CSERC staff has been surveying – and fighting for habitat protection – for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog for many years. We’re pleased to share some needed good news. To read an informative article about the frog’s challenges and recent success in Yosemite from USA Today, click here.
On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule to list the whitebark pine as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. To read about the efforts the National Park Service is making locally to improve their chances of survival into the future, click here.
Even though the science proves otherwise,“Wildlife Services has very much taken the approach of being buddy-buddy with the ranching community, which means do what the ranching community wants, which is kill stuff.” To read the full article from NPR, click here.
“It’s a redemption story. It’s a renewal story. It’s inspiring,” said Amaroq Weiss, a senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit environmental group. “It has shown that California is wolf country.” To read the full article from The Press Democrat, click here.
For campers in Northern California, especially the Lake Tahoe region, encountering a bear for the first time can be a rite of passage. But even if you’ve done your homework on bear encounters and patiently listen every time to the bear advisories given at the campground check-in, the first time a bear wanders into your […]
A helicopter transported 118 Yosemite toads from the San Francisco Zoo, where they were raised, to the national park about 180 miles away, where they have settled into their new habitat and will hopefully become a self-sustaining population in the wild over the next 5 years. To read the full article at SFGATE, click […]
Yosemite National Park rangers are asking the public to slow down and drive with extra caution after several bears were reportedly killed after being hit by cars. To read the full article from YourCentralValley.com, click here.
“Every year, millions of people flock to Yosemite National Park. During peak season, one of the most beautiful places in the world also becomes one of the more crowded natural spaces, epecially in the compact Yosemite Valley.” To read the full blog from trekaroo, click here.
The slow pace of snow at the start of this season worried water managers at first, but California has now exceeded 100% of the average for this time of the year. To read the full article from the Union of Concerned Scientists, click here.
After evaluating more than 100 photo entries, our staff has selected the winning photos in CSERC’s 2024 “Celebrate Winter” Photo Contest! View the winners below, followed by other great shots that fill out the Top 10 (in no particular order).