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"content": "\u003cp>Ken Yager fell in love with Yosemite as a 13-year-old when his dad pulled over and let him run to the base of the 3,000-foot monolith called El Capitan. When he touched it for the first time he said it felt like magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like sparks going into my hand,” Yager said. “It was just really intense. It changed my life. I just became infatuated with the place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park is known to have some of the best and most challenging granite climbing in the world. Yager moved to the Yosemite area in his late teens. He’s now in his late fifties and runs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yosemite Climbing Association\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that supports climbers in the park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the day there wasn’t much support — in fact, climbers weren’t always adored. Yager said they were viewed as long-haired rebels. They’d stay in the park longer than allowed, scrounge for food and partied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had no money, so we weren’t very welcome because we weren’t adding to the economy up here — like taking showers, sometimes you kind of had to sneak in,” said Yager. “It kind of forced you to be a criminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1814px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Yager has lived in Yosemite for over 40 years. He fell in love with the park when he touched El Capitan for the first time at 13 years old, and even lived in a cave in the park at one point.\" width=\"1814\" height=\"1361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691273\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282.jpg 1814w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1814px) 100vw, 1814px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Yager has lived in Yosemite for over 40 years. He fell in love with the park when he touched El Capitan for the first time at 13 years old, and even lived in a cave in the park at one point. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says that’s almost entirely changed now because the sport has gone mainstream with an estimated 150,000 climbers per year trying their skills in Yosemite. The big equalizer? “Climbing gyms have really got people out on the rock,” said Yager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are now more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.climbingbusinessjournal.com/directory/map/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">700 indoor climbing\u003c/a> gyms in the U.S. and more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.climbingbusinessjournal.com/gyms-and-trends-of-2017/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">40\u003c/a> gyms opened just last year. It’s not just a solo sport in Yosemite anymore, climbers come in packs after training in the gyms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Mullerleile climbs at a gym in Sacramento called Pipeworks. “There should be no noise,” when climbing, he explained. “That means that’s no rubber rubbing into the wall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1859px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c.jpg\" alt=\"Rock climbing gyms have changed rock climbing in Yosemite, from who climbs to how they climb. Hannah Hall climbs at Pipeworks in Sacramento. She said that climbing at the gym has made her a lot stronger while climbing outdoors.\" width=\"1859\" height=\"1394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c.jpg 1859w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1859px) 100vw, 1859px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock climbing gyms have changed rock climbing in Yosemite, from who climbs to how they climb. Hannah Hall climbs at Pipeworks in Sacramento. She said that climbing at the gym has made her a lot stronger while climbing outdoors. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today he’s bouldering, climbing big rocks or small walls without any ropes. Mullerleile says indoor climbing gives him the confidence he needs to climb outside where the challenges are far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the gym the rope climbing aspect has helped me go for the move, knowing that it’s going to be fine,” Müllerleile said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another part of climbing that has changed in recent years is that some climbers have become celebrities. Alex Honnold is the perfect example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climbing is totally different than it was 50 years ago,” Honnold said. “Year by year everybody is doing something a teensy bit harder than last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Honnold did something no one had ever done and it could be the greatest feat in rock climbing history. He climbed one of Yosemite’s most famous monoliths — El Capitan — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/05/531584651/alex-honnold-scales-el-capitan-without-ropes-and-the-climbing-world-reels\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">without any ropes or any safety gear\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking up at El Cap it still looks just as impressive, just as outrageous,” Honnold said. “It’s very satisfying to have free-soloed El Cap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This climb made him famous — he made an appearance on The Today Show and his feat was chronicled in a new documentary called \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/about/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">‘Free Solo’\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honnold and other celebrity climbers have influenced newbies like Jude Fouquier and Dan Fomenko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this day, they were climbing at a place called the Grack on the southern edge of Yosemite Valley. Fomenko was sprawled across the rock face about 20 feet above us. Fouguier guided his partner up the cliff, “Dan, do you think you’re going too far to the left? I would just go straight up this. There you go,” he directed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve caught the climbing bug, but aren’t planning to free solo El Cap anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, I still have goals,” Fomenko said. “I do want to climb the nose on El Cap one day and, if we start getting really good and this becomes more of our life, it could head that way easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fouquier and Fomenko are just two regular guys from California. They are by no means extreme athletes or outdoor rebels. But suburban gyms and watching risk takers got them off the couch and onto the rock. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 Capital Public Radio. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ken Yager fell in love with Yosemite as a 13-year-old when his dad pulled over and let him run to the base of the 3,000-foot monolith called El Capitan. When he touched it for the first time he said it felt like magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like sparks going into my hand,” Yager said. “It was just really intense. It changed my life. I just became infatuated with the place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park is known to have some of the best and most challenging granite climbing in the world. Yager moved to the Yosemite area in his late teens. He’s now in his late fifties and runs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yosemite Climbing Association\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that supports climbers in the park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the day there wasn’t much support — in fact, climbers weren’t always adored. Yager said they were viewed as long-haired rebels. They’d stay in the park longer than allowed, scrounge for food and partied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had no money, so we weren’t very welcome because we weren’t adding to the economy up here — like taking showers, sometimes you kind of had to sneak in,” said Yager. “It kind of forced you to be a criminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1814px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Yager has lived in Yosemite for over 40 years. He fell in love with the park when he touched El Capitan for the first time at 13 years old, and even lived in a cave in the park at one point.\" width=\"1814\" height=\"1361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691273\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282.jpg 1814w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-1-936cbe6169f35c6977f26527957dc4d7784ee282-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1814px) 100vw, 1814px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Yager has lived in Yosemite for over 40 years. He fell in love with the park when he touched El Capitan for the first time at 13 years old, and even lived in a cave in the park at one point. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says that’s almost entirely changed now because the sport has gone mainstream with an estimated 150,000 climbers per year trying their skills in Yosemite. The big equalizer? “Climbing gyms have really got people out on the rock,” said Yager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are now more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.climbingbusinessjournal.com/directory/map/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">700 indoor climbing\u003c/a> gyms in the U.S. and more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.climbingbusinessjournal.com/gyms-and-trends-of-2017/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">40\u003c/a> gyms opened just last year. It’s not just a solo sport in Yosemite anymore, climbers come in packs after training in the gyms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Mullerleile climbs at a gym in Sacramento called Pipeworks. “There should be no noise,” when climbing, he explained. “That means that’s no rubber rubbing into the wall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1859px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c.jpg\" alt=\"Rock climbing gyms have changed rock climbing in Yosemite, from who climbs to how they climb. Hannah Hall climbs at Pipeworks in Sacramento. She said that climbing at the gym has made her a lot stronger while climbing outdoors.\" width=\"1859\" height=\"1394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c.jpg 1859w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/2377334-yosemite-rock-climbing-photo-5-abb392bd153c56b13467f11404f654d625eb867c-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1859px) 100vw, 1859px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock climbing gyms have changed rock climbing in Yosemite, from who climbs to how they climb. Hannah Hall climbs at Pipeworks in Sacramento. She said that climbing at the gym has made her a lot stronger while climbing outdoors. