Construction delays on the Wawona Road will be extended tomorrow, Friday, October 8 and Sunday, October 10. The nighttime delays, on these two days only, will start at 6:00 p.m. instead of 9:00 p.m. These extended hours of delays are occurring to complete the project by November, 2010. These extended …

The public site visits for the Tioga Road Rehabilitation Project in Yosemite National Park have been canceled due to inclement weather. The site visits, originally scheduled for Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. have been canceled due to weather conditions in the park. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/tiogasitevisit2.htm

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces the Tenaya Lake Area Plan Environmental Assessment (EA) will be available for public review from October 18 to November 17, 2010. The plan addresses a wide range of visitor experiences and facility improvements around this spectacular high-country lake. Thousands of visitors recreate in …

All trails previously closed in the areas of Harden Lake and Vernon Lake in Yosemite National Park due to lightning caused fires are now reopened. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/slopefire4.htm

The Half Dome Cables will be taken down for the season on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. The cables are taken down each October for the fall and winter season. The cables will be put back up in the spring of 2011 as conditions permit. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/hdcablesdown2010.htm

Yosemite National Park announces the end of the fire season, today, October 8, 2010. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/fireseasonends2010.htm

Yosemite National Park is currently developing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to study rehabilitation on approximately 40 miles of the Tioga Road, the highest trans-sierra highway that crosses the northern part of the park. The primary goal of this project is to improve visitor safety along the Tioga Road while still …

In August of 2008, California Fish and Game Wardens received an anonymous report via CalTip about suspected poaching activity in the Virginia Canyon area of Yosemite National Park. Based on this tip, the National Park Service (NPS) and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) opened a joint investigation. …

A new species of pseudoscorpion has been discovered in talus caves in Yosemite Valley. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/pseudoscorpion.htm

Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning tomorrow, October 22, 2010. Pile burning locations will include Tamarack Flat Campground, Crane Flat Campground, the communities of Foresta, El Portal, and Wawona, and along portions of the Wawona Road. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/burnpiles10.htm

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced that National Park Service (NPS) staff assigned from the United States Public Health Service (PHS) will provide the future clinical care at the Yosemite Medical Clinic, effective, January 1, 2011. The contract for the current provider, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, expires on December 31, …

In celebration of Veterans Day, Yosemite National Park, and all other National Park sites across the country, will offer free admission Thursday, November 11, 2010 for all visitors in honor of current members and retired members of the United States armed forces and their families. Free admission is being observed …

Yosemite National Park contains approximately 3,000 meadows that range in elevation from 3,000 feet to 12,000 feet. Each of these plays an integral role in the parks biological diversity, with as many as one third of the park’s plant species located in these meadows. The Wawona Meadow, located in the …