Yosemite's natural beauty can be round in things big and small, from towering granite cliffs and giant sequoias to diminutive wildflowers. Varied conditions in four geographic areas—HIGH SIERRA, GRANITE CLIFFS, SEQUOIA GROVES, and VALLEY—make such diversity possible. Explore Yosemite's many facets, take in its many moods, and enjoy its views, sounds, and smells.

It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter.

—John Muir

HIGH SIERRA

Smooth granite domes, craggy peaks, and spacious meadows embody the character of the High Sierra. Hundreds of miles of hiking trails offer adventure, solitude, and inspiration for those wishing to explore this glacially carved landscape and experience ever-changing mountain ecosystems.

Glaciers sculpted this landscape, plucking, scraping, and polishing as they moved down canyons. Their power shaped Lembert Dome, a roche moutonnée—French for "sheep rock." Cathedral Peak's knobby top, known as a nunatak, stood above the glaciers, escaping their force. As the climate warmed, glaciers melted, leaving huge "erratic" boulders stranded and sometimes precariously perched.

As the climate continues to change, life at high elevations is notably affected. Intolerant of heat, pikas are adapted to the high country's cool temperatures. They live in rock piles where they find shelter from predators and the heat of the summer sun. As the climate rapidly warms, the pika's habitat is shifting upward in elevation. Where will the pikas go when they run out of mountain?

GRANITE CLIFFS

The massive cliffs of Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy valleys challenge the body and mind, especially the inquisitive nature of human beings. When an 1868 Yosemite guidebook declared, "the summit of Half Dome will never be trodden by human foot," it was taken as a challenge. George Anderson reached the top in 1875. Countless others followed. One by one, adventurous men and women made other first ascents on sheer granite walls in Yosemite, changing the sport of climbing forever. The challenge of these cliffs continues to beckon climbers from around the world.

The very existence of great cliffs like Half Dome and El Capitan has inspired questions about how they came to be. American Indians tell of a woman and her husband who argued and fought. The displeased spirits changed them into stone, Half Dome and North Dome, forever to face each other across the Valley. How these cliffs were formed has challenged geologists for over 100 years. They think the granite of Yosemite's walls solidified over five miles underground. As the overlying rock eroded away, the granites rose to their current exposed level. Nature's dynamic forces continue sculpting this exposed rock.

SEQUOIA GROVES

Giant sequoias dwarf even the largest pine and fir trees that live among them. They are descendants of an ancient line of trees and can live for over two thousand years. Their trunks can reach over 25 feet thick! As symbols of longevity and strength, the giant sequoias played a major role in the creation of what is now Yosemite National Park. Throughout the National Park System, thousands of rangers wear uniform belts and hatbands embossed with images of the cones and foliage of these significant trees.

President Lincoln signed the bill that set aside the Mariposa Grove, along with scenic Yosemite Valley, in 1864. In the years following this action, a fire started in the grove, and we began a 100-year history of protecting these beloved trees from fire. While our intentions were good, we were contributing to the loss of what we cared about so much. Through research and experimentation we discovered that fire actually promotes reproduction of these giant trees. It clears away the competing firs and cedars and exposes bare mineral soil for the tiny seeds to take root.

VALLEY

"Everything is flowing," John Muir has written, "going somewhere, animals and so-called lifeless rocks as well as water." Most of the year, the Merced River flows peacefully through Yosemite Valley. Shrubs and deciduous trees enrich the riverbanks with green ribbons of life. Moist meadows give way to black oak trees that provide nutritious acorns to deer, bears, and woodpeckers, as they did for early Indian people. A flooding Merced, however, seems to shout "change" and reconfigures the handiwork of both nature and humans.

Spend time in Yosemite Valley and you will experience change. Whether it's the subtle daily changes in the flow of rivers and waterfalls, or the explosive makeover of a flood or 100-ton rockfall, nature undergoes constant transformation here. Water has played an important role in the geologic processes responsible for the stunning appearance of this "incomparable valley."

Yosemite Valley, with the Mariposa Grove, inspired the national park idea. The cliffs, waterfalls, wildlife, and beauty of this place continue to inspire people around the world.

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

—Ansel Adams, photographer

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Wild Yosemite

Congress has designated over three million acres of the Sierra Nevada for protection in the National Wilderness Preservation System. This includes 95 percent of Yosemite National Park, as well as the Emigrant Wilderness in Stanislaus National Forest, the Hoover Wilderness in Toiyabe-Humboldt and Inyo national forests, and the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Sierra and Inyo national forests. Wilderness is meant to protect forever the land's natural conditions, opportunities for solitude and primitive recreation, and scientific, educational, and historical values. In wilderness, people can sense being a part of the whole community of life on Earth.

Rivers and waterfalls are beautiful but treacherous, especially in spring and early summer when water is high. Be alert for undercut banks and slippery rocks. Fast currents and cold water are a deadly combination. Don't swim above waterfalls or in swift water. Keep children in sight.

This is bear country. Keep bears wild by keeping your food from them, day and night. Keep food within arm's reach, or in a food locker, bear-resistant canister, or hard-sided hotel room. Food may not be left in cars after dark. Speeding cars hit about 15 bears each year! You may not see a bear, but you can protect bears by following food storage regulations and driving slowly.

Keep wildlife wild. Respect Yosemite's wild animals at a distance, never feed or approach them. Animals that get human food may lose their fear of people and become dangerous. Approaching wildlife or allowing them to get your food may result in a fine of up to $5,000.

Mountain lions live here. Do not let children run ahead or lag behind alone on trails. If you see a mountain lion, do not run or crouch down. Instead shout, wave, and throw stones. Pick up children so that they look larger. Attacks are rare, but if you are attacked, fight back.

Smoke and fire, like wind and waterfalls, are parts of this park's natural environment. Mornings can be smoky and unhealthy when fires are burning. Ask about and avoid fire areas if you have asthma or other sensitivities to smoke.

Please respect this park's 9,000 years of human history. It is illegal to damage, deface, or remove any cultural or historic artifacts from federal lands. Metal detecting is not allowed.

Visting Yosemite Wilderness on Foot Free wilderness permits are required year-round for all overnight trips into Yosemite Wilderness. Natural areas present hazards. You are responsible for your safety. Be prepared for rapidly-changing weather conditions.

Yosemite Basics

Visiting Yosemite National Park by Road Some roads may be closed or have detours or delays. You can drive your care in Yosemite, but we urge you to use the free shuttle buses in some areas. See Yosemite Guide for shuttle schedules and maps plus important information on safety and accessibility, a programs and activities calendar, visitor center and museum hours, bookstores, galleries, other facilities and services, and general park information.

Reservations are not required for you to enter Yosemite, but you need them for lodging and most campgrounds. Entrance fees are charged. Snow closes some areas to cars in winter.