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today he’s bouldering, climbing big rocks or small walls without any ropes. Mullerleile says indoor climbing gives him the confidence he needs to climb outside where the challenges are far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the gym the rope climbing aspect has helped me go for the move, knowing that it’s going to be fine,” Müllerleile said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another part of climbing that has changed in recent years is that some climbers have become celebrities. Alex Honnold is the perfect example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climbing is totally different than it was 50 years ago,” Honnold said. “Year by year everybody is doing something a teensy bit harder than last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Honnold did something no one had ever done and it could be the greatest feat in rock climbing history. He climbed one of Yosemite’s most famous monoliths — El Capitan — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/05/531584651/alex-honnold-scales-el-capitan-without-ropes-and-the-climbing-world-reels\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">without any ropes or any safety gear\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking up at El Cap it still looks just as impressive, just as outrageous,” Honnold said. “It’s very satisfying to have free-soloed El Cap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This climb made him famous — he made an appearance on The Today Show and his feat was chronicled in a new documentary called \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/about/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">‘Free Solo’\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honnold and other celebrity climbers have influenced newbies like Jude Fouquier and Dan Fomenko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this day, they were climbing at a place called the Grack on the southern edge of Yosemite Valley. Fomenko was sprawled across the rock face about 20 feet above us. Fouguier guided his partner up the cliff, “Dan, do you think you’re going too far to the left? I would just go straight up this. There you go,” he directed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve caught the climbing bug, but aren’t planning to free solo El Cap anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, I still have goals,” Fomenko said. “I do want to climb the nose on El Cap one day and, if we start getting really good and this becomes more of our life, it could head that way easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fouquier and Fomenko are just two regular guys from California. They are by no means extreme athletes or outdoor rebels. But suburban gyms and watching risk takers got them off the couch and onto the rock. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 Capital Public Radio. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Yosemite+Rock+Climbing+Goes+Mainstream&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ah, the tranquil sounds of Yosemite Valley in the summertime. Robins singing, leaves rustling in the wind and the loud booming noise of a bear locker being slammed shut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the sweet, sweet sounds of camping in bear country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you camp in Yosemite and other parks with black bears, you can’t just leave your food out on the picnic table or even in your car overnight. You have to store it in a weird contraption called a bear locker, a large metal box that bears cannot open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to go backpacking in Yosemite, up to the top of Half Dome or down to the majestic Tuolumne River, you have to keep all of your food in a portable bear-proof canister.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This problem of bears wanting to eat human food in places like Yosemite, it’s a problem we humans created. And for decades, people have been inventing solutions to try to solve it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The canister, the locker — all of those things were basically invented here in Yosemite,” says Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife and Visitor Use for Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the problem that these inventions were created to solve?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem was not invented here,” Mazur says, “but we sure did a good job of making it a tough one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“In your car, you turn to ‘Classic Rock;’ here you get a bear”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Leahy is on patrol in Yosemite Valley. Leahy looks kind of like a cop — sunglasses, a uniform with a vest full of pockets. He’s armed with a radio and binoculars. Leahy’s a biologist; he’s patrolling for bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we slowly drive along a back road in Yosemite Valley, he sticks a hand-held antenna out the window. There are up to 500 bears in the park, and Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful of them to be able to track them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially they have radio frequency and we have a receiver,” he explains. When Leahy listens to different frequencies using his antenna, he can hear the beeping noise coming from different bears’ collars. “Like in your car you turn to 104.1 classic rock, but here you get you get a different bear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beeping speeds up. “The bear’s pretty close,” Leahy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s plenty of natural food for bears to eat in Yosemite, but they’ve learned that swiping coolers and grocery bags is just easier. So Leahy and his team monitor the bears to try and prevent them from ever getting a taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leahy’s park radio interrupts our quiet listening. One of Leahy’s crew members is trying to get a hold of him, because a mamma bear and cub have been reported in a campground on the opposite side of the park. Then his work cell phone rings. It turns out there’s even another bear down here in the valley. He’s got to move quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a bear in the campground in the middle of the day going after human food,” he explains, “it’s going to probably get worse fast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pulls over into a parking lot so he can make a plan, which turns out to maybe be a bad idea because now he’s a sitting duck for tourist questions. In the middle of all this chaos, a park visitor approaches his truck window. “Hey, where’s Half Dome?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know, the giant granite monolith visible from most places in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leahy is nothing but professional. “After you take a left at the stop sign, look right on the bridge; you’ll see Half Dome. It’s huge. You can’t miss it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than four million people visit Yosemite each year, most only for a day. Many are first-timers and don’t even know their way around the park, let alone how to behave in bear country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bears take advantage of that ignorance, which is why Leahy’s got to get on the road, and drive to the other end of the park to keep these bears from getting into people’s food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the reality of bears and humans trying to coexist in Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how did we get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"There are up to 500 bears in Yosemite, and Ryan Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful. Here, he tracks a bear getting a little too close to a campground.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are up to 500 bears in Yosemite, and Ryan Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful. Here, he tracks a bear getting a little too close to a campground. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From bear-feeding shows to “nuisance bears”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, tourists started visiting Yosemite year-round. This was a time before garbage trucks and even plastic garbage bags were invented, and the tourists needed somewhere to put their trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was crazy!” Rachel Mazur says. “They would have a dump, and that’s where the garbage would go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Mazur worked as Chief of Wildlife in Yosemite, she wrote \u003ca href=\"http://www.falcon.com/book/9781493008223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a book\u003c/a> about the history of bears and humans in the park. She says the bears quickly figured out that they could go to the dump and eat campers’ food scraps. Then, the concessionaire for the park figured it could make money off of tourists who’d love to see bears up close and personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’d put bleachers up, bus people in, have on spotlights, and you’d have twenty, thirty bears in there, feeding off the trash but also fighting each other,” Mazur says, and basically becoming conditioned to humans and our food. The dumps drew bears out of the wilderness into Yosemite Valley. They started reproducing in larger numbers because they got so many calories from human food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors were getting too close to the bears and getting injured, and the park realized it had to make some changes. It ended all bear feeding shows in the 1940s and closed the dumps in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you can’t just close dumps and expect these bears that are food-conditioned and used to humans to disappear back into the forest,” Mazur says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt='Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife for Yosemite National Park, by a \"graveyard\" of old bear lockers. She says when bear management is under control, her team can focus on other wildlife efforts, like conservation and restoring endangered species.' width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife for Yosemite National Park, by a “graveyard” of old bear lockers. She says when bear management is under control, her team can focus on other wildlife efforts, like conservation and restoring endangered species. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the dumps closed, the bears turned their eye toward the campgrounds and visitors’ cars. This lead to even more injuries and rangers killing what they called “nuisance” bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t the type of job that the rangers had signed up for. They wanted to figure out a way to keep bears wild and away from human food, so, Mazur says, they started experimenting. They created special lids for garbage cans, and metal lockers for campers to store their food, with latches complicated enough that they were sure bears wouldn’t be able to use them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet bears are very smart and they figured out a way in. The rangers tweaked the designs more, adding carabiners and inventing new latches. Mazur has a whole stack of these old bear locker designs outside her office in Yosemite Valley; she calls it the “bear locker graveyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying ahead of the “wily bears”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While rangers experimented with bear-proof storage for car campgrounds, more and more tourists were heading out to hike in the wilderness. This was the late 1960s and the start of the environmental movement. Many young people wanted to go backpacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Durkee was a ranger in Little Yosemite Valley, the popular backcountry area behind Half Dome. Hikers would hike from the valley up to these woods and stay overnight, leaving the next day to climb the famous granite monolith. They didn’t have anywhere to store their food while they camped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would get five or ten people minimum having their food taken every night,” Durkee remembers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other campers were about to set out for weeks-long trips on the John Muir Trail. They didn’t take kindly to the idea of losing all their food to bears before such a big trip. Durkee remembers one upset camper chasing a bear when it ran off with his food sack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was one of those cartoon moments,” Durkee laughs. “You see the bear suddenly realizing, ‘Wait a minute, I’m a 200 pound bear. I don’t have to put up with this!’” The bear turned around and swatted the guy across the chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others campers tried using their food as pillows, which Durkee says is a very dangerous idea. “On the one hand, you want to say, ‘This is natural selection at work!’ But you don’t want people to get hurt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Retired back country ranger George Durkee helped invent some of the earliest bear-proofing methods.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired back country ranger George Durkee helped invent some of the earliest bear-proofing methods. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campers would complain to Durkee when they lost their food to bears, so he and other rangers started experimenting with different ways to hang food away from bears’ reach. First, he tried tying the food between two trees, but bears would chew through the rope and pull down the food. Then, Durkee invented something called the counterbalance system. He would throw a rope over a tree branch and hang two food bags of equal weight on each end; that way, there was no rope for the bears to chew through. Instead, bears would climb high into the tree and drop down onto the food from above, knocking it to the ground. Then the bear would run off with the food bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just one thing after another trying to stay ahead of the wily bears!” Durkee says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park tried installing metal poles with hooks that campers could hang their food on, but those got knocked down by an avalanche; then the park helicoptered heavy bear lockers into the backcountry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They tried everything,” Rachel Mazur says. Until finally, “This idea of the canister came about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bear canister: a portable, cylindrical container that bears cannot open, and that holds about five days of food. It looks sort of like a drum. These days, anyone backpacking in Yosemite must use one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bear canisters like this are required for anyone backpacking in Yosemite. The park has approved 12 different types of bear canisters.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear canisters like this are required for anyone backpacking in Yosemite. The park has approved 12 different types of bear canisters. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The idea was invented by Barrie Gilbert, a behavioral ecologist, who was researching bears in Yellowstone and got \u003ca href=\"https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/bear-attack-makes-man-a-bear-defender/article_660bc36f-8268-590c-a7be-55d04a41ce50.html\">horribly mauled\u003c/a> by a grizzly. The bear pulled the scalp off his head, ripped off his ears and took out an eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he healed, he decided to send his graduate student to research black bears in Yosemite instead, figuring he’d be safer there. But the graduate student kept losing his food to the bears! (It’s better than losing an eye, but still a problem.) Gilbert wanted to invent a way for his student to be able to bear-proof his food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got the idea while watching a nature show on TV. He saw a frustrated lion pawing at an ostrich egg, trying to eat it, but its shape kept the lion out. That’s when Gilbert “just had this ‘A-ha’ moment,” Mazur says. Gilbert realized if someone could design a contraption that bears would have trouble getting a grip on, and make it lightweight, backpackers might be able to use it to bear-proof their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilberts’ colleagues working in Yosemite took the idea and ran with it. They hired a machinist from Visalia to make prototypes and gave them to bears at the Fresno Zoo to see if they could break them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They ran through many prototypes, testing them both on bears and humans. “You’re trying to find something that can keep a bear out but that humans can use and will” use, Mazur says. “We learned, for example, if there’s more than two hand motions, people won’t do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to bears, nothing is foolproof. A few black bears have figured out a way around these canisters. There’s a famously smart bear in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2012/11/a-yellow-yellow-obituary.html\">Adirondack\u003c/a> mountains that taught herself out how to open one of the canister models. Back here in Yosemite, a clever bear realized she can roll canisters off a cliff to break them open. Then she climbs down to get the contents. “It just drives us nuts!” Mazur says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just one individual bear and the park was able to close that area off from camping. The people on Mazur’s team sometimes have to relocate young bears or even adult bears that have become too conditioned to human food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like the ultimate betrayal,” Mazur says. When visitors don’t bear proof their food, it’s really the bears who pay the price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what’s driven rangers and researchers over the years to invent these bear-proof contraptions. Yet even once the park knew that the canisters and lockers worked, it took decades to get the funding and the support to put all the infrastructure in place and get visitors to use them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“If we backslide, everything backslides”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with tons of education and enforcement, and requiring the use of bear lockers and canisters, Yosemite has reduced their human-bear incidents, from a high of 1,500 a year to under 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mazur says, that’s exciting. “But what’s also amazing is in the old days, all we did was bear management – nothing else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, she’s technically the Chief of Wildlife, not just bears. Now she’s able to focus on reintroducing endangered species like the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep and yellow-legged frog. But Mazur says, the park still has to stay on top of bear management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we backslide, everything backslides,” she says. “We won’t just lose our grip on the human-bear issue. We’ll lose our grip on all the good wildlife work that we’re doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mazur says, it’s ultimately up to the tourists to behave properly in bear country. She says, many times campers have told her they didn’t really believe how bad the bear-human food issue was until they lost food to a bear themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If everyone had to lose their food to a bear before they stored it, we’d be in a world of trouble,” she says. At some point, you have to just agree that this is the right thing to do and take it from what’s been learned in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The canister, the locker — all of those things were basically invented here in Yosemite,” says Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife and Visitor Use for Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the problem that these inventions were created to solve?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem was not invented here,” Mazur says, “but we sure did a good job of making it a tough one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“In your car, you turn to ‘Classic Rock;’ here you get a bear”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Leahy is on patrol in Yosemite Valley. Leahy looks kind of like a cop — sunglasses, a uniform with a vest full of pockets. He’s armed with a radio and binoculars. Leahy’s a biologist; he’s patrolling for bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we slowly drive along a back road in Yosemite Valley, he sticks a hand-held antenna out the window. There are up to 500 bears in the park, and Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful of them to be able to track them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially they have radio frequency and we have a receiver,” he explains. When Leahy listens to different frequencies using his antenna, he can hear the beeping noise coming from different bears’ collars. “Like in your car you turn to 104.1 classic rock, but here you get you get a different bear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beeping speeds up. “The bear’s pretty close,” Leahy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s plenty of natural food for bears to eat in Yosemite, but they’ve learned that swiping coolers and grocery bags is just easier. So Leahy and his team monitor the bears to try and prevent them from ever getting a taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leahy’s park radio interrupts our quiet listening. One of Leahy’s crew members is trying to get a hold of him, because a mamma bear and cub have been reported in a campground on the opposite side of the park. Then his work cell phone rings. It turns out there’s even another bear down here in the valley. He’s got to move quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a bear in the campground in the middle of the day going after human food,” he explains, “it’s going to probably get worse fast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pulls over into a parking lot so he can make a plan, which turns out to maybe be a bad idea because now he’s a sitting duck for tourist questions. In the middle of all this chaos, a park visitor approaches his truck window. “Hey, where’s Half Dome?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know, the giant granite monolith visible from most places in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leahy is nothing but professional. “After you take a left at the stop sign, look right on the bridge; you’ll see Half Dome. It’s huge. You can’t miss it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than four million people visit Yosemite each year, most only for a day. Many are first-timers and don’t even know their way around the park, let alone how to behave in bear country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bears take advantage of that ignorance, which is why Leahy’s got to get on the road, and drive to the other end of the park to keep these bears from getting into people’s food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the reality of bears and humans trying to coexist in Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how did we get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"There are up to 500 bears in Yosemite, and Ryan Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful. Here, he tracks a bear getting a little too close to a campground.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32394_DSC02243-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are up to 500 bears in Yosemite, and Ryan Leahy and his team have put GPS and radio collars on a handful. Here, he tracks a bear getting a little too close to a campground. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From bear-feeding shows to “nuisance bears”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, tourists started visiting Yosemite year-round. This was a time before garbage trucks and even plastic garbage bags were invented, and the tourists needed somewhere to put their trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was crazy!” Rachel Mazur says. “They would have a dump, and that’s where the garbage would go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Mazur worked as Chief of Wildlife in Yosemite, she wrote \u003ca href=\"http://www.falcon.com/book/9781493008223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a book\u003c/a> about the history of bears and humans in the park. She says the bears quickly figured out that they could go to the dump and eat campers’ food scraps. Then, the concessionaire for the park figured it could make money off of tourists who’d love to see bears up close and personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’d put bleachers up, bus people in, have on spotlights, and you’d have twenty, thirty bears in there, feeding off the trash but also fighting each other,” Mazur says, and basically becoming conditioned to humans and our food. The dumps drew bears out of the wilderness into Yosemite Valley. They started reproducing in larger numbers because they got so many calories from human food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors were getting too close to the bears and getting injured, and the park realized it had to make some changes. It ended all bear feeding shows in the 1940s and closed the dumps in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you can’t just close dumps and expect these bears that are food-conditioned and used to humans to disappear back into the forest,” Mazur says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt='Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife for Yosemite National Park, by a \"graveyard\" of old bear lockers. She says when bear management is under control, her team can focus on other wildlife efforts, like conservation and restoring endangered species.' width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32391_DSC02225-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Mazur, Chief of Wildlife for Yosemite National Park, by a “graveyard” of old bear lockers. She says when bear management is under control, her team can focus on other wildlife efforts, like conservation and restoring endangered species. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the dumps closed, the bears turned their eye toward the campgrounds and visitors’ cars. This lead to even more injuries and rangers killing what they called “nuisance” bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t the type of job that the rangers had signed up for. They wanted to figure out a way to keep bears wild and away from human food, so, Mazur says, they started experimenting. They created special lids for garbage cans, and metal lockers for campers to store their food, with latches complicated enough that they were sure bears wouldn’t be able to use them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet bears are very smart and they figured out a way in. The rangers tweaked the designs more, adding carabiners and inventing new latches. Mazur has a whole stack of these old bear locker designs outside her office in Yosemite Valley; she calls it the “bear locker graveyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying ahead of the “wily bears”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While rangers experimented with bear-proof storage for car campgrounds, more and more tourists were heading out to hike in the wilderness. This was the late 1960s and the start of the environmental movement. Many young people wanted to go backpacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Durkee was a ranger in Little Yosemite Valley, the popular backcountry area behind Half Dome. Hikers would hike from the valley up to these woods and stay overnight, leaving the next day to climb the famous granite monolith. They didn’t have anywhere to store their food while they camped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would get five or ten people minimum having their food taken every night,” Durkee remembers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other campers were about to set out for weeks-long trips on the John Muir Trail. They didn’t take kindly to the idea of losing all their food to bears before such a big trip. Durkee remembers one upset camper chasing a bear when it ran off with his food sack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was one of those cartoon moments,” Durkee laughs. “You see the bear suddenly realizing, ‘Wait a minute, I’m a 200 pound bear. I don’t have to put up with this!’” The bear turned around and swatted the guy across the chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others campers tried using their food as pillows, which Durkee says is a very dangerous idea. “On the one hand, you want to say, ‘This is natural selection at work!’ But you don’t want people to get hurt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Retired back country ranger George Durkee helped invent some of the earliest bear-proofing methods.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32390_DSC02209-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired back country ranger George Durkee helped invent some of the earliest bear-proofing methods. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campers would complain to Durkee when they lost their food to bears, so he and other rangers started experimenting with different ways to hang food away from bears’ reach. First, he tried tying the food between two trees, but bears would chew through the rope and pull down the food. Then, Durkee invented something called the counterbalance system. He would throw a rope over a tree branch and hang two food bags of equal weight on each end; that way, there was no rope for the bears to chew through. Instead, bears would climb high into the tree and drop down onto the food from above, knocking it to the ground. Then the bear would run off with the food bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just one thing after another trying to stay ahead of the wily bears!” Durkee says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park tried installing metal poles with hooks that campers could hang their food on, but those got knocked down by an avalanche; then the park helicoptered heavy bear lockers into the backcountry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They tried everything,” Rachel Mazur says. Until finally, “This idea of the canister came about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bear canister: a portable, cylindrical container that bears cannot open, and that holds about five days of food. It looks sort of like a drum. These days, anyone backpacking in Yosemite must use one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11687126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11687126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32423_IMG_7630-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bear canisters like this are required for anyone backpacking in Yosemite. 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The park has approved 12 different types of bear canisters. \u003ccite>(Marissa Ortega Welch/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The idea was invented by Barrie Gilbert, a behavioral ecologist, who was researching bears in Yellowstone and got \u003ca href=\"https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/bear-attack-makes-man-a-bear-defender/article_660bc36f-8268-590c-a7be-55d04a41ce50.html\">horribly mauled\u003c/a> by a grizzly. The bear pulled the scalp off his head, ripped off his ears and took out an eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he healed, he decided to send his graduate student to research black bears in Yosemite instead, figuring he’d be safer there. But the graduate student kept losing his food to the bears! (It’s better than losing an eye, but still a problem.) Gilbert wanted to invent a way for his student to be able to bear-proof his food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got the idea while watching a nature show on TV. He saw a frustrated lion pawing at an ostrich egg, trying to eat it, but its shape kept the lion out. That’s when Gilbert “just had this ‘A-ha’ moment,” Mazur says. Gilbert realized if someone could design a contraption that bears would have trouble getting a grip on, and make it lightweight, backpackers might be able to use it to bear-proof their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilberts’ colleagues working in Yosemite took the idea and ran with it. They hired a machinist from Visalia to make prototypes and gave them to bears at the Fresno Zoo to see if they could break them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They ran through many prototypes, testing them both on bears and humans. “You’re trying to find something that can keep a bear out but that humans can use and will” use, Mazur says. “We learned, for example, if there’s more than two hand motions, people won’t do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to bears, nothing is foolproof. A few black bears have figured out a way around these canisters. There’s a famously smart bear in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2012/11/a-yellow-yellow-obituary.html\">Adirondack\u003c/a> mountains that taught herself out how to open one of the canister models. Back here in Yosemite, a clever bear realized she can roll canisters off a cliff to break them open. Then she climbs down to get the contents. “It just drives us nuts!” Mazur says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just one individual bear and the park was able to close that area off from camping. The people on Mazur’s team sometimes have to relocate young bears or even adult bears that have become too conditioned to human food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like the ultimate betrayal,” Mazur says. When visitors don’t bear proof their food, it’s really the bears who pay the price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what’s driven rangers and researchers over the years to invent these bear-proof contraptions. Yet even once the park knew that the canisters and lockers worked, it took decades to get the funding and the support to put all the infrastructure in place and get visitors to use them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“If we backslide, everything backslides”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with tons of education and enforcement, and requiring the use of bear lockers and canisters, Yosemite has reduced their human-bear incidents, from a high of 1,500 a year to under 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mazur says, that’s exciting. “But what’s also amazing is in the old days, all we did was bear management – nothing else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, she’s technically the Chief of Wildlife, not just bears. Now she’s able to focus on reintroducing endangered species like the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep and yellow-legged frog. 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"content": "\u003cp>A collective sigh of relief is rolling through the central Sierra Nevada as Yosemite National Park officials prepare to reopen Yosemite Valley, which has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed for nearly three weeks\u003c/a> due to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is very excited to be able to go back to a sense of normalcy,” said park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. “To be able to go from saying this is indefinite to being able to say, ‘Look, we’re going to plan to reopen the valley,’ feels very good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular part of the park, known for its views of cascading waterfalls and monumental granite formations — was closed to visitors on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the fire entered park boundaries\u003c/a>, and officials announced that the valley and other parts of the park would remain closed indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, firefighters are making significant progress on the blaze. