Yosemite's Tioga Pass Road to open on Monday
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- After a winter of light snow, a major road in Yosemite National Park is set to open on May 7, nearly six weeks earlier than last year. Officials say Tioga Pass Road will be cleared by noon Monday, allowing visitors to enter through the park's east gate. Tioga is the main eastern gateway to the park, and a popular, scenic east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
Yosemite seeks a more diverse visitor base
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-----SNIP------ For more than 60 years, the National Park Service has been trying to reach out to African Americans and Latinos. But its 395 parks, monuments, waterways, historic places and recreational areas remain largely the province of white Americans and tourists from around the world. In an interview, Park Service Director Jon Jarvis reiterated an old lament: Parks must attract a more diverse slice of the American public or eventually risk losing taxpayer support. Yet only about 1% of the nearly 4 million people who visit Yosemite each year are African Americans. So officials were elated earlier this month when...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
Yosemite river plan could limit visitor access
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Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
Half Dome survivors wish they had taken heed
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(10-08) 09:50 PDT Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- Armando Castillo knew he should not attempt the last treacherous stretch up Half Dome with storm clouds looming. But he felt he had come too far not to accomplish his goal. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/08/national/a080120D12.DTL#ixzz1aEwT4OCr
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
A Timelapse Journey with Nature: 2009-2011 (Stunning, Awe-Inspiring Video)
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A timelapse journey with nature.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
Yosemite National Park spending 3.8 million tax dollars to save $50,000; might break even in 2088!
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Yosemite National Park has installed the largest solar energy system in the whole United States National Park System. The system will provide 672 kilowatts which is 12% of the park’s yearly electric power requirements. The system installed by Suntek (doesn’t that name make you just want to hug a tree?) consists of 2,800 solar panels “tastefully” integrated into the existing architecture of Yosmite’s administrative and maintenance compound. A 500 kilowatt solar canopy covers the parking lot, a 100 kW rooftop section serves as a collection system on top of the warehouse and an additional 72 kWs wrap the building’s outer...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
Man falls to his death off Yosemite's Half Dome
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Yosemite National Park officials are trying to determine why a man fell to his death while climbing Half Dome Monday evening. Park officials tell Action News, search and rescue crews recovered the body of an unidentified man Tuesday morning at the base of the popular dome.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 12:35:19 AM
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