Accessibility We strive to make our facilities, services, and programs accessible to all. For information go to a visitor center, ask a ranger, call, or check our website.

Emergencies call 911

Source: NPS Brochure (2019)

Heinrich Berann

Establishment World Heritage Site — October 31, 1984 Yosemite Wilderness (93% of the park) — September 28, 1984 Yosemite National Park — October 1, 1890 Yosemite Grant — June 30, 1864

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Motorists Guide Map and Manual 1927	Guide Map and Manual 1933	Motorists Guide 1935	Motorists Guide 1937	cover only Guide Map 1938	Guide Map 1941
Highways in Harmony Yosemite Roads and Bridges c1980s	Glacier Point Road Day Hikes 08/1997		Yosemite Valley Day Hikes 07/1997
Accessibility Guide January 2015		Accessibility Guide Summer 2022		A Visual Guide to Visiting Yosemite Valley Date Unknown
Anniversary Planning c2014		Picnic Areas in Yosemite National Park September 2007		Hetch Hetchy Valley March 2007
Birds and Mammals 12/1992		Tuolumne Area Day Hikes June 2014		Tuolumne Meadows Map and Area Information 06/2016
Crane Flat & White Wolf Area Hiking Map 06/2018		Glacier Point Area Hiking Map 06/2018		Yosemite Valley Hiking Map 04/2018
Wawona Area Hiking Map May 2018		Half Dome Cable Permit System 06/2017		Camping 8/2016
Mileage and Driving Times from Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Date Unknown		Tioga Road—Frequently Asked Questions 01/2009		Wilderness Permits 05/2019
WARNING! Your Are Entering Active Bear Country 1999		cover only A Trail Guide - The Big Trees - Tuolumne Grove Date Unknown		cover only The Indian People of Ahwahnee August 1990
Yosemite Grant Sesquicentennial Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias June 30, 2014		Yosemite Grant Sesquicentennial Yosemite Valley Visitor Center June 30, 2014		Yosemite Grant Sesquicentennial International Night June 30, 2014
Yosemite Grant Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years of Philanthropy in Yosemite June 29, 2014	Yosemite Grant 150th Anniversary 2014	125th Anniversary 2015	World Ranger Day Commemoration Ceremony July 31, 2019		Bear Safety Date Unknown
Mariposa Grove Dedication Ceremony Program June 14, 2018		Mariposa Grove Dedication Ceremony Postcard June 14, 2018		Mariposa Grove Dedication Ceremony Invitation June 14, 2018
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Yosemite Park and Curry Co. 1935	Yosemite Park and Curry Co. Date Unknown	The Bracebridge Dinner 1983		The Bracebridge Dinner 2001
High Sierra Loop 1972	Rim Trails 1971	Yosemite Map and Trail Guide to Glacier Point, Mirror Lake, Clouds Rest, Nevada Fall, Vernal Fall, Happy Isles, Half Dome 1970	Fall/Winter/Spring 1974
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2009 Annual Report: Visitor Use and Impact Monitoring Program, Yosemite National Park (Todd Newburger, David Pettebone, Jim Roche, Bret Meldrum, Jessica Middleton, Joe Meyer, Tori Seher and Brittany Woiderski, c2010)

A Backcountry Use Study for Yosemite National Park (Don Campbell, November 1969)

A Brief Story of the Geology of Yosemite Valley (M.E. Beatty, 1943)

A General Index to Yosemite Nature Notes 1922-1936 (Hazel Hunt Voth, comp., 1937)

A Preliminary Survey of the Influence of White Man on the Vegetation of Yosemite Valley (R.P. Gibbens, March 1, 1962)

A Report on the Status, Changes, and Comparative Ecology of Selected Back Country Meadow Areas in Yosemite National Park That Receive Heavy Visitor Use (Carl W. Sharsmith, June 29, 1961)

A Re-survey of the Historic Grinnell-Storer Vertebrate Transect through Yosemite National Park, California NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SIEN/NRTR—2011/439 (Craig Moritz, James L. Patton, Christopher J. Conroy, Adam Leache, Andrew Rush and Steven R. Beissinger, March 2011)

A Sense of Place: Design Guidelines for Yosemite Valley (2005)

An Archeological Research Design for Yosemite National Park Western Archeological and Conservation Center Publications in Anthropology No. 19 (Michael J. Moratto, 1981)

An Assessment of Snowcover in Major River Basins of Sierra Nevada Network Parks and Potential Approaches for Long-term Monitoring NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SIEN/NRTR—2013/800 (Robert Rice and Roger C. Bales, September 2013)

Analysis of the Effect of Proposed Site Reclamation on the Water Regime of Sequoiadendron giganteum, Merced and Tuolumne Grovers, Yosemite National Park, California NPS Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-91/01 (William L. Jackson, March 1991)

Analysis of the Hydrologic, Hydraulic and Geomorphic Attributes of the Yosemite Valley Flood: January 1-3, 1997 NPS Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-97/129 (William L. Jackson, Gary M. Smillie and Michael W. Martin, July 1997)

Animal Life in the Yosemite (Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer, ©University of California Press, 1924)

Archeological Investigations in the Central Sierra Nevada: The 1981 El Portal Project Western Archeological and Conservation Center Publications in Anthropology No. 20 (Mark F. Baumler and Scott L. Carpenter, 1982)

Archeology in Yosemite National Park: The Wawona Testing Project Western Archeological and Conservation Center Publications in Anthropology No. 18 (John C. Whittaker, 1981)

Assessing trends and vulnerabilities in the mutualism between whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) in national parks of the Sierra-Cascade region (Chris Ray, Regina M. Rochefort, Jason I. Ransom, Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, Sylvia A. Haultain, Taza D. Schaming, John R. Boetsch, Mandy L. Holmgren, Robert L. Wilkerson and Rodney B. Siegel, extract from PLoS ONE, 15(10), October 14, 2020)

Backcountry Plan, Yosemite National Park (undated)

Bear Element Assessment Focused on Human-Bear Conflicts in Yosemite National Park (Sean M. Matthews, Schuyler S. Greenleaf, H. Malia Leithead, John J. Beecham and Howard B. Quigley, December 2003)

Bedrock geologic map of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California USGS IMAP 1639 (Frank C. Calkins, et al., 1985)

Biennial report of the Commissioners to Manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove for the years 1883-84 (J.M. Hutchings, 1885)

Biennial report of the Commissioners to Manage Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove for the years 1891-92 (1892)

Biennial report of the Commissioners to Manage Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove for the years 1895-96 (Galen Clark, 1896)

Black Bear Behavior and Human-Bear Relationships in Yosemite National Park Technical Report No. 2 (Bruce C. Hastings, Barrie K. Gilbert and David L. Turner, September 1981)

Biological, habitat, and water quality conditions in the upper Merced River drainage, Yosemite National Park, California, 1993-1996 USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4088 (Larry R. Brown and Terry M. Short, 1999)

