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People trapped near reservoir by fast-growing Creek Fire in Sierra National Forest
Lizzie Johnson Sept. 5, 2020 6:54 p.m.
... Earlier in the day, a spokesman from the Forest Service had said that as many as 1,000 people were sheltering there and that people had been told to jump in the water, if necessary.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/1-000-people-trapped-near-reservoir-by
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion With a coronavirus rate near zero, Taiwanese take to camping in the great indoors
By RALPH JENNINGS, LA Times
AUG. 22, 2020
... In recent years, camping in the great indoors has become increasingly popular in Taiwan. And with the coronavirus transmission rate one of the world’s lowest — fewer than 500 confirmed cases and seven deaths all year on an island of nearly 24 million citizens �
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General Discussion A surge in coronavirus cases tied to restaurants in Mammoth Lakes has prompted the state to place Mono County on its watchlist for the first time.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-22/coronavirus-surge-california-restaurants-mammoth-lakes
https://www.visitmammoth.com/responsible-travel
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion More of the same from the KQED (PBS SF) website:
https://www.kqed.org/science/1964880/yosemite-national-park-plans-to-reopen-but-its-not-going-to-be-the-same-heres-what-we-know
Latest update from the Sacramento Bee (6/2/20):
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article243219776.html
Opening day photos from SFGate (June 11, 2020):
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/slideshow/Here-s-how-Yosem
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion http://www.thundercling.com/2020/03/the-pandemic-comes-to-bishop-a-small-climbing-community-struggles-beneath-the-weight-of-covid-19/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nearing-overload-in-coronavirus-pandemic-mono-county-sheriff-has-a-message-stay-out/ar-BB11PXEV
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/14/mammoth-big-bear-ski-resorts-shut-down-indefinitely-in-response-to-coronavirus-threat/
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion The 958th Signal Radio Intelligence company of the Army Signal Corps did some training in Yosemite during WWII. It was a company one of my uncles was later assigned to. People didn't talk much about the war while growing up in Hawaii, but I noticed on his Punchbowl grave marker that he had a rank of SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS. Did some searching on the Internet and his name showed up on the Personn
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General Discussion Where Animals and Plants Might Survive Climate Change
• 10/1/2019
Scientists are searching for pockets of ecological resistance in the face of climate change, places that seem to be warming less quickly than others due to unique natural conditions.
The hope is that as the earth continues to get hotter, these “climate refugia” could serve as strongholds for plants and animals.
For
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General Discussion Perfect timing, you guys just missed the stormy weather after Labor Day.
A week before your trip I had camped at the tarn below Merriam Lake and did a scramble up to the outlet of the lake but missed the beaches on the other side of the lake. Best pictures of my trip were from the cliff above the tarn. The hike up to Merriam from the French Canyon trail was a little confusing at first becau
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Conservationists Want You to Stop Building Rock Piles
Cairns have a long history and purpose, one that newer stacks sometimes subvert
By Marissa Fessenden
smithsonian.com
July 13, 2015
The Gorham Mountain trail at Acadia National park winds up through a forested mountain slope before bursting out onto the one of the granite-boulder covered summits for which the park is famous. But once yo
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General Discussion Lost in Yosemite's snows for 11 days in 1946, biologist ate lichen to survive
Bill Jacobs, whose ordeal remains one of classic winter survival tales of the national parks, dies at 99
By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Updated 12:32 pm PDT, Wednesday, April 17, 2019
A wrong turn on a ski trail at Yosemite almost ended the life of an acclaimed biology professor before he ever gave his first lecture.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Desperate search for missing Marine lieutenant who failed to return from a backcountry ski trip in bad weather in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Michael Nam For Dailymail.com
1st Lt. Matthew Kraft was reported missing on March 4 after he failed to return from his solo skiing and hiking trip
A desperate search is underway for a Marine who went missing during a backcountry ski trip in Cal
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Why scientists say experiencing awe can help you live your best life
Psychologists say the emotion of awe plays a big role in our health, happiness and wellbeing. And you don't need to witness a supermoon to experience it
Feb. 19, 2019, 12:56 PM PST
By Sarah DiGiulio
Maybe you’ve felt it standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Maybe it happens when you think about the vastness of sp
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General Discussion Cal Fire Report Urges Quick Action to Protect High-Risk Towns From Wildfire Threats
by Dan Brekke
March 5, 2019
… Cal Fire's response leads off with a list of 35 "priority" fuel reduction projects that have already been identified by the agency's regional units and can be launched now "to help reduce public safety risk for over 200 communities" statewide. The projects i
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General Discussion Under "adventure books", Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova (Paperback – August 25, 2017) is worth a read. I first read of her story on the Internet:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-trader-in-the-wild/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/21/the-young-woman-and-mountain/SEBPucaGpA1Fun4R5uoj7K/story.html
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General Discussion https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/11/dizzying-heights-vertical-tourism-in-china/575959/
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General Discussion Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire
America’s national parks are increasingly bearing the burden of climate change, as rising temperatures and new weather patterns create mega blazes. A report from the burn zone.
