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This is great. Take only photographs, leave only footprints. Or else! https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/stolen-wood-petrified-forest-22396584.php

I did a second three-day trip this week, back into Desolation Wilderness, to work as a backountry volunteer. And this time, despite meeting lots of really nice, helpful people, I also ran into a real mess--crappy enough that I won't post any photos of it. For the whole story, go here...

I believe a bear incident is any time a bear does material damage or gets food from humans...

Nice report, Tony. Good to see you getting out there. I'll be volunteering in Deslation Wilderness the rest of this week...and will post a report on that when I get back.

Very cool story--and they are coming back! Here's my blog post about it--complete with background and video https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/peregrine-falcons

A new report from the park... https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/yosemite-bears-1

An inflatable doll features in the first book of my series of mystery novels set in the High Sierra: Danger: Falling Rocks!

Photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/47iGoRkD578nPenZ9

We spent yesterday in Yosemite and had a great day. Only one wait, at the shuttle bus stop during mid-afternoon rush hour at Yosemite Falls, but a great day (Any day you see a bobcat in the wild is a great day). But the LA Times went the day before, and had a different experience...and not...

CSERC, the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, is a great organization that we've supported for years. Now you can help. Nature in our region needs hands-on help now more than ever. We are planning a record-breaking number of restoration projects this season – including meadow...

https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/it-s-dry Might want to start packing up...

Hi Brigham Welcome! I have too many great trips to pick a favorite, but love hiking in my home range, the Sierra Nevada in California. And I fly fish, too. What's your favorite trip?

Nominating an executive from Delaware North, one of the concessionaires for our National Park System was controversial, to say the least. His name is no longer on the list: White House withdraws nomination of hospital exec for NPS director https://share.google/I8VlxGkysEJmp5uTb

Not a great title, but I liked this article in the Guardian, which brought to life the historic under currents we may experience on the trail. At least it's worth a read. www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/americas-hiking-culture-is-built-on-ego

Beautiful photos! thank you!

After struggling with reduced budgets and staffing for years, now this: https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/04/02/breaking-trump-administration-orders-dismantling-of-the-u-s-forest-service/

According to SF Gate, the local news source in San Francisco, it has been blacklisted by the Interior Department and the National Park System for printing a story about President Trump's image on on the 2026 annual and lifetime passes sold by the NPS. Here's SF Gate's version of the story...

Every week, Rob and Laura Pilewski send out a report from the experiences as the winter rangers in Tuolumne Meadows. The reports always feature some wonderful photos, notes on winter travel in the Sierra, and wildlife observations. A recent post included this: "We heard the Cassin's finch in...

In SEKI at Twin Lakes; And in Red Rock Canyon St Park (CA, not NV) Note--flush toilet, but open to the sky!

Yosemite has public tranportation from Fresno and Merced. Fresno has an airport and Merced has rail connections via Amtrak. Lake Tahoe has public transit or shuttles to trailheads accessible via buses from Reno. SEKI has public transport in the summer from both Fresno and Visalia...