road conditions link<\/a>\u00a0on the Yosemite\/Gold Country homepage.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n10\/25\/96<\/p>\n
Mountain Lion Study<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Mountain lions are no strangers to Yosemite. There were more than 100 sightings in the park in 1994…the most in park history. Fortunately there have been no reported fatalities…nor injuries…but park officials are concerned nevertheless. …Concerned enough that the National Park Service and the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey have embarked on a new ambitious big cat survey.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Most of the focus will be in the much-visited Yosemite Valley. Information gathered will be used to determine the population of the animals and then try to determine future management strategies and educational programs aimed at minimizing potential conflicts between humans and mountain lions.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n10\/20\/96<\/p>\n
Half Dome Cables Down<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
A sign of the season: the cables on Half Dome are down. During warmer weather, those same cables extend some 900 feet up the steep shoulder of the 8,842-foot dome…allowing adventurous visitors access to the summit. There’s good reason to make the trek. Visitors experience unparalleled vistas on the valley, waterfalls, cliffs and mountain peaks.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
FYI: the Sierra Club, back in 1919, donated funds to install the very first cables on Half Dome. Those were replaced by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in the 1930’s and replaced once again in 1985. The cables are removed each fall for safety concerns.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}