National Park Service Acting Pacific West Regional Director George Turnbull signed the Record of Decision today for the Yosemite Environmental Education Center Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yeecrod.htm
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Yosemite National Park has recorded the lowest number of human-bear incidents since 1975, when the park initiated its first human-bear management program. In 2015, there were 76 incidents, which resulted in $ 4,909 in property damage. (A bear incident occurs when a bear causes property damage, obtains food, acts aggressively, …
Read More »Newsom Misled The Public About Wildfire Prevention Efforts Ahead Of Worst Fire Season On Record
On Gavin Newsom’s first full day in office, Jan. 8, 2019, the newly elected governor stood before the cameras, clad in jeans and sneakers and surrounded by emergency responders, and declared war on wildfires. “Everybody has had enough,” the governor said, announcing he’d signed a sweeping executive order overhauling the …
Read More »How rumored threats thwarted Turlock High students’ attempt at a world record
Rumors that there would be a school shooting on campus during planned participation in the National School Walkout on Friday led Turlock High’s administration to postpone the final event of … Click to Continue »
Read More »2017 was one of the three hottest years on record, NASA and NOAA scientists say
Either way you slice it, last year was a top-three scorcher. Global temperatures in 2017 were the third-highest on record, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hurricane Irma destroys record number of turtle nests on Central Florida coast
Beaches along south Brevard County are a world-class refuge for sea turtles that had a record number of nests just as Hurricane Irma mauled Florida last month. About half of … Click to Continue »
Read More »These Merced students didn’t just watch the eclipse. They helped record data for NASA
At 10:18 a.m. Monday, students at Yosemite High School in Merced used a number of methods to turn their eyes toward the sun and view the peak of the Great … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County hits record low unemployment rate in May
Merced County recorded the lowest unemployment rate for the month of May (8.5 percent) on record, state labor analysts said Friday. The county’s jobless rate was nearly 2 percentage points … Click to Continue »
Read More »April set a record low jobless rate in Merced County, analysts say
Merced County recorded the lowest unemployment rate (10.2 percent) on record for April, according to labor marker analysts. Down from last year’s 11.3 percent, April’s jobless rate beat out the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Record winter rainfall raises potential for summer tragedy
The drought is over, but that doesn’t mean the end of calamity for Northern California – the abundance of rain and snow could produce more wildfires and drownings, officials say. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Record amount of snow pack melting quickly into Merced River, officials say
Northern California saw one of the wettest winters on record, and all that precipitation caused snow in the Sierra Nevada to build up quickly. That will mean rapid melting now … Click to Continue »
Read More »San Joaquin rain stations seeing 3rd-wettest year on record
With several months still ahead in the current water year, the central stretch of the Sierra Nevada is recording its third-wettest year on record, according to officials. As of Thursday, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Friant Officials Prepare For What Could Be A Record Amount Of Snowmelt
The Sierra Nevada snowpack is so big this year that water managers are worried that one warm storm or a couple warm days could inundate reservoirs in the region. FM89’s Ezra David Romero reports from Friant Dam. There’s capacity for over 520,000 acre feet of water in Millerton Lake and …
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