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had burned 95,947 acres and was 83 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards says park officials have assessed conditions and feel it’s safe to reopen the valley to visitors. They are asking people to drive with extreme caution because there is still active fire and smoke in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also say there will be limited visitor services as the park resumes normal operations. Wawona Road from Yosemite Valley to the Wawona area will remain closed for at least another week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards couldn’t estimate the number of visitors the park is expecting to see when the valley reopens on Tuesday, but she said people are excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that there’s going to be a lot of excitement in the air,” she said. “We know that we’re going to see people coming back, and it’s going to be a really great day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson Fire public information officer Tom Efird says firefighters are relieved they’ve been able to prevent the blaze from hitting Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Good fire management and hard work by the firefighters have been able to keep the fire out of Yosemite Valley proper,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While crews have been able to bring containment up significantly on the fire, Efird says the fight isn’t over. “There’s still a lot of hard work to be done,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fight is also far from over for the communities surrounding Yosemite, which rely heavily on incoming campers, hikers and climbers for business. The valley’s closure is the second longest in park history, and it came at the peak of tourist season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In all these communities, we rely heavily on visitors, on tourism to stay viable,” said Steve Montalto, creative director for the Visit Yosemite | Madera County visitor’s bureau. “It’s really put a significant impact on the amount of people coming to the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a normal summer day, Montalto says, the Madera County gateway would be “hustling and bustling,” with tourists stopping at grocery stores for supplies, eating in restaurants, and visiting the local brewery and wine bars. “That has all been much, much, much quieter,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montalto says the rough estimate of financial losses for the entire region — including Yosemite National Park and its gateway communities — sits at about $50 million. And while there is still some summer left this year, the reopening isn’t likely to alleviate the losses suffered over the past few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re definitely hoping for a pickup,” he said. “It’s a bit of a challenge because within the next couple of weeks, schools are starting back up. So the flexibility of families getting out to travel is small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park and its four gateway communities are launching a campaign called #YosemiteNOW in an effort to bring tourism back to the region following the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/YosemiteMadera/status/1028009920895938561\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire ignited on July 13 in the Sierra National Forest, and it has burned into both the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The wildfire is the largest ever to hit the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have died battling the the blaze and 15 others have suffered injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Hughes, 33, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials hope to have the blaze fully contained later this week.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>The Ferguson Fire burning near Yosemite National Park has now grown to 45,911 acres as of this morning and is 29% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:36 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Now in its 14th day, the Ferguson Fire grew by 1,723 acres overnight to a total of 43,299 acres and is 27 percent contained, according to a report by Cal Fire \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180626-090351-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released this morning.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will present an overview of the current situation at two upcoming community meetings. The first is at the Mariposa Fairgrounds in Mariposa today at 6 p.m. and the second is at the Tenaya Elementary School in Groveland tomorrow at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> A massive wildfire that's forced Yosemite National Park officials to shut down Yosemite Valley grew by more than 3,000 acres on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has now scorched 41,576 acres of dry brush and timber along rough terrain, according to Cal Fire. As of Wednesday evening, the blaze is 26 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say hot and dry conditions fueled the wildfire during the day, forcing local officials to issue multiple new evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite officials closed off Yosemite Valley and the Wawona area of the park to all visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say firefighters were able to improve containment lines around the Wawona Campground during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park Superintendent Michael Reynolds on Wednesday issued \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180625-195803-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire restrictions\u003c/a> until further notice due to high fire danger within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of structures threatened by the fire grew by more than 1,700 to 5,236 on Wednesday. Fire officials say the blaze has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,600 personnel are battling the wildfire with 241 engines, 47 water tenders, 18 helicopters and 63 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Difficult conditions are expected to continue for firefighters on Thursday, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 2:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>A large portion of Yosemite National Park — including Yosemite Valley — was officially closed to visitors on Wednesday due to the massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman said Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular area in the park, known for its sweeping views of cascading waterfalls and massive rock formations — was closed mainly because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut down the Wawona area, near the southern end of the park, in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say a significant shift in wind patterns Tuesday night caused an increase in fire activity along the fire's southern end, forcing local authorities to issue multiple new mandatory evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of disappointed visitors have taken the evacuation orders seriously and left the closed portions of the park before noon, Gediman said there's a chance some backcountry campers don't even know that parts of Yosemite are closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do have folks that are out on the hiking trails,\" he said. \"And there is a possibility that if folks have been out for a week or so, they may not even know what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman said park officials will not be sending rangers out to look for campers who may not be aware of the evacuations, but they are notifying visitors who haven't yet started their backcountry trips that there are significant closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not only are we a big economic driver here in the park, but a lot of the surround communities rely heavily on park visitation,\" Gediman said. \"We're working closely with the tourism bureaus and chambers of commerce to mitigate it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer an exact figure for how much money would be lost, but he did say the fact that the evacuations come at the peak of tourist season is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018. \u003ccite>(NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On a typical summer day like today, we'd have over 300 campsites full of campers,\" he said. \"We'd have all the hotels and lodges full, restaurants, tours, ranger walks. So given the fact that none of that's happening is both an economic impact and an impact to the visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire, currently burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has scorched through 38,522 acres — or just over 60 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep terrain. As of early Wednesday afternoon, the blaze is 25 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the wildfire is burning 1.5-2 miles from Yosemite's western boundary. Firefighters are doing some controlled burns closer to the park in order to prevent the fire from spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said crews plan to begin controlled burning operations within the park boundaries at some point soon. As part of the process, Mackensen said, firefighters are working closely with wildlife experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" he said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect temperatures to reach into the triple digits Wednesday and Thursday, making conditions extremely difficult for firefighters working on the front line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say hot and dry conditions fueled the wildfire during the day, forcing local officials to issue multiple new evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite officials closed off Yosemite Valley and the Wawona area of the park to all visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say firefighters were able to improve containment lines around the Wawona Campground during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park Superintendent Michael Reynolds on Wednesday issued \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180625-195803-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire restrictions\u003c/a> until further notice due to high fire danger within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of structures threatened by the fire grew by more than 1,700 to 5,236 on Wednesday. Fire officials say the blaze has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,600 personnel are battling the wildfire with 241 engines, 47 water tenders, 18 helicopters and 63 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Difficult conditions are expected to continue for firefighters on Thursday, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 2:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>A large portion of Yosemite National Park — including Yosemite Valley — was officially closed to visitors on Wednesday due to the massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman said Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular area in the park, known for its sweeping views of cascading waterfalls and massive rock formations — was closed mainly because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut down the Wawona area, near the southern end of the park, in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say a significant shift in wind patterns Tuesday night caused an increase in fire activity along the fire's southern end, forcing local authorities to issue multiple new mandatory evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of disappointed visitors have taken the evacuation orders seriously and left the closed portions of the park before noon, Gediman said there's a chance some backcountry campers don't even