California's National Parks in Peril: The Threats of Climate Disruption (Stephen Saunders and Tom Easley, ©The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and Natural Resources Defense Council, October 2010, all rights reserved)

Camping Above the Yosemite: A Summer Outing with the Sierra Club (Harriet Monroe, extract from Putnam’s Magazine, Vol. 6 Issue 2, May 1909)

Chemical Burdens in Fish from Yosemite National Park: Compared to Human and Wildlife Health Consumption Thresholds (Staci L. Massey, Jill Schrlau and Leland Tarnay, September 2014)

Climate Change and Tree-line Ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada: Habitat Suitability Modeling to Inform High-elevation Forest Dynamics Monitoring NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR-2017/1476 (Peggy E. Moore, Otto Alvarez, Shawn T. McKinney, Wenkai Li, Matthew L. Brooks and Quinghua Guo, July 2017)

Combined Ice and Water Balances of Maclure Glacier, California, South Cascade Glacier, Washington, and Wolverine and Gulkana Glaciers, Alaska, 1967 Hydrologic Year USGS Professional Paper 715-B (Wendell V. Tangborn, Lawrence R. Mayo, David R. Scully and Robert M. Krimmel, 1977)

Comprehensive Landscape and Revegetation Plan: Reconstruct Yosemite Lodge Project, Yosemite National Park, CA (Bitterroot Restoration, Inc., )

Cultural Landscape Report: Camp Curry Historic District, Yosemite National Park (2010)

Cultural Landscape Report: Cook's Meadow, Yosemite National Park (Summer 1996)

Cultural Landscape Report: The Ahwahnee, Yosemite National Park (AECOM and Architectural Resources Group, Inc. March 2011)

Cultural Landscape Report: Wawona Hotel Complex, Yosemite National Park (August 2012)

Cultural Landscape Report: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park — Volume One (Land and Community Associates, October 1994)

Cultural Landscape Report: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park — Volume Two (Land and Community Associates, October 1994)

Cultural Landscapes Inventory: Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park, California (Clare Sandy and Anne DuBarton, August 2007)

Cultural Landscapes Inventory: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park (2004)

Cultural Landscapes Inventory: Pioneer Yosemite History Center, Yosemite National Park (2011)

Cultural Landscapes Inventory: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park (2007)

Decline of Frog Species in the Yosemite Section of the Sierra Nevada NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/WRUC/NRTR-94/02 (Charles A. Drost and Gary M. Fellers, June 1994)

Domes ... Cliffs ... and Waterfalls ... a brief geology of Yosemite Valley (William R. Jones, 1976)

Domes ... Cliffs ... and Waterfalls ... a brief geology of Yosemite Valley (William R. Jones, 1976, reprint 1985)

Domes ... Cliffs ... and Waterfalls ... a brief geology of Yosemite Valley (William R. Jones, 1976, revised 1991)

Early History of Yosemite Valley, California (HTML edition) (Ralph S. Kuykendall, July 1919)

Effects of Human Trampling and Urine on Subalpine Vegetation: A Survey of Past and Present Backcountry Use, and the Ecological Carrying Capacity of Wilderness, Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada, U.S.A. (Daniel O. Holmes and Heidi E.M. Dobson, May 31, 1976)

Evaluation of Historical and Architectural Significance of Big Trees Lodge, Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia Trees, Yosemite National Park, California (Gordon Chappell, Jack Gyer and Anthony Crosby, 1982)

Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park (John Muir, extract from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. XL No. 5, September 1890)

Field Monitoring Guide, Visitor Use and Impacts Monitoring Program, Yosemite National Park (undated)

Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan: Yosemite National Park, California (October 1980)

Final Yosemite Valley Plan — Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Vol Ia: Purpose and Need, Alternatives, Affected Environment (November 2000)

Vol Ib Part 1: Environmental Consequences (November 2000)

Vol Ib Part 2: Environmental Consequences (November 2000)

Vol Ic: Plates (November 2000)

Vol II: Appendices (November 2000)

Vol III: Public Comments and Responses (November 2000)

Finding Aid: Yosemite Nature Notes Collection 1922-1988 (Claire Tolan, 2012)

Forests of Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks (HTML edition) (C.L. Hill, 1920)

Foundation Document, Yosemite National Park, California (December 2016)

Foundation Document Overview, Yosemite National Park, California (January 2017)

General Management Plan, Visitor Use/Park Operations/Development, Yosemite National Park, California (September 1980)

Geologic Guide to the Merced Canyon and Yosemite Valley, California California Division of Mines and Geology Bulleton 182 (1962)

Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley USGS Professional Paper 160 (François E. Matthes, 1930)

Geologic map of the Tuolumne Meadows quadrangle, Yosemite National Park, California USGS Geologic Quadrangle 1570 (Paul Charles Bateman, 1983)

Geologic map of Yosemite National Park and vicinity, California USGS IMAP 1874 (N.K. Huber, P.C. Bateman and Clyde Wahrhaftig, 1989)

Geologic Resources Inventory Report, Yosemite National Park NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR-2012/560 (J. Graham, August 2012)

Giant Sequoia Fire History in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park (Thomas W. Swetnam, Ramzi Touchan, Christopher H. .Baisan, Anthony C. Caprio and Peter M. Brown, extract from Yosemite Centennial Symposium Proceedings — Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future, 1990)

Ground-water resources and water-supply alternatives in the Wawona area of Yosemite National Park, California USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4229 (J.W. Borchers, 1996)

Guide to the Yosemite National Park Archives (undated)

Handbook of Yosemite National Park (Ansel F. Hall, ed., 1921)

Hantavirus Program Policy, Yosemite National Park (June, 2002)

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Quadrangle, Yosemite National Park, California; analytic data USGS Professional Paper 774-B (R.W. Kistler, 1974)

Historic American Engineering Record

Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges (HAER No. CA-117)

Historic Rehabilitation Program for The Ahwahnee Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan (Hornberger+Worstell, January 26, 2011)

Historic Structure Report: Degnan's Restaurant and Loft (Architectural Resources Group, June 2017)

Historic Structure Report: LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center (Architectural Resources Group, August 1, 2018)

Historic Structure Report: Parsons Memorial Lodge (Architectural Resources Group, August 1, 2018)

Historic Structure Report: Yosemite Lodge Food Service Building (Architectural Resources Group, December, 2018)

Historic Structure Report: Yosemite Museum Susan Brown and Grant Crosby, 2007)

Historic Structure Report: Yosemite Village Store (Architectural Resources Group, November, 2018)

Historic Structures Report: The Ahwahnee (Architectural Resources Group, Inc., January 2011)

Historic Structures Report: The Ahwahnee — Appendices Volume II (Architectural Resources Group, Inc., January 2011)

Historical Overview and Assessment of Significance of Stone Walls and Rock Work Along Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park, California (Harlan D. Unrau, January 1990)

