Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows: a Long-standing Geological Puzzle Andrew Alden, KQED Science Contributor | November 6, 2014 ... Tuolumne Meadows is geologically weird because it mixes a wide flat area, typical of weak bedrock, with big humps of clean strong stone, like Lembert Dome, exposed like sculpture in a gallery. But the whole area is in one large body of identical granite, the Cathedraby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Sierra fire cause: man burning deer innards By Kurtis Alexander Updated 4:24 pm, Friday, October 3, 2014 One of the most destructive wildfires in the Sierra Nevada this summer, which ruined dozens of homes south of Yosemite National Park, appears to have had a most unusual cause: flaming deer entrails. A man trying to get rid of the stench of innards from a hunted deer was burning the leby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Bears Descend Into Bakersfield at Historic Rate; Is Drought to Blame? http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409250850/cby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Daily water allocation could be the next California drought strategy By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune Posted: 09/27/14, 8:23 PM PDT You probably know your Social Security number, your driver’s license number and perhaps the latest wrinkle in mattress marketing, your sleep number. But do you know your drought number? The latter represents the amount of water you are allby KenS - General Discussion
Back in 1994, Mark Palmer, then director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, initiated a feasibility study for the reintroduction of the grizzly back to California: http://www.counterpunch.org/2002/11/08/bring-back-the-california-grizzly/ ========================= Information about the California grizzly bear in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_grizzly_bear =========by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
New Jersey man attacked, killed by black bear, police say By Tribune wire report September 22, 2014 A man hiking in a heavily wooded area of northern New Jersey was killed by a black bear during the weekend, police said on Monday, in what experts called an extremely rare attack. Darsh Patel, 22, of Edison, New Jersey, and four friends encountered the bear on Sunday afternoon in the Apshawby KenS - General Discussion
Interesting accounts of what life was like for the Indians in California when grizzlies were the top predator: California Grizzly by Tracy Irwin Storer, Chapter 4, Grizzlies and Indians (pg 76 -95) http://books.google.com/books?id=1QVZFQu01KcC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=california+grizzly+storer&source=bl&ots=N6qjXszJq9&sig=PsuNjgPGdnBzbswDFKKLi4U4fzY&hl=en&sa=X&amby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
September 15, 2014 at 11:42 AM Bear attack in Wyoming kills Utah man By BOB MOEN CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A 31-year-old Utah man doing research alone in a remote backcountry area has died in a bear attack in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwest Wyoming. Officials aren't certain yet what type of bear killed Adam Thomas Stewart of Virgin, Utah. "I'm assuming grizzly, but weby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Vegetable garden barrier blamed in Silverado Canyon fire By Rosanna Xia September 15, 2014 The Silverado Canyon fire --which prompted the evacuation of dozens of residents as it grew to about 1,600 acres -- was started accidentally by metal sheeting used to protect a homeowner’s backyard vegetable garden, officials said Monday. The owner had the metal sheeting around the outside of tby KenS - General Discussion
There once was a building on the summit of Mt. Conness: http://the-great-silence.blogspot.com/2008/11/conness-survey-crew-of-1890-mt-conness.html http://books.google.com/books?id=YL4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115&dq=conness+finley#v=onepage&q=conness%20finley&f=falseby KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I'd be just as worried if a cougar jumped out of the bush and lunged at me. Teen recovering after cougar attack on Alberta hiking trail 11:25 am, August 27th, 2014 MICHAEL PLATT | QMI AGENCY CALGARY - It's said there a few sounds in the nature as bloodcurdling as the scream of a female cougar. Unless, of course, it's the scream of a 19-year-old woman - in which case, even hungry cougaby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Rim fire's 'ghost' trees to be logged, U.S. Forest Service decides By Diana Marcum August 27, 2014 The debate began as the largest blaze ever seen in the Sierra still burned: Should officials cut down the thousands of "ghost" trees left behind by last summer's Rim fire, or leave nature alone? A decision announced Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service calls for salvage-logging onby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What I remember from my hike up Conness was that the rock had a rough texture, not like the smooth (slick) granite of Half Dome. The approach shoes with grippy soles I had purchased just for that hike really worked well -- the shoes felt "glued" to the rock as claimed in one of the reviews. I felt the exposure right from the start. I folded up my hiking poles and stuck them along witby KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Link to another website -- a recent bear escapade in the Thousand Island Lake area: "... I got out of my tent with my headlamp on and could hear its breathing and grunting, but could not see it. I started yelling to get it to move on but no dice. So then I called for help from the many surrounding campsites that were in earshot but not eyesight, including the group above me that invited mby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The Walter Starr mentioned in the article was "buried" near where his body was found on Michael Minaret, one of few burials in the high country granted by the National Park and Forest Services: ... Towards the end of that week, it became clear to everyone that there was no more hope of finding Pete Starr alive. On Friday evening, August 18, Pete's father, not wanting to expose the reby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Originally published August 21, 2014 at 3:02 PM Effort to restore grizzlies in North Cascades gets rolling By Sandi Doughton Seattle Times science reporter Nearly four decades after grizzly bears were declared threatened in the Lower 48 states, long-stalled efforts to bring the species back to Washington’s North Cascades are rolling again. The federal government announced Thursday itby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
