YOSEMITE — Yosemite National Park will close a day use parking area in Yosemite Valley on the evening of Monday Sept. 5, for a project aimed at improving parking and traffic circulation. The parking area, also known as the Village Day-Use Parking Area (south) or Camp 6, will reopen this winter. Visitor parking will be available at the Yosemite Falls ...

Guest Commentary Submitted by Wendy Brown – Merced River Plan’s Legal History – On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the state of California, “to be held, for public use, resort, and recreation, inalienable for all time.” This act signed by President Abraham Lincoln was the first federal authorization ...

OAKHURST – There was a packed house Thursday night, Mar. 14, at the Oakhurst Senior Center as people came out to learn and ask questions about changes coming to Yosemite National Park. With the designation of the Tuolomne and Merced rivers as Wild and Scenic in 1984 and 1987 respectively, the National Park Service (NPS) has been working to identify ...