Historical Rock Falls in Yosemite National Park, California USGS Open-File Report 2003-491 (Gerald F. Wieczorek and James B. Snyder, 2004)

Horse Mounted Patrol Training, Yosemite National Park (c1971)

Human-Bear Management Plan, Yosemite National Park (1975)

Hydrology of the Sierra Nevada Network National Parks: Status and Trends NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR—2012/500 (Edmund D. Andrews, March 2012)

Impacts of Fire Management on Aboveground Tree Carbon Stocks in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR-2015/910 (John R. Matchett, James A. Lutz, Leland W. Tarnay, Douglas G. Smith, Kendall M.L. Becker and Matthew L. Brooks, January 2015)

Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Yosemite National Park, 2005 (Daniel J. Stynes, January 2007)

Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Yosemite National Park, 2007 Winter Season (Daniel J. Stynes, January 2009)

Information Brief: Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada Network: A Summary of Recent Findings and Efforts to Monitor Change (2015)

Influence of Transportation Systems for Visitor Experiences in Yosemite National Park (Jill A. Wodrich, Tiffani S. Borcherding and Dave D. White, 2008)

Interpretive Prospectus, Yosemite National Park (March 1983)

Inventing Yosemite Valley: National Parks and the Language of Preservation (Yves Figueiredo, extract from Historical Geography, Vol 35, 2007, ©Geoscience Publications)

Invisible Men: Buffalo Soldiers of the Sierra Nevada (Shelton Jackson, undated)

Junior Ranger Handbook (2021)

Junior Ranger Handbook: Adapted Activities (2021)

Junior Ranger Note Book (1957; for reference purposes only, ©Yosemite Natural History Association; featured with permission of Yosemite Conservancy)

Landbird Population Trends in Parks of the Sierra Nevada Network: 2011-2019 Synthesis NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR-2022/2402 (Chris Ray, Robert L. Wilkerson, Rodney B. Siegel, Mandy L. Holmgren and Sylvia A. Haultain, June 2022)

Management Program: An Addendum to the Natural Resources Management Plan for Yosemite National Park (May 1977)

Mariposa Grove Big Tree Survey (E.C. Smith, January 1942)

Mariposa Grove Restoration, Yosemite National Park (August 2011)

Mariposa Grove Restoration, Yosemite National Park: Fact Sheet (October 2011)

Mariposa Grove Restoration, Yosemite National Park: Poster (c2010)

Merced Riverbank Monitoring Analysis Report for Status, Trend, and Power to Detect Trend (Leigh Ann Harrod Starcevich, February 2012)

Museum Management Plan, Yosemite National Park (Lisbit Bailey, Jonathan Bayless, Barbar Beroza, Kent Bush, Michael Duchemin, Dave Forgang, Diane Nicholson and Brigid Sullivan, 2006)

National Parks: Allegations Concerning Yosemite National Park Drug Investigation GAO/RCED-86-67 FS (December 1985)

National Register of Historic Places Nomination Forms

Acting Superintendent's Headquarters (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

Bagby Stationhouse, Water tanks and Turntable (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, July 1976)

Camp 4 (Sunnyside Camp) (David Louter, October 15, 2001)

Camp Curry Historic District (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976, revised May 1979)

Crane Flat Fire Lookout (Jamie M. Donahoe, November 8, 1995)

El Portal Archeological District (Kathleen Moffitt and Keith M. Anderson, July 22, 1976)

Glacier Point Trailside Museum (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

Great Sierra Mine (Dana Village) Historic Site (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

Great Sierra Wagon Road (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

Hetch Hetchy Railroad Engine (Locomotive) No. 6 (Gordon Chappell, January 27, 1976)

Hetch Hetchy Railroad Track Bus No. 19 (Rail Ambulance) (Merrill Ann Wilson, May 1976)

Hodgdon Homestead Cabin (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

Jorgenson (Chris) Studio (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, June 2, 1976)

Le Conte Memorial Lodge (Laura Soullière Harrison, 1985)

Mariposa Grove Museum (Leslie Starr Hart, September 1975)

McCauley Cabin (Leslie Starr Hart, April 1975)

McCauley and Meyer Barns (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976)

McGurk Cabin (Leslie Starr Hart, April 1976)

Merced Grove Ranger Station (Gordon Chappell, October 28, 1977)

Parsons Memorial Lodge (Laura Soullière Harrison, 1985)

Rangers' Club (Laura Soullière Harrison, 1985)

Soda Springs Cabin (John Lembert Homestead) (Leslie Starr Hart, September 1975T)

The Ahwahnee Hotel (Laura Soullière Harrison, 1986)

The Wawona Hotel and Studio (Laura Soullière Harrison, 1985)

Tioga Pass Entrance Station (Gordon Chappell, October 15, 1977)

Tuolumne Meadows Buildings (Mess Hall and Kitchen, Bunk Houses, Toilet & Shower Room) (Gordon S. Chappell, October 25, 1977)

Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station and Rest Rooms (Gordon Chappell, October 28, 1977)

Wawona Archeological District (Seth Bergstein and Charles Palmer, October 2002, revised 2006)

Wawona Covered Bridge (Seth Bergstein and Charles Palmer, October 2002, revised 2006)

Wawona Hotel and Pavilion (Gordon Chappell, March 21, 1975)

Yosemite Transportation Company Office (Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson, August 1976, revised November 1976)

Yosemite Valley (Ethan Carr, Paul Cloyd, Randy Fong, Cathy Gilbert, Robbyn Jackson, Laura Kirn, Erica Owens, Robert Page and Charles Palmer, c2006)

Yosemite Valley Archeological District (Kathleen Moffitt and Keith M. Anderson, 1976)

Yosemite Valley Bridges (Merrill Ann Wilson, September 1976)

Yosemite Valley Chapel (F. Ross Holland, Jr., October 1971)

Yosemite Village Historic District (Gordon Chappell and Bob Cox, c1977)

Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15 (Gordon Chappell, June 21, 1977)

Native American Fire Patterns in Yosemite Valley: A Cross-Disciplinary Study (Linn Gassaway, from Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceeding, Vol. 23, 2007)

Natural Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Yosemite National Park, California (May 1977)

Objects or Ecosystems? Giant Sequoia Management in National Parks (David J. Parsons, extract from USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech Rept. PSW-151, 1994)

One Hundred Years in Yosemite: The Story of a Great Park and Its Friends (Carl Parcher Russell, ©The Regents of the University of California, 1947)

Orchard Management Guidelines: Yosemite National Park (Sky Skach, Brian Chilcott and Daniel Schaible, 2011)

Park Newspaper (Yosemite Guide)

