Author: Ryno98
Date: 09-23-08 17:03
I also heard from somewhere that a Sentinal Meadow burn was in the works for this fall. This really seems like an inordinate amount of in-valley burning for one year. I understand the whole ecology thing, etc., but the NPS really does a disservice to people who are flying thousands of miles across the country to see Yosemite by not making this a more public notification. I will be taking my parents to Yosemite (their first time!) in the 3rd week of October, and it would have been nice to know that the whole valley will be charred and smelling of soot BEFORE deciding to spend our time there. I was in Yosemite just after they burned Cooks (I think....) meadow in 2007. The air smelled burned all the way from the tunnel to Yosemite Village. The Yosemite NPS Fire section is a joke; rare updates with last minute notifications of burns that have surely been planned all year long. Anyway, enough of my rant. I will still be in Yosemite and enjoy things, burns or not. Tuolomne Meadows, here I come. (Unless I get snowed out, of course).
Ryan
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