Lots of snow in the Sierra means lots of water for Mono Lake.

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1. Mono Lake: An Early Morning Photo Destination
2. Hike to Mono Lake (video) by dsograph1
3. Mono Lake Finishes Season With Record Snow/Rain

A Eugene Oregon couple has filed a lawsuit against Yosemite National Park after a park worker felled a tree onto the Tioga Road crushing the plaintiffs car as they were passing by.

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1. Yosemite Ornament Graces White House Christmas Tree
2. Watch Out for that Tree!
3. What’s the most important tree in Yosemite Valley?

Three fires have been reported burning within Yosemite National Park, two caused by lighting and one whose cause is yet unknown.

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1. Summer Fires Already Burning Around Yosemite
2. More Lightning Sparked Fires in Yosemite
3. Wildcat Fire Still Burning in Yosemite

In January 1997 the Yosemite Creek Campground bridge was destroyed by flood. Now, after 13 years the campground the bridge is rebuilt.

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1. Pedestrian Bridge Saved By Yosemite Fund
2. Campground Openings
3. More Campgrounds Open for Season

WalletPop has a video up today from the manufacturing floor of the US Mint where the newest quarter, the America the Beautiful Yosemite Quarter is being made. Related posts:Yosemite Featured on New Quarter New Yosemite Quarter Featuring El Cap California State Quarter Honors John Muir and Yosemite

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1. Yosemite Featured on New Quarter
2. New Yosemite Quarter Featuring El Cap
3. California State Quarter Honors John Muir and Yosemite

The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for the areas north of Kings Canyon warning of possible thunderstorm and heavy rain danger. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE [...]

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1. Severe Weather Advisory Issued for Yosemite Area
2. Flood Warning In Affect
3. Play it Safe with Lightning

Don’t forget, the cables are scheduled to be in place on Half Dome for use Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
If you are staying in the park and would like to hike Half Dome on a weekend you’re going to need a permit. Permits are available here (recreation.gov) and are booked up into August already.
For weekday hikers [...]

A week later than the normal Memorial Day opening, Tioga Pass (Highway 120) is scheduled to open at 8am Saturday June 5th.
With several feet of snow still in the high country no services or camp grounds will be available. Backcountry users are urged to use caution due to winter weather conditions that remain in the [...]

Yosemite is going green(er). Starting in June Yosemite National Park will begin installing a $4.4 million dollar photovoltaic solar panel system capable of producing 800,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually resulting in an almost 12 percent reduction in electricity purchased from outside sources.
The system will be the largest grid-connected photovoltaic system in the National Park [...]

Glacier Point Road:
Crew had to plow and sand from new snow accumulation and is now working back from Glacier Point to widen and clean roadway. Crews are also Sweeping and Patching Potholes. Average Snow Depth is 4 feet Plowing operations will continue today.
Contractor is working on the road from Chinquapin to Badger Pass.
Note: If the [...]