1993: Aug. 1-Sep. 5

1998: Sep. 6-Nov. 20

1997: Spring, Special Edition • Fall, Sep. 2-Nov. 16

1999: Mar. 16-Jun. 21

2000: Spring, Mar. 14-Jun. 19 Summer, Jun. 20-Sep. 4 • Fall, Sep. 5-Nov. 13 • Winter, Nov. 14-Mar. 20, 2001

2001: Spring, Mar. 13-Jun. 18 • Summer/Fall • Winter/Spring 2001-2002

2002: Summer/Fall • Winter/Spring 2002-2003

2003: Summer/Fall • Winter/Spring 2003-2004

2008: Jun. 11-Jul. 22 • Jul. 23-Sep. 2 • Sep. 3-Oct. 14 • Oct. 15-Dec. 16

2009: Dec. 17-Feb. 17, 2009 • Feb. 18-Apr. 14 • Apr. 15-May 26 • May 27-Jun. 30 • Jul. 1-Aug. 4 • Aug. 5-Sep. 8 • Sep. 9-Oct. 13 • Oct. 14-Dec. 15

2010: Dec. 16, 2009-Feb. 16 • Feb. 17-Apr. 13 • Apr. 14-May 25 • May 26-Jun. 29 • Jun. 30-Aug. 3 • Aug. 4-Sep. 7 • Sep. 8-Oct. 12 • Oct. 13-Dec. 14

2011: Dec. 15, 2010-Feb. 15 • Feb. 16-Apr. 12 • Apr. 13-May 24 • May 25-Jun. 28 • Jun. 29-Aug. 2 • Aug. 3-Sep. 6 • Sep. 7-Oct. 11 • Oct. 12-Dec. 13

2012: Dec. 14, 2011-Feb. 14 • Feb.15-Apr. 10 • Apr. 11-May 22 • May 23-Jun. 26 • Jun. 27-Jul. 31 • Aug. 1-Sep. 4 • Sep. 5-Oct. 9 • Oct. 10-Dec. 11

2013: Feb. 13-Apr. 9 • Apr. 10-May 21 • May 22-Jun. 25 • Jun. 26-Jul. 30 • Jul. 31-Sep. 3 • Sep. 4-Oct. 8 • Oct. 9-Dec. 10

2014: Dec. 11, 2013-Feb. 11 • Feb. 12-Apr. 8 • Apr. 9-May 20 • May 21-Jun. 24 • Jun. 25-Jul. 29 • Jul. 30-Sep. 2 • Sep.3- Oct. 7 • Oct. 8-Dec. 9

2015: Dec. 10, 2014-Feb. 10 • Feb. 11-Apr. 7 • Apr. 8-May 19 • May 20-Jun. 23 • Jun. 24-Jul. 28 • Jul. 29-Sep. 1 • Sep. 2-Oct. 6 • Oct. 7-Dec. 8

2016: Dec. 9, 2015-Feb. 9 • Feb. 10-Feb. 29 • Mar. 1-Apr. 5 • Apr. 6-May 17 • May 18-Jun. 21 • Jun. 22-Jul. 26 • Jul. 27-Aug. 30 • Aug. 31-Oct. 4 • Oct. 5-Dec. 6

2017: Dec. 7, 2016-Feb. 7 • Feb. 8-Apr. 4 • Apr. 5-May 16 • May 17-Jun. 20 • Jun. 21-Jul. 25 • Jul. 26-Aug. 29 • Aug. 30-Oct. 3 • Oct. 4-Dec. 5

2018: Dec. 6, 2017-Feb. 6 • May 16–Jun. 19 • Jun. 20-Jul. 24 • Jul. 25–Aug. 28 • Aug. 29-Oct. 2 • Oct. 3-Dec. 4

2019: Dec. 5, 2018-Feb. 5 • Feb. 6-Apr. 2 • Apr. 3-May 14 • May 15-Jun. 18 • Jul. 24-Aug. 27 • Aug. 28-Oct. 1 • Oct. 2-Dec. 3

2020: Dec. 4, 2019-Feb. 4 • Feb. 5-Mar. 31 • Summer • Jul. 22-Aug. 25 • Aug. 26-Sep. 29 • Sep. 30-Dec. 1

2021: Dec. 2, 2020-Feb. 2 • Feb. 3-Mar. 30 • Mar. 30-May 11 • May 12-Jun. 15 • Jun. 16-Jul. 20 • Jul. 21 - Aug. 24 • Aug. 25-Sep. 28 • Sep. 29-Nov. 30

2022: Dec. 1, 2021-Feb. 1 • Feb. 2-Mar. 29 • Mar. 30-May 10 • May 11-Jun. 14 • Jun. 15-Jul. 19 • Jul. 20-Aug. 23 • Aug. 24-Sep. 27 • Sep. 28-Nov. 29

2023: Nov. 30, 2022-January 31 • Feb. 1-Mar. 28 • Mar. 29-May 9 • May 10-Jun. 13 • Jun. 14-Jul. 18 • Jul. 10-Aug. 22 • Aug. 23-Sep. 26 • Sep. 27-Nov. 28

2024: Nov. 29, 2023-Feb. 6 • Feb. 7-Mar. 19 • Mar. 20-May 7

Park Newspaper (Yosemite Today)

2001: Jun. 19-Jul. 3 • Jul. 4-17 • Jul. 18-31 • Aug. 1-14 • Aug. 15-28 • Aug 29-Sep. 11 • Sep. 12-25 • Sep. 26-Oct. 31 • Nov. 1-Jan. 6, 2002

2002: Jan. 7-Feb. 4 • Feb. 5-Mar. 4 • Mar. 5-Apr. 8 • Apr. 9-May 6 • May 7-Jun. 3 • Jun. 4-Jul. 1 • Jul. 2-15 • Jul. 16-29 • Jul. 30-Aug. 12 • Aug. 13-26 • Aug. 27-Sep. 9 • Sep. 10-30 • Oct. 1-Nov. 4 • Nov. 5-Dec. 2 • Dec. 3-Jan. 6, 2003

2003: Jan. 7-Feb. 3 • Feb. 4-Mar. 3 • Mar. 4-Apr. 7 • Apr. 8-May 5 • May 6-Jun. 2 • Jun. 3-30 • Jul. 1-14 • Jul. 15-28 • Jul. 29-Aug. 11 • Aug. 12-25 • Aug. 26-Sep. 8 • Sep. 9-Oct. 6 • Oct. 7-Nov. 3 • Nov. 4-Dec. 1 • Dec. 2-Jan. 5, 2004

2004: Jan. 6-Feb. 2 • Feb. 3-Mar. 1 • Mar. 2-Apr. 5 • Apr. 6-May 3 • May 4-31 • Jun. 1-28 • Jun. 29-Jul. 12 • Jul. 13-26 • Jul. 27-Aug. 9 • Aug. 10-23 • Aug. 24-Sep. 6 • Sep. 7-Oct. 4 • Oct. 5-Nov. 1 • Nov. 2-29 • Nov. 30-Jan. 3, 2005

