How Many People Does it Take to Clog Up Yosemite Valley?
You’ve been there – after a 4 hour drive from the city, you’re sitting in a traffic jam, breathing bus fumes on the loop road in Yosemite Valley. Once you make it to the campground, there’s nowhere to park. You’re one of the 3 million people who visit Yosemite each year. And though it’s a gorgeous place, you’ve gotta wonder whether there’s room for all of us to enjoy it at once. Eric Bailey writes in an LA Times story, Federal judge halts 9 renovation projects in Yosemite Valley , that a judge has ordered a halt to renovations in Yosemite National Park that would have upgraded visitor facilities like roads, hotels, utilities and campgrounds. The Park has been ordered for the 3rd time to produce a protection plan for the Merced River running through the Valley. Park officials say the public wants the improvements. Environmental groups say the Park is being loved to death. At the heart of the fight is just how many people it takes before the Yosemite experience is diminished. Read the ar