know that parts of Yosemite are closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do have folks that are out on the hiking trails,\" he said. \"And there is a possibility that if folks have been out for a week or so, they may not even know what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman said park officials will not be sending rangers out to look for campers who may not be aware of the evacuations, but they are notifying visitors who haven't yet started their backcountry trips that there are significant closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not only are we a big economic driver here in the park, but a lot of the surround communities rely heavily on park visitation,\" Gediman said. \"We're working closely with the tourism bureaus and chambers of commerce to mitigate it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer an exact figure for how much money would be lost, but he did say the fact that the evacuations come at the peak of tourist season is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018. \u003ccite>(NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On a typical summer day like today, we'd have over 300 campsites full of campers,\" he said. \"We'd have all the hotels and lodges full, restaurants, tours, ranger walks. So given the fact that none of that's happening is both an economic impact and an impact to the visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire, currently burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has scorched through 38,522 acres — or just over 60 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep terrain. As of early Wednesday afternoon, the blaze is 25 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the wildfire is burning 1.5-2 miles from Yosemite's western boundary. Firefighters are doing some controlled burns closer to the park in order to prevent the fire from spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said crews plan to begin controlled burning operations within the park boundaries at some point soon. As part of the process, Mackensen said, firefighters are working closely with wildlife experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" he said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect temperatures to reach into the triple digits Wednesday and Thursday, making conditions extremely difficult for firefighters working on the front line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:25 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Another firefighter was injured battling the massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> just west of Yosemite National Park on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said Wednesday morning that he did not have additional information on the condition of the injured firefighter or the circumstances surrounding the injury. So far, one firefighter has been killed and seven injured fighting the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, is now reported to be 38,522 acres, or just over 60 square miles. As of Wednesday morning, the blaze was 25 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials are asking all visitors to evacuate the Yosemite Valley and Wawona areas of the park by noon today due to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say a significant shift in wind patterns on Tuesday evening caused the blaze to flare up along its southern end, forcing the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office to issue new mandatory evacuations for a portion of the Lushmeadow area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had a change in the wind, and the main fire started throwing spots across our line,\" Mackensen said. \"The crews immediately jumped on the spots, but they were unable to contain them, so now we've got a fairly decent sized slop-over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mackensen said the new growth on the southern front — about 300 acres, as of Tuesday morning — occurred in dangerous terrain, making it difficult for firefighters to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift in wind patterns wasn't all bad news, though. Along the northern edge of the blaze in the Stanislaus National Forest — where firefighters have seen some significant growth in past days — the wildfire is now burning against the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to slow down significantly there,\" Mackensen said. \"And it may slow down to the point where we can actually put firefighters right on the line and put the fire out as they go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Tuesday morning, the blaze was roughly 1.5-2 miles away from the park, according to fire officials. Mackensen said firefighters have started controlled burning in Yosemite West, outside of the park boundary, and they plan to begin controlled burns within Yosemite at some point soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson and Miguel Vega, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint this Saturday, prior to the park's shut down due to the Ferguson Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson and Miguel Vega, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint this Saturday, prior to the park's shut down due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say they've been in close contact with wildlife and forestry experts as they plan controlled burns and bulldozer lines in and around the national park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" Mackensen said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters aren't expected to get any help from weather conditions today and tomorrow, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits. \"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,400 personnel are fighting the blaze with 220 engines, 47 helicopters and 88 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfire has not destroyed any businesses or homes, but nearly 3,500 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:51 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning in very rough terrain in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests just miles from Yosemite National Park, grew another 1,208 acres during the day on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze has now scorched 37,795 acres — more than 59 square miles — and is 26 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials announced on Tuesday that a large portion of the park, including Yosemite Valley, would be closed to visitors starting Wednesday at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Park-goers raft in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Decreased air quality due to smoke from the Ferguson Fire and a Highway 140 shutdown from El Portal to the park's West Gate led to much smaller crowd sizes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682551\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-800x557.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1020x710.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1200x835.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1180x821.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-960x668.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-375x261.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-520x362.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park-goers raft in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Decreased air quality due to smoke from the Ferguson Fire and a Highway 140 shutdown from El Portal to the park's West Gate led to much smaller crowd sizes. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday evening lifted evacuation orders for Mariposa Pines residents on Scott Road from Best Road to the end of Hites Cove Road, and started repopulating the Jerseydale and Mariposa Pines communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the fire was relatively calm on Tuesday, and they were able to begin controlled burning of vegetation between the containment line and the fire along its eastern edge. South of the Merced River, in the Sierra National Forest, crews secured containment lines from Jerseydale to the Wawona Campground in Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions are expected to be difficult for firefighters on Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures likely to reach into the triple digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Yosemite National Park officials are closing a large portion of the park — including the highly-trafficked Yosemite Valley — to visitors, as firefighters work to stop a massive wildfire burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman announced on Tuesday that all hotels, campgrounds and visitor services in Yosemite Valley and Wawona, near the southern end of the park, will be closed starting tomorrow until at least Sunday due to the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5927/44251/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're asking people here tonight to leave tomorrow morning,\" Gediman said. \"And anyone that's incoming tomorrow will get an email or phone call stating that their reservation is cancelled.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman says at least 1,000 campground and hotel reservations will be canceled. Park officials are asking all visitors in the areas to evacuate by noon on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, burning in the Stanislaus and Sierra National Forests, has scorched through 36,587 acres — or more than 57 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep, rocky terrain. As of Tuesday afternoon, the blaze was 25 percent contained. More than 3,000 personnel are fighting the wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the Yosemite closures are being issued in order to accommodate firefighting operations in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's gonna be a lot of traffic, fire-wise, with fire engines and everything else,\" said Cal Fire spokesman Richard Eagan. \"So due to public safety, that's why they're closing the road.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the fire is still about 2 miles away from Yosemite's western boundary. \"It's hard to say time-wise if or when it will reach the park, but it is getting closer,\" Eagan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relatively mild conditions on Monday helped firefighters make some significant progress on the blaze, bringing containment up from 16 percent to 25 percent. \"Fire behavior yesterday was very good,\" said US Forest Service spokesman Alex Olow. \"That allowed them to get a lot of this good work done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Olow said firefighters were able to build a containment line between Jerseydale and the park boundary at Wawona, which should allow them to be able to do some controlled-burning in that area soon. Officials say progress was also made on the northern front of the fire in the Stanislaus National Forest on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But firefighters aren't expected to get any help from the weather in the coming days, with temperatures likely to reach into the triple digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even though we've made some progress throughout the night, that doesn't mean we're out of the woods,\" said Ferguson Fire public information officer Joe Amador. \"The dangers are still there. Weather conditions are still critical.