2005: Jan. 4-31 • Feb. 1-28 • Mar. 1-Apr. 4 • Apr. 5-May 2 • May 3-30 • May 31-Jun. 27 • Jun. 28-Jul. 11 • Jul. 12-25 • Jul. 26-Aug. 8 • Aug. 9-22 • Aug. 23-Sep. 5 • Sep. 6-Oct. 3 • Oct. 4-31 • Nov. 1-28 • Nov. 29-Jan. 2, 2006

2006: Jan. 3-30 • Jan. 31-Mar. 28 • Mar. 20-May 2 • May 3-30 • May 31-Jun. 13 • Jun. 14-27 • Jun. 28-Jul. 11 • Jul. 12-25 • Oct. 4-31 • Dec. 13-Jan. 23, 2007

2007: Jan. 24-Feb. 27 • Feb. 28-Apr. 3 • Apr. 4-May 1 • May 2-29 • May 30-Jun. 12 • Jun. 13-26 • Jun. 27-Jul. 10 • Jul. 11-24 • Jul. 25-Aug. 7 • Aug. 8-21 • Aug. 22-Sep. 4 • Sep. 5-Oct. 2 • Oct. 3-Nov. 6 • Nov. 7-Dec. 11 • Dec. 12-Jan. 15, 2008

2008: Jan. 16-Feb. 26 • Feb. 27-Apr. 1 • Apr. 2-29 • Apr. 30-May 27 • May 28-Jun. 10

Prediction of the Effects of Restoration of El Capitan Moraine, Yosemite National Park NPS Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-95/48 (Gary M. Smilie, Bill Jackson and Mike Martin, March 1995)

Project Brief: Climate Monitoring and Reporting: Sierra Nevada Network (February 24, 2015)

Pyrocene Park (Stephen J. Pyne, extract from Aeon, March 24, 2022)

Reconnaissance of the Geomorphology and Glacial Geology of the San Joaquin Basin, Sierra Nevada California USGS Professional Paper 329 (François E. Matthes, 1960)

Refined Burning Prescriptions for Yosemite National Park NPS Occasional Paper No. 2 (Jan W. van Wagtendonk, c1974)

Report of Glacier Studies in Yosemite National Park: August 14-18, September 6, 1961 (William R. Jones, October 1962)

Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Yosemite National Park to the Secretary of the Interior 1914 (1914)

Report of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa big tree grove, for the years 1866-7 (J.D. Whitney, 1868)

Road System Evaluation: Parkwide Road Engineering Study, Yosemite National Park, California (May 1989)

Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California USGS Open-File Report 99-385 (Gerald F. Wieczorek and James B. Snyder, 1999)

Satellite Orthoimage Map: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, CA Scale: 1:24,000 (USGS, 1991)

Scanning electron micrographs of modern and late Holocene chrysomonad cysts from Harden Lake Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California USGS Open-File Report 81-46 (David P. Adam, 1981)

Shaded Relief Map: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, CA, Page 2, Yosemite Valley, Page 3, Yosemite Valley, Page 4, Yosemite Valley Scale: 1:24,000 (USGS, 2016)

Side-Saddle Tourists at Yosemite (Shirley Sargent, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 12 No. 1, Winter 1968; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

Sierra Nevada Network River Hydrology Monitoring Protocol: Narrative Version 1.0 NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR-2017/1518 (Jennie Skancke, Andrea Heard, Leslie Chow and Alice Chung-MacCoubrey, September 2017)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Community Dynamics: 2011 Annual Monitoring Report — Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) and Yosemite National Park (YOSE) NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2012/405 (Devin S. Stucki, Shawn T. McKinney and Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, November 2012)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2013 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2014/678 (Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, July 2014)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2014 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2015/761 (Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, February 2015)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2015 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2017/1141 (Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, December 2017)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2016 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2018/1150 (Jonathan C.B. Nesmith, February 2018)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2017 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2018/1194 (Johnathan C.B. Nesmith, November 2018)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2019 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2021/1330 (Johnathan C.B. Nesmith, June 2021)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2021 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2024/1405 (Kimiora Ward, February 2024)

Sierra Nevada Network White Pine Monitoring: 2022 Annual Report NPS Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SIEN/NRDS-2023/1402 (Kimiora Ward, December 2023)

Sign Planning & Implementation Guidelines, Yosemite National Park (Meeker & Associates, Inc., June 20, 1998)

Sign Study, Final Report-Stage C: Sign System Design & Schematic Details,Yosemite National Park (Meeker & Associates, Inc., September 7, 1994)

Sketch of Yosemite National Park and an Account of the Origin of the Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys (HTML edition) (F.E. Matthes, 1912)

Soil Survey of Yosemite National Park, California (2007)

Special Report on a Wildlife Study of the High Sierra in Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks and Adjacent Territory (E. Lowell Sumner, Jr., 1936)

Special Status Vascular Plant Surveys and Habitat Modeling in Yosemite National Park, 2003–2004 NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SIEN/NRTR—2010/389 (Peggy E. Moore, Alison E. L. Colwell and Charlotte L. Coulter, October 2010)

Spring Snowpack Influences on the Volume and Timing of Spring and Peak-Season Overnight Visitation to Yosemite Wilderness (Jeffrey S. Jenkins, John T. Abatzoglou and Brian A. Peterson, extract from Weather, Climate, and Society, Vol. 15 No. 2, April-June 2023, ©American Meteorological Society)

Status of the Sierra Nevada: The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Status of the Sierra Nevada: The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-43 (Don C. Erman, ed. and the SNEP Team, 1997)

Summary of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Report Wildland Resources Center Report No. 39/Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress (SNEP Team, June 1996)

Volume I: Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies, Status of the Sierra Nevada Wildland Resources Center Report No. 36/Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress (SNEP Team, June 1996)

Volume II: Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options, Status of the Sierra Nevada Wildland Resources Center Report No. 37/Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress (SNEP Team, June 1996)

Volume III: Assessments, Commissioned Reports, and Background Information, Status of the Sierra Nevada Wildland Resources Center Report No. 38/Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress (SNEP Team, June 1996)

Addendum, Status of the Sierra Nevada Wildland Resources Center Report No. 40/Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress (SNEP Team, March 1997)

Lake Tahoe Case Study / Mediated Settlement Agreement for Sequoia National Forest, Section B. Giant Sequoia Grovers Master Bibliography U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-43 (Don C. Erman, ed. and the SNEP Team, 1997)

Status of White Pines Across Five Western National Park Units: Initial Assessment of Stand Structure and Condition NPS Natural Resource Report NPS/KLMN/NRR—2021/2232 (Matthew J. Reilly, Jonathan C. B. Nesmith, Sean B. Smith, Devin S. Stucki and Erik S. Jules, February 2021)

Summary of SEKI-YOSE Sequoia-Mixed Conifer Prescribed Fire Workshop (March 1986)