By Bonnie Tsui
Nov. 5, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/travel/yosemite-fires.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Travel
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Walmart Just Wanted to Sell Pricey Outdoor Gear. Then ‘All Hell Broke Loose.’
Several outdoor-product brands have asked Walmart to remove items from its website after outcry from retail rivals
"... Last week Walmart said it would start selling items including $250 Deuter hiking backpacks and $100 Leki hiking poles, adding to its website brands already sold through Moosejaw, the sma
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General Discussion A Brief History of Bear-Proofing In Yosemite, From Canisters to a Garbage Dump
"... The bear canister: a portable, cylindrical container that bears cannot open, and that holds about five days of food. It looks sort of like a drum. These days, anyone backpacking in Yosemite must use one.
The idea was invented by Barrie Gilbert, a behavioral ecologist, who was researching bears in Yell
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion For the latest smoke dispersion simulation: Click on the "Select" tab, then the "Use Latest" button (Domain should be "CA/NV" ):
https://tools.airfire.org/websky/v1/run/standard/CANSAC-2km/2018080200?
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion There is another Flash Flood Warning for the Aspendell area, but the weather report for Bishop is just a 30% chance of T-storms (July 23, 2018):
https://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/519.html?hdf=1
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?textField1=37.3527778&textField2=-118.4027778#.W1ZtKPZFz-g
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Thanks for the info.
On the CHP Facebook page it is reported that "several large mudslides" have closed SR-168 indefinitely, but on their video it looks more like one massive rock slide.
(Lake Sabrina and North Lake are inaccessible, but South Lake is still open.)
https://business.facebook.com/CHPBishop/videos/790554634667087/
Someone also commented about another "massi
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion … Due to very high demand, over 97% of all John Muir Trail through-hike permit applications are denied. (The reservation office receives hundreds of JMT requests each day.)
https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wpres.htm
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Does a Fire-Ravaged Forest Need Human Help to Recover?
Rising temperatures and more frequent forest fires have reignited a longstanding debate among foresters, ecologists, and conservationists: Is logging and other human intervention needed to regenerate severely burned woodlands, or should these charred lands be left to revive on their own?
By Ed Struzik • June 14, 2018
… “Sinc
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion … I remembered reading how the bridge to Glen Aulin camp had washed out last spring and as I reached the spot where the bridge is, no new bridge. You'd think the Ranger would have remembered that small detail. Luckily there was a log across the water so I said goodbye to Pathfinder and went to make camp in a deserted Glen Aulin. Now besides a backpackers camping area here they normally have can
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Long Spell of Dry Weather in Store After Modest Late January Storms
By Dan Brekke
January 29, 2018
... DWR data show the snowpack in all three California regions scraping along near the record-low figures recorded at the deepest point of the five-year drought:
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/29/california-mountain-snowpack-sierra-nevada-2018/
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General Discussion Alaska Earthquake Rattles Florida’s Groundwater Plumbing
Release Date: January 24, 2018
At 12:32 am Alaska time on January 23, 2018, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook Alaska residents out of their beds and set off fears of a tsunami all down the West Coast. Fortunately, the tsunami was only a few inches in height, but within an hour of the earthquake in Alaska, waves of a different sort we
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General Discussion Maui waters claim 8 lives over 2-week period
By Rob Shikina
January 28, 2018
Eight people died in a recent rash of ocean-related incidents on Maui — mostly involving tourists snorkeling.
The deaths occurred over a two-week period beginning Jan. 14, said Maui Fire Department spokesman Edward Taomoto.
There wasn’t a clear link in the spike in deaths, but Taomoto said several inciden
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