by News Staff | Apr 11, 2021 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, National Park Service, Nature, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Yosemite National Park to Re-Implement a Day-Use Reservation System Beginning on Friday, May 21, 2021 Yosemite National Park – Beginning Friday, May 21, visitors to Yosemite National Park will need a day-use reservation to enter the park. The temporary day-use...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2021 | Federal government, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Inyo County, Museums, National Park Service, News Releases, Press Release
Manzanar National Historic Site’s Community Archeology Program has received the prestigious 2021 Award for Excellence in Public Archaeology Programming from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA). Founded in 1934, the SAA is an international organization dedicated...
by News Staff | Mar 8, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, National Park Service, Press Release
DEATH VALLEY, CA – A loud explosion rocked Stovepipe Wells Resort around 4:30am on Monday, March 8. The blast damaged concession employee housing. The resort in central Death Valley National Park is still providing full public services. The explosion appears to have...
by News Staff | Feb 26, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, National Park Service
DEATH VALLEY, CA – About 820,000 people visited Death Valley National Park in 2020. This was about half the number of people that visited the park the previous year. Breaking down the figures by season illustrates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic over time....
by Deb Murphy | Feb 15, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Nature, United States Forest Service
The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and fears. Despite the stay-at-home orders, they escaped to an area assumed to be germ-free and serene, found area...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2021 | Press Release, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, News Releases
DEATH VALLEY, CA – Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service report an accidental death of a man at Saline Valley Warm Springs on December 20, 2020. Donald Vanneman III was a 63-year-old resident of San Francisco. Warm Springs Campground, along with...