If you had the option of either traveling to Utah for a swing through its national parks, or to California to sample its national parks, which would you choose?

True, California has Yosemite and Sequoia and Lassen Volcanic and Redwood just to name four, and overall more national parks

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Cool water can be awfully tempting on a hot summer day, but a group of young men walked away with citations — and their lives — after frolicking in Chilnualna Creek in Yosemite National Park.

One of the ten somehow managed to survive being washed over a somewhat small waterfall, but needed to be rescued by rangers after finding himself stranded on a rock in the mid

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A climbing death in Yosemite, a new recreation site at the Delaware Water Gap NRA, and a question on whether to force climbers to wear helmets are among the odds and ends that have recently crossed our computer screens.

Respected Climber Dies in Fall at Yosemite

A respected member of the climbing community at Yosemite National Park, Christina Chan, h

Environmentally responsible behavior has not always been a basic requirement for filming on location in a national park. If you don’t believe it, watch Forever, Darling. OMG!

In February 1956, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Forever, Darling, a fantasy comedy featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

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Despite the towering walls of granite that rim the Yosemite Valley in the heart of Yosemite National Park, the place is decidedly not static. Rather, it’s a constantly evolving geologic entity that is both deadly and mesmerizing.

According to the geologists at Yosemite, “(R)ock falls are a natural and dynamic geologic process.

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There’s a new structure showing up this summer in campgrounds bordering national parks, one that offers a higher level of comfort than the typical family camper or pop-up tent.

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What should National Park Service rangers do when they come across a visitor who has gone astray of park regulations?

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If you ride a commercial tour bus into Yosemite National Park, odds are incredibly great that there are varying safety problems with the rig, according to a recent surprise inspection of 153 buses.

Safety checks held between June 9 and June 20 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the California Highway Patrol, and the National Park Service resulted in

One could understand if those living in communities near the Big Oak Flat Entrance to Yosemite National Park are a little apprehensive this week with the park’s plan to start a wildfire near Crane Flat.

After all, last year’s prescribed burn on Big Meadow turned into a major wildfire that started out to be a 90-acre burn but [url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/

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