only a great Photo of the Day but the perfect segue for me to talk about one of my favorite areas.
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Hunters Fire Update
The Hunters Fire is now over 1300 acres and 20% contained. The fire is progressing mainly southward with some east and west progression.
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WAIT! Is that Half Dome?
It’s hard to believe but yes, that’s Half Dome from the Central Valley.
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Rim Fire Update and Road Openings
The Rim Fire is continuing to burn in the Yosemite and Emigrant Wilderness and in the Stanislaus National Forest. Here’s the latest on what’s open and what’s closed and some advisories if you’re traveling in the area.
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Go Fishing This Saturday – No License Needed!
Free Fishing Day is a twice-yearly event where the DFG waives the license requirement . It’s a great day to go out, have some fun with the family, and enjoy the beauty of Yosemite and the Sierra. Give it a try!
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Wild gray wolf returns to California for the first time in almost 100 years
The gray wolf was thought to be a pest and, like the California Grizzly, eradicated in the 1920’s. This marks the first time a wild gray wolf has been in California in almost 100 years.
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Rain/Snow Expected in Yosemite Tonight
An unseasonable mass of cold air has moved into California bringing with it wind, rain and a chance of snow at higher elevations.
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A Look Into the Past
Exploring California’s past with the California Academy of Sciences Manzanita Image Project.
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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…