When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. To read the full article, click here.
The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act and eliminates a key protection for imperiled wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. To read the full article by the AP, click here.
The US Forest Service is considering giving states and local counties more control over national forests and other public lands, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Tuesday. To read the full article by Bloomberg, click here.
For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewriting its grazing regulations. The new rule, which governs ranching across 155 million acres of public lands in the West, would heavily favor the livestock industry. To read the full article by ProPublica, click here.
While Yosemite’s extraordinary natural features and fascinating history enthrall visitors to this day, ever-growing crowds, hours-long traffic jams, and National Park Service mismanagement are increasingly tarnishing Yosemite’s enchantment. To read the full blog post from the National Parks Conservation Association, click here.
The trails in the Mist Trail Corridor are the busiest in Yosemite National Park. This historic trail corridor features legendary trails and landmarks, such as the Happy Isles, the John Muir Trail, the Mist Trail and the Half Dome Trail, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, and Half Dome. Since 2010, in the summer, an average […]
“Trump said the executive orders were outdated and overly restrictive, but several conservationists said they provided consistent guidelines that protected wildlife, habitat and water. ” To read the full article from the Idaho Capital Sun, click here.
“Wildlife officials declared this past week that the park’s once vanished population of red-legged frogs is now self-sustaining, cementing the success of the experimental reintroduction program.” To read the full article from the San Francisco Chronicle, click here.
“Especially on Saturdays and sometimes also on Fridays and Sundays, the amount of crowding in the Park exceeds capacity of the parking lots, results in vehicles parked inappropriately wherever they can squeeze in along roads, and results in a crammedtogether visitor experience,” John Buckley, executive director of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, told us […]
“The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year trying to defang the Endangered Species Act, the country’s bedrock conservation law. But one of the most aggressive and far-reaching attempts just faced a major setback—and concerns from within the party were at least part of the reason.” To read the full article at […]