Yosemite National Park, Firefall

Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster
Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the U.S. government worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors that thrive in California’s Sierra Nevada.
Watch the ‘Firefall’ phenomenon at El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park
Videos from Yosemite National Park show the iconic "Firefall" phenomenon glowing at Horsetail Fall inside California's crown jewel.
Trump administration layoffs felt at Yosemite National Park
Federal layoffs and funding cuts are cutting both ways at Yosemite, where guests are getting in without having to pay due to the front gates being empty and unstaffed.
Yosemite workers grapple with layoffs, fear for future of national parks
The Trump administration has laid off around 1,000 National Park Service employees, including custodians, wildlife specialists, and seasonal workers.
'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos
Catastrophic” is the word former Yosemite Superintendent Don Neubacher used to describe the looming staffing situation to SFGATE.
Yosemite National Park delays summer reservations
Yosemite National Park has announced it will delay the sale of summer reservations for its popular campsites. In a post on its social media pages Friday, the park said the delay impacts five campgrounds: Upper Pines, Lower Pines, North Pines, Wawona, and Hodgdon Meadow. The delay will impact reservations from June 15 to July 14.
‘I’m really scared for the future of wildlife’: How national park layoffs could impact Yosemite
Andria Townsend led a team of biologists in search of one of the West’s most elusive creatures: the Pacific fisher. Then the axe fell. The 36-year-old supervisory scientist at Yosemite National Park was among the many National Park Service employees abruptly fired from their job – and her efforts to find and ultimately protect the endangered fisher were abandoned.
Yosemite National Park's only locksmith just got fired, raising public safety fears
National Park Service employees were hit with yet another federal firing spree from the Trump administration on Friday, this time affecting about 1,000 probationary employees — including Yosemite National Park’s only locksmith.
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Chaotic Moment for National Parks, Forest Service as Staff Cuts Threaten Public Lands Management
Garbett was in the midst of preparations for another season when he got an email from the Forest Service saying all ...
Yosemite National Park is on the verge of a ‘catastrophic’ staffing shortage thanks to Trump’s hiring freeze
Yosemite National Park is facing a “catastrophic” staffing shortage because of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze and ...
National Park layoffs impact park goers
As the Trump administration pushes ahead with its drive to overhaul federal agencies, roughly 1,000 employees have been ...
Long lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parks
Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.
National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers
The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 ...
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Saguaro National Park visitor centers to close on Mondays
The park is always open for hiking. The visitor centers include the bookstore, information station, maps and restrooms. Yosemite National Park recently announced it's delaying the sale of campsite ...
These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers
Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...