The National Park Service has extended the public comment period from Nov. 23 to Dec. 22: http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/22/would-you-pay-70-to-go-to-yosemite-public-backlash-mounts/by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Finding housing near the park might be an issue: Short-Term Rental Boom Leaves Yosemite Struggling to Fill Jobs By Ezra David Romero October 30, 2017 Short-term rental websites are changing the communities near Yosemite National Park. The booming vacation rental market is creating a shortage of places for locals to rent for the long-term, and in some cases it’s contributing to the arby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
LNT discussion on the JMT Yahoo Group website: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/johnmuirtrail/conversations/messages/66673by KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Aug 7, 2017 @ 11:02 AM 3,223 Wildfires Are Peaking As The Solar Eclipse Nears; Here's What You Need To Know Ethan Siegel , Contributor Peak fire season is no joking matter. While "burn bans" are in effect in most counties, it doesn't take a bonfire or even a campfire to get a wildfire started. A single stray cigarette is often enough, particularly with the hot, dry brush found alby KenS - General Discussion
*** MISSING PCT HIKER *** HJ *** Info as of Saturday, July 29th *** Trail Name: Tree Wang Legal Name: Chaocui Wang Home: China Search Area: Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass. She is a NOBO Hiker. Yosemite National Park have an official Missing Person. Search and Rescue is in progress. Tree was last seen on July 17 at mile 977. Map of PCT from Tuolumne to Sonora Pass with PCT miby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Volunteers Brave Extremes to Count Bighorn Sheep in the Desert By Susan Valot July 9, 2017 ... We made our way up to “second crossing.” This is where Coyote Creek crosses the road for the second time. The first crossing was bone-dry. Second crossing is where we would camp out for 2½ days to count sheep for the 47th year of the Anza-Borrego Bighorn Sheep Count, which attracted countersby KenS - General Discussion
Kern County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue volunteers robbed at gunpoint during rescue Portion of the Pacific Crest Trail closed Robin Gracia, Jessica Harrington 8:51 PM, Jul 8, 2017 UPDATE (July 9, 4:38a): The Kern County Sheriff's Office confirmed two search and rescue volunteers were robbed at gunpoint. Officials said it happened on Saturday while conducting a rescue operation foby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/local-experts-offer-how-to-tips-on-visiting-yosemite-national-park/by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
thebobbyblaine On Donohue Pass. I fell. I lost my footing on an icy ridge and began to slide towards rocks down a steep icy mountain. I attempted to self arrest in the 20 feet before the rocks below, and failed. I knew that I failed, and honestly at that moment I also knew that I was going to die. I positioned my feet towards the rocks in my slide and prepared for at the very least a broken leg.by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Reno Is Starting to Look More Like Silicon Valley Run-the-robots jobs at Tesla’s Gigafactory and elsewhere are turning the city into a hipster haven. June 22, 2017 by Karen Weise “Are you with Tesla or Panasonic?” the waitress asks with a smile. It’s morning in Reno, and it’s natural to assume anyone eating breakfast among the rustic wood walls and Instagram-worthy succulents ofby KenS - General Discussion
https://vimeo.com/222018804 Other uploaded videos from PCT hiker Daniel Windsor: https://vimeo.com/professionalvagrant/videos/page:2/sort:date Silver Creek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0fokKgq-s another stream crossing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNg4rONO92E The Pacific Crest Trail Is Super Dangerous This Year California's banner snowfall plus a record number oby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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Damaged bridges affect PCT/JMT and Rae Lakes Loop in significant way Sections: Central California / Section H Tags: Extreme hazard / Trail maintenance issue / Water conditions May 26th, 2017 By: Jack Haskel Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park staff tell us that two important bridges are damaged. This likely a major issue for travel in the area. We’ll update this page as we learn moreby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Can’t Get That Camping Spot? It Could Be Bots By Jessica Placzek May 11, 2017 ... Bots Bots are software that can automatically perform routine tasks on the internet. You’ve probably used a bot online and not even realized it, like when you search the web or look for cheap flights on sites like Kayak or Expedia, instead of having to check each airline yourself, ... There’s a boby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The Great American Eclipse is 100 days away, and scientists are ready By Deborah Netburn May 12, 2017 This summer, darkness will fall across the face of America. Birds will stop singing. Temperatures will drop. Stars will become visible in the daytime sky. In about 100 days, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States for the first time since 1918. Astronomerby KenS - General Discussion
