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Business Is Booming for America’s Survival Food King
A year of natural disasters and nuclear threats has suburbanites turning to Wise Co.’s Aaron Jackson, just in case.
By Amanda Little
November 22, 2017 2:00 AM PST
... Jackson’s technology isn’t new. Wise practices a 21st century version of something the Incas started in roughly 1200 A.D., wh
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KenS
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General Discussion 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/
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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 ar
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion 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 al
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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 mi
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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 counters
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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 fo
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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.
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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 of
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KenS
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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 o
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion 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 more
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Can’t Get That Camping Spot? It Could Be Bots
By Jessica Placzek
May 11, 2017
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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 bo
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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. Astronomer
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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 landscape
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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 citize
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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 of
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KenS
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion 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=0
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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-ov
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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?3,49300,49596
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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 Cuper
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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-sierras
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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/outdoor
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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 resid
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General Discussion