The road to Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park is closed to cars, and the shuttle bus wasn’t running. Would the Three Stooges—my sons, ages 10, 8 and 5—agree to a 2 ½ mile uphill hike to see Yosemite’s signature sequoias? This month I made my first trip to Yosemite...
Last Grants Coming for Endangered Route 66 Restoration Effort
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An endangered federal program that has helped preserve the historic Route 66 Highway for two decades has issued its last call for grants aimed at saving aging buildings and landmarks. The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program is accepting grant applications until April 12, and it's not clear if Congress...
More Than 120 at Snowbound Kings Canyon Lodge Rescued
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK — More than 120 visitors and staff who became snowbound in a Sierra Nevada resort due to recent storms have been freed. The U.S. Forest Service says snow trapped the guests and staff on Sunday at a lodge at Montecito Sequoia Lodge in Kings Canyon National...
Park Service to Tap into Entrance Fees to Keep Operating
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says it is taking the extraordinary step of dipping into entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks in the wake of the partial government shutdown. P. Daniel Smith, deputy director of the service, said in a statement Sunday that the...