The trees that make Southern California shady and green are dying. Fast By Louis Sahagun April 19, 2017 The trees that shade, cool and feed people from Ventura County to the Mexican border are dying so fast that within a few years it’s possible the region will look, feel, sound and smell much less pleasant than it does now. “We’re witnessing a transition to a post-oasis landscapeby KenS - General Discussion
Seniors Can Get Lifetime Access to National Parks For Just $10. But Not For Long Jennifer Calfas Apr 17, 2017 Older Americans can access more than 84 million acres of land protected by the National Park Service for the rest of their lives for just $10 — but not for long. The National Park Service's lifetime pass will be eight times more expensive soon — costing $80 for American citizeby KenS - General Discussion
California’s huge tree die-off expected to slow after wet winter By Kurtis Alexander SF Chronicle April 8, 2017 California’s extraordinarily wet winter didn’t just end the drought. It’s likely to mean a turnaround for the state’s dying forests. After five years of dry weather unleashed unparalleled havoc on trees from Yosemite to the Central Coast — leaving vast stands ofby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/22/us/california-measuring-snowpack.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=image&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Too Many People Are Going to New Zealand. And That’s a Problem by Tracy Withers and Matthew Brockett March 16, 2017, 10:00 AM PDT March 16, 2017, 9:13 PM PDT Visitor boom puts infrastructure, environment under pressure Hotel shortage highlights need for investment in growth driver https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-16/americans-sleep-in-maori-hall-as-tourists-ovby KenS - General Discussion
There was the Devil's Windstorm back in December 2011 that hit the Red's Meadow area really hard: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/stelprdb5355246.mov https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5370647.pdf http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,57457,58181 http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,49300,49596by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Killer-tree threat cancels Cupertino schools field trips By Sharon Noguchi | snoguchi@bayareanewsgroup.com | PUBLISHED: March 10, 2017 at 9:55 am | UPDATED: March 10, 2017 at 2:13 pm The threat of killer trees and menacing rockslides has prompted the Cuperby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Fairly recent photos of the Tioga Pass Entrance Station and the Tuolumne area: https://www.facebook.com/YosemiteNPS/photos/pcb.1257302477651365/1257301797651433/?type=3&theaterby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Interesting article about the founder of ArcGIs, Esri's flagship product: http://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2016/02/10/the-godfather-of-digital-maps/#1d5d6a36598cby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
In the Sierras, New Approaches to Protecting Forests Under Stress By Janet Marinelli • February 13, 2017 In California’s Sierras and around the world, extreme drought and rising temperatures are killing trees and threatening the viability of forests. Some ecologists are saying that land managers now need to adopt radically new strategies. http://e360.yale.edu/features/in-the-sierrasby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/02/19/travel/yosemite-ghost-town-a-time-warp-to-1800s/by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What it’s like to spend 9 days in PNW backcountry: ‘A reset for the human spirit’ Originally published July 29, 2016 at 6:00 am Seattle Times The National Park Service commemorates its 100th anniversary as University of Washington students and their instructor head into the backcountry to consider the meaning of the wild in a changing world. http://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoorby KenS - General Discussion
Why Are Ski Towns Seeing More Suicides? Posted by Kelley McMillan on May 16, 2016 On a sunny morning in late February, Tom Slocum, a 57-year-old ski bum in Telluride, Colorado, walked up Tomboy Road, a popular hiking route that winds above the north side of town. An avid athlete and skier, Slocum moved to Telluride in 1984, a couple of years after graduating college. Like many ski town residby KenS - General Discussion
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/nap/72-34.htm http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/po/72-33.htm Not well-edited extracts from "Ambassador in Arms: The Story of Hawaii's100th Battalion" by Thomas D. Murphy http://www.ajawarvets.org/assets/pdf/battle-po-valley.pdfby KenS - General Discussion