Laurie Wayburn walks briskly along an old logging road she hopes one day soon will become a trail in Yosemite National Park.
Congress is considering legislation to expand the national park by about 1,600 acres. The area — on the western edge of Yosemite — includes rolling foothills and a view that takes in the great Central Valley and even the Coast Range.
As Wayburn walks through a lush forest on the land up for consideration, she sees some trees in the distance. “We’re about to approach some beautiful dogwoods in full bloom,” she says. “Those white blossoms just hanging in …read more
Source: The California Report – Science