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and six have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Tuesday afternoon, no homes or businesses have been destroyed, but 3,494 remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post contains reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had a change in the wind, and the main fire started throwing spots across our line,\" Mackensen said. \"The crews immediately jumped on the spots, but they were unable to contain them, so now we've got a fairly decent sized slop-over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mackensen said the new growth on the southern front — about 300 acres, as of Tuesday morning — occurred in dangerous terrain, making it difficult for firefighters to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift in wind patterns wasn't all bad news, though. Along the northern edge of the blaze in the Stanislaus National Forest — where firefighters have seen some significant growth in past days — the wildfire is now burning against the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to slow down significantly there,\" Mackensen said. \"And it may slow down to the point where we can actually put firefighters right on the line and put the fire out as they go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Tuesday morning, the blaze was roughly 1.5-2 miles away from the park, according to fire officials. Mackensen said firefighters have started controlled burning in Yosemite West, outside of the park boundary, and they plan to begin controlled burns within Yosemite at some point soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson and Miguel Vega, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint this Saturday, prior to the park's shut down due to the Ferguson Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson and Miguel Vega, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint this Saturday, prior to the park's shut down due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say they've been in close contact with wildlife and forestry experts as they plan controlled burns and bulldozer lines in and around the national park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" Mackensen said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters aren't expected to get any help from weather conditions today and tomorrow, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits. \"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,400 personnel are fighting the blaze with 220 engines, 47 helicopters and 88 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfire has not destroyed any businesses or homes, but nearly 3,500 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:51 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning in very rough terrain in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests just miles from Yosemite National Park, grew another 1,208 acres during the day on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze has now scorched 37,795 acres — more than 59 square miles — and is 26 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials announced on Tuesday that a large portion of the park, including Yosemite Valley, would be closed to visitors starting Wednesday at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Park-goers raft in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Decreased air quality due to smoke from the Ferguson Fire and a Highway 140 shutdown from El Portal to the park's West Gate led to much smaller crowd sizes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682551\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-800x557.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1020x710.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1200x835.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-1180x821.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-960x668.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-375x261.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyMerced-520x362.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park-goers raft in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Decreased air quality due to smoke from the Ferguson Fire and a Highway 140 shutdown from El Portal to the park's West Gate led to much smaller crowd sizes. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday evening lifted evacuation orders for Mariposa Pines residents on Scott Road from Best Road to the end of Hites Cove Road, and started repopulating the Jerseydale and Mariposa Pines communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the fire was relatively calm on Tuesday, and they were able to begin controlled burning of vegetation between the containment line and the fire along its eastern edge. South of the Merced River, in the Sierra National Forest, crews secured containment lines from Jerseydale to the Wawona Campground in Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions are expected to be difficult for firefighters on Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures likely to reach into the triple digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Yosemite National Park officials are closing a large portion of the park — including the highly-trafficked Yosemite Valley — to visitors, as firefighters work to stop a massive wildfire burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman announced on Tuesday that all hotels, campgrounds and visitor services in Yosemite Valley and Wawona, near the southern end of the park, will be closed starting tomorrow until at least Sunday due to the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5927/44251/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're asking people here tonight to leave tomorrow morning,\" Gediman said. \"And anyone that's incoming tomorrow will get an email or phone call stating that their reservation is cancelled.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman says at least 1,000 campground and hotel reservations will be canceled. Park officials are asking all visitors in the areas to evacuate by noon on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, burning in the Stanislaus and Sierra National Forests, has scorched through 36,587 acres — or more than 57 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep, rocky terrain. As of Tuesday afternoon, the blaze was 25 percent contained. More than 3,000 personnel are fighting the wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the Yosemite closures are being issued in order to accommodate firefighting operations in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's gonna be a lot of traffic, fire-wise, with fire engines and everything else,\" said Cal Fire spokesman Richard Eagan. \"So due to public safety, that's why they're closing the road.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the fire is still about 2 miles away from Yosemite's western boundary. \"It's hard to say time-wise if or when it will reach the park, but it is getting closer,\" Eagan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relatively mild conditions on Monday helped firefighters make some significant progress on the blaze, bringing containment up from 16 percent to 25 percent. \"Fire behavior yesterday was very good,\" said US Forest Service spokesman Alex Olow. \"That allowed them to get a lot of this good work done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Olow said firefighters were able to build a containment line between Jerseydale and the park boundary at Wawona, which should allow them to be able to do some controlled-burning in that area soon. Officials say progress was also made on the northern front of the fire in the Stanislaus National Forest on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But firefighters aren't expected to get any help from the weather in the coming days, with temperatures likely to reach into the triple digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even though we've made some progress throughout the night, that doesn't mean we're out of the woods,\" said Ferguson Fire public information officer Joe Amador. \"The dangers are still there. Weather conditions are still critical.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and six have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Tuesday afternoon, no homes or businesses have been destroyed, but 3,494 remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hot and dry conditions are hindering efforts to slow the growth of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680696/wildfire-near-yosemite-quadruples-in-size-brings-smoky-conditions-to-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deadly wildfire\u003c/a> burning near Yosemite National Park, and some tourists are cutting their trips to the park short as smoke fills the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday that the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> — which ignited late Friday evening in the Sierra National Forest — has scorched more than 12,000 acres of dry brush and timber. The fire was just 5 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire killed\u003c/a> 36-year-old heavy equipment operator Braden Varney when his bulldozer overturned on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials say all trails and campgrounds in the park remain open, but are warning people to take precautions due to poor air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smoky conditions have much of Yosemite Valley — a popular tourist destination — clouded in haze, and poor views of some of the park's biggest attractions have tourists cutting their trips short or questioning whether they should even make the trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Pineda_9/status/1018944657546403840\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JerryAppling/status/1019267323172085760\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graduate student Paul Schlesinger said the smoke-filled air forced him and his friends to change their plans to hike up to Glacier Point, which offers sweeping views of Yosemite. Schlesinger said he went on a less strenuous hike instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Wanted to hike near Glacier Point, but smoke was really bad with ashfall. Decided to go to Mariposa Grove instead,\" he said on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze has also forced the closure of a key route into the park at the peak of tourist season. A portion of Highway 140 has been closed since the weekend, and officials are advising all visitors to use alternate routes into the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/el-capitan.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of El Capitan just after noon on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby. \u003ccite>(Yosemite Conservancy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/yosfalls.