Explorer's Guide to
YOSEMITE &
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
(2nd edition)


by David T. Page

"Open to any page and you'll find a great story, along with details that will inspire travel—and more reading." —Westways 


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  Death Valley's Secret Stash (Men's Journal)

  Really Old Masters
(NY Times)


The World's Most Traveled Man?

(Men's Journal)


Skiing CA's 14ers

(Eastside Magazine)

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Wild Ice

(NY Times)

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Rituals: The Last Run

(NY Times)

More...

Friday
Feb222008

Pacific Fisher vs. Loggers

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Courtesy Pacific Biodiversity Institute
"At what point do you say we need to move on?" asked Kent Duysen, general manager of Sierra Forest Products.

Mark Grossi, Fresno Bee, from Scripps News.
Friday
Feb222008

The Latest Great American Bison Massacre

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Photo courtesy Buffalo Field Campaign
290 slaughtered in the last two weeks, in an effort to contain a brucellosis outbreak on the Northern edge of Yellowstone National Park. Another 60 shipped Thursday. Bison advocates and local landowners claim the slaughter is unnecessary.

AP News.

NPS bison page.

"Bison Killed to Protect Nonexistent Cattle," Environmental News Service.

Wednesday
Feb202008

Desert Squirrels Block Solar Energy

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Courtesy Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
Little Dixie Wash, near the junction of California Highways 14 and 178, is said to have the highest solarity index in North America. It's also protected habitat for the Mojave ground squirrel.

The gist.

The West Mojave Plan.

Tuesday
Feb192008

Death Valley in 3-D

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Furnace Creek Fan, USGS

1. Get some colored cellophane;

2. make a pair of glasses;

2. Take the tour.

Tuesday
Feb192008

Putnam's

PutnamsCabin.jpgCalifornia Registered Historical Landmark No. 223:

On 12 January, 1964, representatives of the State Park Commission and of the Museum gathered in dedication of a plaque to the town founder:

Click to read more ...

Tuesday
Feb122008

Scottish Squirrels Block Housing Development

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Red Squirrel, courtesy Isle of Wight Squirrel Project
From The Scotsman.