Superintendent's Annual Reports: 1914, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941

Test Excavations in the Wawona Valley: Report of the 1983 and 1984 Wawona Archeological Projects, Yosemite National Park, California Western Archeological and Conservation Center Publications in Anthropology No. 26 (Richard G. Ervin, December 1984)

The Ahwahnee Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan Environmental Assessment (July 2011)

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Yosemite (Lois Orr, Yosemite: A Journal for Members of the Yosemite Association, Vol. 67 No. 4, Fall 2005)

The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1595 (N. King Huber, 1987)

The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite (Herbert Earl Wilson, 1925)

The Management of Human Components in the Yosemite National Park Ecosystem Final Research Report (Robert G. Lee, June 1975)

The Mission 66 Mission: Evaluating and Rehabilitating Yosemite's Midcentury Modernist Park Buildings (Kitty Vieth, Architectural Resources Group, February 14, 2018)

The Muir Myths and the 1875 Trip to Yosemite (Nicholas C. Polos, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 22 No. 3, Fall 1978; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

The Plant Communities of Yosemite Valley—A Map and Descriptive Key NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/WRUC/NRTR-94/01 (Lisa Nemzer Acree, May 1994)

The Road Inventory of Yosemite National Park (December 1999)

The Secret of the Big Trees: Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant National Parks (HTML edition) (Ellsworth Huntington, 1921)

The Spell of Yosemite (John Burroughs, extract from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. LXXXI No. 1, November 1910)

The Stoneman Meadow Riots and Law Enforcement in Yosemite National Park (Michael Childers, extract from Forest History Today, Spring 2017)

The Tioga Road: A History, 1883-1961 (Keith A. Trexler, 1975)

The Treasures of the Yosemite (John Muir, extract from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. XL No. 4, August 1890)

The Workbook: Yosemite Master Plan, Guidelines for the Design of Alternatives (October 1975)

The Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon Prescribed Natural Fire Programs 1968-1978 (Stephen J. Botti and Tom Nichols, undated)

The Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865 (Frederick Law Olmsted, 1865)

Topographic Map: Yosemite National Park & Vicinity, CA Scale: 1:125,000 (USGS, 1988)

Topographic Map: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, CA Scale: 1:24,000 (USGS, 1995)

Tungsten deposits near Dorothy Lake, Yosemite National Park, Tuolomne County, California USGS Open-File Report 43-88 (D.M. Lemmon, P.C. Bateman, H.R. Stagner and M.E. Beatty, 1942)

Understanding Stakeholder Perceptions of Fire and Smoke Management in Yosemite National Park (Emette P. Fiske, July 15, 2011)

Vascular Plant Inventory for Yosemite National Park NPS Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SIEN/NRTR—2011/427 (Peggy E. Moore and Brent E. Johnson, February 2011)

Vegetational Changes in Yosemite Valley (HTML edition) National Park Service Occasional Paper No. 5 (Harold F. Heady and Paul J. Zinke, 1979)

Visitation to national parks in California shows annual and seasonal change during extreme drought and wet years (Jeffrey S. Jenkins, John T. Abatzoglou, Emily J. Wilkins and Elizabeth E. Perry, extract from PLOS Climate, Vol. 2 No. 8, August 9, 2023)

Visitor Study, Yosemite National Park, Summer 2009 Visitor Services Project Report 215 (Ariel Blotkamp, Bret Meldrum, Wayde Morse and Steven J. Hollenhorst, April 2010)

Visitor Vehicle Emissions Study: Yosemite National Park Final Report (January 2005)

Visitors' Perspectives toward Transportation Issues in Yosemite National Park Final Technical Report (Dave D. White and Jessica F. Aquino, June 2008)

"Wawona's Lost Garden": Buffalo Soldier Arboretum Restoration Feasibility Study (Charles Palmer, Robin Pam and Brenda Hanley, 2008)

Wilderness Fire Management in Yosemite National Park (Jan W. van Wagtendonk, undated)

Wilderness Management Plan, Yosemite National Park (1989)

Wilderness Postcards, Yosemite National Park (undated)

Wildlife Condition Assessment for the Merced River Corridor in Yosemite Valley (Travis Espinoza, Lindsay Cline, Sarah Stock, Heather McKenny and Andrew Steele, June 2011)

Yosemite Centennial Symposium Proceedings: Natural Areas and Yosemite: Prospects for the Future (1990)

Yosemite: Gem of the Sierra (extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

The Creation of Yosemite Valley: A Scientific Controversy from the Nineteenth Century (John Robison, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

Clark's Station (Shirley Sargent, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

Lucy Tales: An Outstanding Weaver of the Miwok-Paiute (Craig Bates, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

A Sermon in Photographs: The Images of Herbert W. Gleason (Herbert W. Gleason, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

From the Archives: Yosemite Travelers in Stereo (Ronald H. Limbaugh, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

Pacific Portrait: Herbert Sonn, Yosemite's Bird Man (Jerome Leavitt, extract from The Pacific Historian, Vol. 24 No. 4, December 1980; ©University of the Pacific for the Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies)

Yosemite National Park (United States Railroad Administration, 1919)

Yosemite National Park: A Bibliography (Hazel Hunt Voth and Harold Gill. Berkeley, 1939)

Yosemite Nature Notes Vols. 1-47 (1922-1985)

Yosemite Nature Notes (selected issues, 1934-1977)

Yosemite Online Library (assembled by Dan Anderson)

Yosemite Ranger-Naturalist Manual (2d ed., June 1929)

Vol. I: Manual of Instruction

Vol. II: Manual of Information

Vol. III: Plan of Administration

Yosemite: Saga of a Century 1864-1964 (June 1965)

Yosemite Science (Vol. 1 No. 1, Winter 2011)

Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness (Alfred Runte, ©University of Nebraska Press, 1990)

Yosemite: The Park and its Resources: A History of the Discovery, Management, and Physical Development of Yosemite National Park, California / Historic Resource Study, Volume 1: Historical Narrative (Linda Wedel Greene, September 1987)

Yosemite: The Park and its Resources: A History of the Discovery, Management, and Physical Development of Yosemite National Park, California / Historic Resource Study, Volume 2: Historical Narrative (Linda Wedel Greene, September 1987)

Yosemite: The Park and its Resources: A History of the Discovery, Management, and Physical Development of Yosemite National Park, California / Historic Resource Study, Volume 3: Discussion of Historical Resources, Appendixes, Historical Base Maps, Bibliography (Linda Wedel Greene, September 1987)

Yosemite Valley: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century — An Overview of the Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan (1997)

For an extensive collection of materials pertaining to Yosemite National Park, please consult the excellent Yosemite Online Website.

