Yosemite NP - many parts closed due to fire
'Yosemite Valley, Wawona, and Mariposa Grove are closed at least July 25–July 29 due to fire operations. South Entrance will be also closed. Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows, including Big Oak Flat and...
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This is very predictable as a forester. One hundred and twenty five years of fire suppression and little logging in the last 30 years. The woods are overstocked, brushed in and ripe for major fires. This will continue until people figure out that thinning, selective logging and prescribed fire are the tools to create fire resilience.
