National Park Service Fire Information: https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/fireinfo.htm Updated July 31, 2018 The National Park Service has extended the Yosemite Valley and Wawona closure of Yosemite National Park through August 5, 2018 due to the ongoing impacts of the Ferguson Fire. Tioga Road...
Yosemite National Park is a fire-adapted ecosystem. The overall strategy for all wildland fires is to provide for the safety of the public, and to protect and enhance natural and cultural resources. There are no significant wildfires of concern in the Yosemite region Small wildfires routinely occu...
Sections of the National Park, including its heart, Yosemite Valley, has been closed to visitors since July 25, due to impacts from the blaze, dubbed "Ferguson Fire." Some of the most scenic locations of the park are in the Yosemite Valley. The destructive fire didn't reach the heart of...
Fire regime attributes of wildland fires in Yosemite National Park, USA. Fire Ecology 3:34-52.van Wagtendonk, J. W., & Lutz, J. A. (2007). Fire Regime Attributes of Wildland Fires in Yosemite National Park. Fire Ecology, 3, 34-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.0302034...
The burning forest just outside of Yosemite National Park in California has choked the air inside the park's iconic valley marked by imposing granite walls that stretch hundreds of feet into the polluted sky. The West's fire season is now well underway, and it has been further stoked by he...
Yosemite National Park remains open but Highway 140, El Portal Road, and Arch Rock Entrance are closed due to the fire. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, mead...
“Winds again today will pose a challenge with gusts... out of the south, pushing the fire further to the northeast,” it said in an update. Tyrone Jue with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission told the San Francisco Chronicle there have been no interruptions in the water supply, ...
MARIPOSA, Calif. — A wildfire that killed a California firefighter grew quickly and forced the closure of a key route into Yosemite National Park as crews contended…
Lightning ignitions, any of which could burn a large area given appropriate conditions for fire spread, could be the first indication of more frequent fire. We examined the relationship between snowpack and the ignition and size of fires that occurred in Yosemite National Park, California (area ...