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Yosemite Falls just after noon on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby. \u003ccite>(Yosemite Conservancy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The poor air quality caused by the blaze prompted air pollution officials in the San Joaquin Valley on Sunday to issue a health caution for Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, and Tulare counties that will remain in effect throughout the duration of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ValleyAir/status/1018669888007573504\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Residents in those areas really need to use caution and see if they are smelling smoke or seeing it in their immediate vicinity, and be aware of that, so that they might want to stay indoors,\" said Anthony Presto, a spokesman for the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Control District said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect that air quality could worsen as the wildfire continues to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are expecting in the later part of this week that we could get quite a bit of an impact in the counties of Merced, Madera, Fresno and Tulare,\" Presto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A community meeting is planned for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIREMMU/status/1019024030827888645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/a> at Wasuma Elementary School in Ahwahnee, and another is scheduled for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIREMMU/status/1019293471251677184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 p.m. on Wednesday\u003c/a> at the El Portal Community Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Hope McKenney contributed to this story, which contains reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"Residents in those areas really need to use caution and see if they are smelling smoke or seeing it in their immediate vicinity, and be aware of that, so that they might want to stay indoors,\" said Anthony Presto, a spokesman for the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Control District said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect that air quality could worsen as the wildfire continues to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are expecting in the later part of this week that we could get quite a bit of an impact in the counties of Merced, Madera, Fresno and Tulare,\" Presto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A community meeting is planned for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIREMMU/status/1019024030827888645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/a> at Wasuma Elementary School in Ahwahnee, and another is scheduled for \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIREMMU/status/1019293471251677184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 p.m. on Wednesday\u003c/a> at the El Portal Community Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Hope McKenney contributed to this story, which contains reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health has launched an investigation into the death Saturday morning of a firefighter whose bulldozer overturned while fighting a blaze in the Sierra National Forest, west of Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680606/firefighter-killed-fighting-blaze-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed \u003c/a>fighting the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> after his bulldozer rolled over him while digging a fire line in rugged terrain. Cal/OSHA was notified Saturday of the fatality, according to spokesman Frank Polizzi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire, with the assistance of California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5, recovered Varney's body from the accident site Monday afternoon. It had taken days to reach him due to the \"precarious location\" and dangerous conditions of the accident site, Cal Fire Deputy Chief Scott McLean had said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jersiegel/status/1018964968513736704\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What happens is because of the location of where the incident occurred, it’s impossible to access on foot, so they’re bringing in aircraft to help with that, helicopters,\" Cal Fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said before the recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varney is survived by his wife, Jessica, 5-year-old daughter, Malhea, and 3-year-old son, Nolan, according to a statement released by Gov. Jerry Brown's office. Varney had been employed by Cal Fire for 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His was the second Cal Fire line-of-duty death in seven months. Last December, engineer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11636999/cal-fire-crew-member-killed-as-thomas-fire-continues-to-spread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cory Iverson died\u003c/a> fighting the Thomas Fire in Southern California. Varney's is the first death of a bulldozer operator in a California wildfire since private contractor Robert Reagan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11042061/cal-fire-probe-details-death-of-dozer-driver-in-big-sur-blaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed in a rollover accident\u003c/a> during the 2016 Soberanes Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Alex Olow said Sunday that Varney's death has been weighing heavily on firefighters working to contain the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That does affect the morale of firefighters,\" Olow said. \"But we also know that we have a job that needs to get done, so we do work together to do that. We'll take the time for mourning when we get the job done, even though it is on the [minds] of everybody as they are out there working.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1018225616443695104\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire began early Friday evening. The blaze has grown to more than 9,200 acres and as of 2 p.m. Monday was only 2 percent contained. About 700 personnel are battling the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11680793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1054\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot.png 1632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-160x103.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-800x517.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-1020x659.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-1200x775.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-1180x762.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-960x620.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-240x155.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-375x242.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/fergusonfire-screenshot-520x336.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ferguson Fire infrared map from July 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Inciweb)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More fire engines were expected to arrive later Monday to try to stop the flames from reaching more than 100 homes and commercial buildings that are under threat, U.S. Forest Service spokesman John DeYoe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandatory evacuations remain in effect in the communities of Clearing House, Mariposa Pines, Cedar Lodge/Savage’s Trading Post and Sweetwater Ridge. 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"content": "\u003cp>A deadly wildfire burning in the Sierra National Forest, west of Yosemite National Park, has scorched more than 4,000 acres of dry brush along rugged terrain, and is causing smoky, hazy conditions in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, which ignited late Friday evening, is being fueled by hot conditions and steep terrain, according to fire officials. It was only 2 percent contained as of early Sunday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fire is burning in a very steep terrain,” said Sierra National Forest spokesman Alex Olow. “And given that, there is what we call roll out, which causes embers to roll down, which catches areas that haven’t burned yet, and of course they start to burn, which can cause the fire to grow in size.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olow said high temperatures Saturday evening — hovering near 90 degrees Fahrenheit — also contributed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926996/something-else-adding-fuel-to-californias-fire-season-warmer-nights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">difficult conditions overnight\u003c/a>, and those high temperatures remain a concern for firefighters as they continue to battle the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only are they fighting a fire where they’re getting fairly close and experiencing that heat, but they’re also exerting and expending energies in extremely hot weather,” he said. “So safety is always a concern for the firefighters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Saturday morning, 36-year old Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680606/firefighter-killed-fighting-blaze-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died battling the blaze\u003c/a>, when his bulldozer overturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That does affect the morale of firefighters,” Olow said. “But we also know that we have a job that needs to get done, so we do work together to do that. We’ll take the time for mourning when we get the job done, even though it is on the [minds] of everybody as they are out there working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olow said fire officials are working to make sure no more casualties occur with firefighters keeping an eye on one another at all times while they battle the wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Yosemite National Park officials, a stretch of California Highway 140 into the park remains closed due to the blaze, and they’re urging visitors to find alternate routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/YosemiteNPS/status/1018214768824315905\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite visitors should expect delays getting into the park due to the California Highway 140 closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had some increased volume of traffic at the other gates because traffic has been rerouted,” said Yosemite National Park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. “It’s July in Yosemite, so traffic is already going to be busy, and with one of our main entrances closed, it’s added to the volume at the other entrances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut off electricity to many areas as a safety precaution on Saturday, including Yosemite Valley — a popular area for tourists — forcing key areas in the park to rely on generator power. But park officials said on Sunday that commercial power has been restored to many areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the Valley is back on commercial power,” Richards said. “There may be places in the park that are still on generators, but Yosemite National Park is prepared for power outages for a variety of reasons, so you didn’t notice any interruption in your day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards said because the fire has grown, visitors should be aware that there are impacts from smoke in the park. “If you are a visitor in Yosemite Valley, visibility has been impacted by smoke and haze in the air,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A view of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, July 15, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Yosemite visitors should expect delays getting into the park due to the California Highway 140 closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had some increased volume of traffic at the other gates because traffic has been rerouted,” said Yosemite National Park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. “It’s July in Yosemite, so traffic is already going to be busy, and with one of our main entrances closed, it’s added to the volume at the other entrances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut off electricity to many areas as a safety precaution on Saturday, including Yosemite Valley — a popular area for tourists — forcing key areas in the park to rely on generator power. But park officials said on Sunday that commercial power has been restored to many areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the Valley is back on commercial power,” Richards said. “There may be places in the park that are still on generators, but Yosemite National Park is prepared for power outages for a variety of reasons, so you didn’t notice any interruption in your day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards said because the fire has grown, visitors should be aware that there are impacts from smoke in the park. “If you are a visitor in Yosemite Valley, visibility has been impacted by smoke and haze in the air,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A view of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, 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