... Possibly fatigued Fatigue may have played a part in the accident, according to Parker's family and fellow climbers. One climber who identified himself as Cedric Ma on a climbing forum called supertopo.com said his group had run across Parker between 5 and 6 p.m. Parker indicated to them that he was having some trouble, he said. "We talked to him as he passed us and another partyby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A Year After Rim Fire, Debate Sparks Over Replanting Trees Lauren Sommer, KQED Science | August 18, 2014 | http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/a-year-after-rim-fire-debate-sparks-over-replanting-trees/ ==================================== California’s Fire History Written in the Trees Craig Miller, KQED Science | September 13, 2013 http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/californias-fire-by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Lost in Translation: Germany’s Fascination With the American Old West By MELISSA EDDYAUG. 17, 2014 RADEBEUL, Germany — Hans Grunert is no stranger to requests from Native Americans regarding the display of sacred items among the headdresses, moccasins, jewelry and hundreds of other artifacts at the Karl May Museum, housed in a faux-log cabin behind a stately 19th-century villa in this easby KenS - General Discussion
List of the first twenty Sierra Club placed Registers: Mt. Dana - 1894 Mt. Lyell - 1894 Mt. Conness - 1894 Mt. Whitney - 1894 Muir Gorge - 1894 Mt. Tallac - 1894 Mt. Brewer - 1895 Mt. Tyndall - 1895 Squaw Peak - 1895 Mt. Goddard - 1895 Tehipite Dome - 1895 Mt. Stanford (south) - 1896 Pyramid Peak - 1896 Dicks Peak - 1896 Freel Peak - 1897 Merced Peak - 1897 Mt. Florence - 1897 Mby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Pika's 2008 John Muir Trail Journal Wednesday, March 18, 2009 LOOKING BACK NOW THAT I HAVE FINISHED I hiked the John Muir Trail solo in 1954. My pack was a war surplus German Army rucksack. For shelter and rain-gear, I used a WW-II GI poncho with part of another poncho for a ground cloth. I cooked over wood fires using a tin can with a wire bail. My sleeping bag was the liner from a war sby KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Someone who's been to almost all of the out-of-the-way places is RoguePhotonic; I think he hikes like a PCT hiker throughout the Sierra. https://www.flickr.com/photos/roguephotonic/sets/by KenS - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NFCJ6lvC0#t=11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcmjqsUM_x8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTZO71YWhgby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
LA Times: California: The next grizzly habitat? Some want to see it happen By Julie Cart | Reporting from Three Rivers August 2, 2014 Black bears are a cherished part of the community here, a woodsy gateway town that funnels tourists to Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, where the first question visitors ask of rangers is "Where can I see a bear?" Local shop owner Cindby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Eaton Canyon Upper Falls Closure Begins Friday: Forest Service Posted 2:30 PM, July 30, 2014, by Melissa Pamer, Updated at 05:24pm, July 31, 2014 After dozens of stranded hikers have been rescued — and five have died — on the treacherous route to the upper falls in popular Eaton Canyon, the U.S. Forest Service planned to shut down access to the area beginning Friday. The closure of anby KenS - General Discussion
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Rescue in Lundy Canyon By News Staff on July 29, 2014 in Cops, General - Press release from Mono County Sheriff’s Office: On the afternoon of Monday, July 28th, 2014, at approximately 12:30pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding two stranded hikers in the Lundy Canyon area. To access a family mining claim on steep and rocky slopes above Mill Creek, two brothers,by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The Pacific's wayward child Jul 28th 2014, 11:31 by NV | LOS ANGELES ... Jay Lund, director of the Centre for Watershed Sciences, has simulated the effects of a 72-year drought, with rivers and streams flowing at 50% their average rates. The model built by Dr Lund and his colleagues at the University of California, Davis, sought to show whether, under such dire circumstances, California's waby KenS - General Discussion
There was another deadly head on in that area earlier this year. While searching for the link to Kevin Gong's hiking website, it hit several articles about a "Kevin Gong" who died in a car accident near Old Hwy 120. http://www.sierrasentinel.com/2014/03/manslaughter-charge-in-traffic-death.html Turned out to be another Kevin Gong, an outstanding Cal senior: http://www.dailycal.orby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There are a number of real-time lighting strike maps: http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=30 http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=enby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion