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Honoring Buffalo Soldiers’ role in establishing the National Parks
Feb 26, 2010African-American participation in the armed forces dates back to the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War over 180,000 black men fought for the Union Army in volunteer regiments. The...
View ArticleNational park backers call for creation of a service corps similar to the...
Feb 1, 2009Julie Cart, Los Angeles TimesExcerpts:The economy was a shambles. Millions of Americans were out of work. Saying something drastic needed to be done, the newly elected president announced a...
View ArticlePark Ranger Asks: Where Are the Black Visitors?
Aug 9, 2009Peter Fimrite, San Francisco ChronicleExcerpts:Johnson, a musician, storyteller and interpretive specialist at Yosemite National Park, is determined to inspire young inner-city African...
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Friday mystery photo
Aug 30, 2013This photo was taken in Yosemite Wilderness, California.Yosemite Wilderness encompasses nearly 95 percent (704,624 acres) of Yosemite National Park. Designated as protected wilderness by...
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While Yosemite National Park remains closed to visitors, it is open season...
Statement on House hearing during government shutdown that would log and sell-off America’s public lands The Wilderness Society today weighed-in on several bills being heard in the House Natural...
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Yosemite pulled from disastrous logging bill, but Stanislaus forest remains...
Nov 18, 2013Max GreenbergA recent bill opens California wilderness areas to damaging "salvage logging" following the Rim Fire.House Republicans are fast-tracking so-called “salvage logging” in...
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10 weirdest (and wildest) nature stories from 2013
Dec 19, 2013Some pretty strange things happened out in the wilderness this year.From weird invasions of moose parasites to strange vandalism cases on our public lands, there was no shortage of drama in...
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Friday mystery wild photo
Apr 11, 2014Can you guess where this mystery wild photo was taken? The correct answer is Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Calif.It's no wonder that Ansel Adams so often photographed this iconic...
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Yosemite celebrates 150 years of protection
Jun 26, 2014Protections for California's beloved park go far back. On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed America’s first land protection law. The Yosemite Grant protected areas in Yosemite...
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Honoring Buffalo Soldiers’ role in establishing the National Parks
Feb 26, 2010African-American participation in the armed forces dates back to the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War over 180,000 black men fought for the Union Army in volunteer regiments. The...
View ArticleNational park backers call for creation of a service corps similar to the...
Feb 1, 2009Julie Cart, Los Angeles TimesExcerpts:The economy was a shambles. Millions of Americans were out of work. Saying something drastic needed to be done, the newly elected president announced a...
View ArticlePark Ranger Asks: Where Are the Black Visitors?
Aug 9, 2009Peter Fimrite, San Francisco ChronicleExcerpts:Johnson, a musician, storyteller and interpretive specialist at Yosemite National Park, is determined to inspire young inner-city African...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday mystery photo
Aug 30, 2013This photo was taken in Yosemite Wilderness, California.Yosemite Wilderness encompasses nearly 95 percent (704,624 acres) of Yosemite National Park. Designated as protected wilderness by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
While Yosemite National Park remains closed to visitors, it is open season...
Statement on House hearing during government shutdown that would log and sell-off America’s public lands The Wilderness Society today weighed-in on several bills being heard in the House Natural...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yosemite pulled from disastrous logging bill, but Stanislaus forest remains...
Nov 18, 2013Max GreenbergA recent bill opens California wilderness areas to damaging "salvage logging" following the Rim Fire.House Republicans are fast-tracking so-called “salvage logging” in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
10 weirdest (and wildest) nature stories from 2013
Dec 19, 2013Some pretty strange things happened out in the wilderness this year.From weird invasions of moose parasites to strange vandalism cases on our public lands, there was no shortage of drama in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday mystery wild photo
Apr 11, 2014Can you guess where this mystery wild photo was taken? The correct answer is Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Calif.It's no wonder that Ansel Adams so often photographed this iconic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yosemite celebrates 150 years of protection
Jun 26, 2014Protections for California's beloved park go far back. On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed America’s first land protection law. The Yosemite Grant protected areas in Yosemite...
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