Do you live, work, or play in the Northern Yosemite and Central Sierra region?
Do you care about the environment and threats facing the local places you love?
Then check out these news articles!
We try to keep readers up to date about current issues affecting many different aspects of the local environment, such as wildlife, wild places, meadows, forests, rivers and watersheds. You can also stay up to date on seasonal information like where the wildflowers are blooming, and where to go to see local wildlife or scenic vistas.
Whether you read an article from our newsletter, a director’s report or a blog, you will find local, timely news related to the beautiful environment here in the Central Sierra and northern Yosemite region.
Recent News
CDFW Captures and Collars 12 Gray Wolves in Northern California
With wolf packs now established to the north and south of the Stanislaus Forest, it is likely they passed through our region undetected. But "there …‘Honestly terrifying’: Yosemite National Park is in chaos
Yosemite National Park is in trouble. Hamstrung by President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze, hundreds of rescinded job offers and the threat of coming layoffs, the …In major shift, Yosemite delays reservation system amid Trump administration review
For years the Park Service has pointed to traffic jams, crowding, congestion, and insufficient staff as reasons to design a Yosemite Park Visitor Access Plan …Park service touts 2nd phase completion of $30M wetland restoration at Ackerson Meadow
CSERC staff and volunteers spent two workdays at Ackerson Meadow in 2024 planting native vegetation and collecting seeds for future propagation. We were also …‘The lakes are alive again’: These frogs are back from near extinction
CSERC staff has been surveying – and fighting for habitat protection – for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog for many years. We're pleased to …
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Don’t miss out on the latest news about environmental issues in the northern Yosemite and central Sierra: Sign up to receive our quarterly print newsletter by mail here ! The newsletters feature color photographs and articles covering local environmental issues and celebrating the beauty of the region.
Newest publication: Spring 2021
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Director's Report
Hear about some of latest issues from CSERC's director
Newest report: May 2021
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Archived articles outside of CSERC's website
- 1/15/14: Oldest trees are growing faster, storing more carbon as they age, study reports
- 12/27/13: Yosemite Fire debate over harvesting burned trees (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 7/6/11: Sierra Nevada Forest Imagery Interactive: Amazing aerial map showing the extent of clear-cuts throughout our region.
- 7/22/11: 'Suction Dredging is Bad for Fish' a blog by Dr. Peter Moyle.