1980s Yosemite - Full Vintage Documentary

Yosemite Nature Notes Episodes 1-15

Yosemite Nature Notes Episodes 16-36

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the handbooks and books which have been published for this park. NPSHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

Sketch of Yosemite National Park and an Account of the Origin of the Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy Valleys 1912	Early History of Yosemite Valley, California 1919	United States Railroad Administration National Park Booklet 1919	Forests of Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks 1920 (HTML edition)
The Secret of the Big Trees—Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant National Parks 1921	Handbook of Yosemite National Park Ansel F. Hall 1921	cover only The Lore and the Lure of Yosemite Herbert Earl Wilson 1936	The Giant Sequoias of California 1942
cover only Yosemite: The story of an idea Hans Huth 1948	cover only The Incomparable Valley: a geologic interpretation of the Yosemite François E. Matthes 1950	Mammals of Yosemite National Park Harry C. Parker 1952	cover only Gost Mines of Yosemite Douglas Hubbard 1958
cover only Guardians of the Yosemite: A Story of the First Rangers John W. Bingaman 1961	The Giant Sequoias of California 1961	cover only François Matthes and the Marks of Time: Yosemite and the High Sierra Fritiof Fryxell, ed. 1962	cover only Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Virginia and Ansel Adams 1963
cover only Ranger in Skirts Shirley Sargent 1966	cover only 100 Years in Yosemite: The Story of a Great National Park Carl P. Russell 1968	cover only Gentle Wilderness: The Sierra Nevada John Muir 1968	cover only Yosemite's Famous Guests Shirley Sargent 1970
cover only The Ahwahneechees: A Story of the Yosemite Indians John W. Bingaman 1970	cover only John Muir in Yosemite Shirley Sargent 1971	cover only Yosemite: The Story Behind the Scenery William R. Jones 1971	Yosemite Indians Elizabeth Godfrey 1973
cover only Yosemite & Its Innkeepers Shirley Sargent 1975	cover only Yosemite Wildflower Trails Dana C. Morgenson 1974	Domes, Cliffs, Waterfalls: a brief geology of Yosemite Valley William R. Jones 1976	cover only Yosemite Road Guide 1976
cover only Discovery of the Yosemite in 1851 Lafayette Houghton Bunnell 1977	cover only Yosemite Reflections: The Words of John Muir Hank Johnston, ed. 1977	cover only Yosemite's High Sierra Camps Shirley Sargent 1977	cover only High Sierra Hiking Guide #4: Tuolumne Meadows Jeffrey P. Schaffer and Thomas Winnett 1977
cover only The Sequoias of Yosemite National Park Thomas H. Harvey 1978	Wawona's Yesterdays Shirley Sargent 1978	cover only The Yosemite Chapel 1879-1979 Shirley Sargent 1979	cover only The Great Yosemite Hold-Ups William B. Secrest 1980
cover only Galen Clark: Yosemite Guardian Shirley Sargent 1981	cover only The Ahwahnee: Yosemite's Classic Hotel Shirley Sargent 1982	cover only High Sierra Hiking Guide: Yosemite Jeffrey P. Schaffer 1985	cover only Pioneers in Petticoats: Yosemite's Early Women 1856-1900 Shirley Sargent 1987
Domes, Cliffs, Waterfalls: A Brief Geology of Yosemite Valley William R. Jones 1985	cover only Mountain Sage Elizabeth Stone O'Neill 1988	cover only Yosemite: The First 100 Years 1890-1990 Shirley Sargent 1988	cover only Handbook #138 Yosemite : a guide to Yosemite National Park 1989
cover only Yosemite: Its Discovery, Its Wonder and Its People Margaret Sanborn 1989	cover only Yosemite Road Guide 1989	cover only Yosemite's Yesterdays Hank Johnston 1989	cover only Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness Alfred Runte 1990
cover only Yosemite: An American Treasure Kenneth Brower 1990	cover only Challenge of the Big Trees Lary M. Dilsaver and William C. Tweed 1990	cover only The Ahwahnee Hotel Shirley Sargent 1990	cover only In the Heart of the Sierra: Yo Semite Valley and the Big Tree Groves James M. Hutchings 1990
cover only The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park Steven P. Medley 1991	cover only The Tourist in Yosemite, 1855-1985 Stanford E. Demars 1991	cover only The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park N. King Huber 1991	cover only Yosemite's Yesterdays: Volume II Hank Johnston 1991
Domes, Cliffs, Waterfalls: A Brief Geology of Yosemite Valley William R. Jones 1991	cover only Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks Richard J. Orsi, Alfred Runte and Marlene Smith-Baranzini, eds. 1993	cover only Yosemite: A Visitor's Companion George Wuerthner 1994	Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865 Frederick Law Olmsted 1995
cover only The Yosemite Grant 1864-1906: A Pictorial History Hank Johnston 1995	cover only Yosemite: Valley of Thunder Ann Zwinger 1996	cover only Guide to the Yosemite Cemetery Sandy Bell 1997	cover only Protecting Paradise: Yosemite Rangers 1898-1960 Shirley Sargent 1998
cover only The Yosemite Handbook: An Insider's Guide to the Park Susan and Phil Frank 1998	cover only High Sierra Hiking Guide: Tuolumne Meadows Jeffrey P. Schaffer and Thomas Winnett 2000	cover only Yosemite National Park in Vintage Postcards Tammy Lau and Linda Sitterding 2000	cover only Junior Ranger Handbook 2000
cover only Little Cub Handbook Cheryl Mathews 2000	cover only A Guide to the Sequoia Groves of California Dwight Willard 2000	cover only Nature's Army: When Soldiers Fought for Yosemite Harvey Meyerson 2001	cover only The Yosemite Chapel 1879-2001 Shirley Sargent 2001
cover only Nature's Army: When Soldiers Fought for Yosemite Harvey Meyerson 2001	cover only Yosemite: They Story Behind the Scenery William R. Jones 2002	cover only The Ahwahnee: Yosemite's Grand Hotel Keith S. Walklet 2004	cover only I'm Just a Seasonal: The Life of a Seasonal Ranger in Yosemite National Park Thomas A. (Smitty) Smith 2005
cover only Yosemite: Art of an American Icon Amy Scott, ed. 2006	cover only Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite Michael P. Ghiglieri and Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr. 2007	cover only The Soul of Yosemite Barbara J. Moritsch 2012	cover only Your Yosemite: A Threatened Public Treasure Robert O. Binnewies 2015
cover only Historic Yosemite National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures Tracy Salcedo 2016	cover only Hooked on Parks Thomas A. Smith 2017	cover only Big Walls, Swift Waters: Epic Stories from Yosemite Search and Rescue Charles R. "Butch" Farbee 2017	cover only Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia Paul D. Berkowitz 2017
cover only Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness Alfred Runte 2020	cover only Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Kevin Grange 2021	cover only Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea Rolf Diamant and Ethan Carr 2022	cover only Pyrocene Park: A Journey into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park Stephen J. Pyne 2023