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Yosemite National Park, in conjunction with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), held a surprise inspection for all commercial for hire multiple passenger tour buses in Yosemite National Park last Friday, September 24, 2010. The purpose of this unannounced inspection was to ensure visitor safety through safe operation of tour buses. …

With Giant Sequoias keeping watch nearby, Yosemite Conservancy donated $ 5.9 million to Yosemite National Park to preserve and protect park resources and enrich the visitor experience. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yc2010.htm

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 …

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 …