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[TRENDING NEWS] Sequoias Are Being Wrapped in Special Foil to Protect Them From Fires

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Author: BY CHRISTINE HAUSER - Publish Date: September 18, 2021 at 02:27AM At least two wildfire complexes are threatening some of the giant sequoia groves in Central California.

[TRENDING NEWS] Where Dark Skies Draw Star-Gazers, Wildfire Smoke Spoils the View

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Author: BY DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: August 14, 2021 at 12:11AM Parts of the Mountain West still largely free of light pollution or cloudy weather are losing their famed spectacular views of the night sky to smoke from fires burning hundreds of miles upwind.

[TRENDING NEWS] Grizzly Bear Fatally Mauls a Backcountry Guide Near Yellowstone Park

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: April 20, 2021 at 09:46AM When the bear charged at Montana officials who were investigating the attack, they shot and killed it.

[TRENDING NEWS] On the West Coast, Avalanche Warnings and an ‘Atmospheric River’

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: February 22, 2021 at 08:11AM The danger of avalanche is high in parts of the Cascade Mountains and areas farther south, the Northwest Avalanche Center said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Utah Man Who Looked for Treasure Pleads Guilty to Digging in National Park

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: January 6, 2021 at 07:48AM Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, pleaded guilty to causing more than $1,000 worth of damages in his quest to find Forrest Fenn’s treasure, prosecutors said.

[TRENDING NEWS] You Don’t Have to Spend a Lot to Get Your Kids Outside

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Author: BY A.C. SHILTON - Publish Date: December 20, 2020 at 11:06AM Many federal and state park systems offer inexpensive access for children and their families.

[TRENDING NEWS] 3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring

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Author: BY JOHNNY DIAZ AND CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN - Publish Date: November 11, 2020 at 07:16AM It is illegal to touch or throw objects into hot springs or other hydrothermal features at the park, officials said.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Record-Setting Ascent of El Capitan

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Author: BY MARIE FAZIO - Publish Date: November 10, 2020 at 07:58AM Emily Harrington is the first woman to free-climb the Golden Gate route up El Capitan, a 3,000-foot-high monolith in Yosemite National Park, in under 24 hours.

[TRENDING NEWS] Will the Appalachian Trail Stop an $8 Billion Pipeline?

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Author: BY WILL HARLAN - Publish Date: February 24, 2020 at 07:00AM It’s up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

[TRENDING NEWS] Wayne Merry, Climber Who Conquered El Capitan, Dies at 88

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Author: BY DANIEL E. SLOTNIK - Publish Date: December 4, 2019 at 06:47AM In 1958 he and two others became the first to scale a 2,900-foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park in California that many considered practically unclimbable.

[TRENDING NEWS] Australia Bushfires Arrive Early, Destroying Historic Lodge in ‘Omen’ of Future

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Author: BY DAMIEN CAVE - Publish Date: September 9, 2019 at 12:12PM Officials warned that climate change and drought threatened to bring Australia its worst fire season on record.

[TRENDING NEWS] Hiker Killed in 500-Foot Fall While Climbing Half Dome at Yosemite

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: September 8, 2019 at 08:03AM Danielle Burnett, 29, was trying to reach the summit of the precipice, officials at the California national park said.