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Aerial view created of a forest with lidar—with trees artificially colored in many colors—as well as buildings and open spaces in part of Yosemite National Park
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A Lidar’s-Eye View of How Forests Are Faring

by Van R. Kane, Liz Van Wagtendonk and Andrew Brenner 29 April 202222 December 2022

Success in Yosemite is driving the wider use of lidar surveys to support forest health and wildfire resilience, study wildlife habitats, and monitor water resources.

Small conifers grow along the edge of an open grassy meadow along the John Muir Trail.
Posted inFeatures

Traversing the High Sierra on the People’s Paths

by Mary Caperton Morton 2 November 20203 November 2022

Living in Geologic Time: Backpacking through the past, present, and future of fire on the John Muir Trail.

Black-and-white photo of geologist Clyde Wahrhaftig, looking like a beatnik
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The Layered Legacy of Clyde Wahrhaftig

by Korena Di Roma Howley 6 December 20193 November 2022

As the geologist’s beloved guidebook gets a digital makeover, his personal contributions to the field shed light on who he was as a scientist.

Lupines bloom in Illilouette Creek Basin in Yosemite National Park.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Restoring Natural Fire Regimes Can Yield More Water Downstream

by Terri Cook 22 July 20193 November 2022

Research in Yosemite National Park offers a new benchmark for understanding water balance changes in a mountainous basin 4 decades after its natural wildfire regime was reestablished.

Firefighters at the Ranch Fire in California
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How Forecasting Models Are Changing the Way We Fight Fires

by Jenessa Duncombe 17 August 20183 November 2022

Eos speaks with Andy Edman, western region chief of the Science and Technology Infusion Division at the National Weather Service, about how the agency is helping wildfire crews fight fires from space.

researchers-cliff-face-measure-rock-movement-precedes-rockfall
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A Warm Day Can Trigger Rockfalls

by L. Joel 5 April 20163 November 2022

Research on a cliff face in Yosemite National Park finds that when rockfalls happen without an obvious cause, ordinary warming in the Sun could be the culprit.

Posted inScience Updates

Reducing Rockfall Risk in Yosemite National Park

by G. M. Stock and B. D. Collins 22 July 20143 November 2022

Rockfalls from steep cliffs pose great hazards to the millions who visit Yosemite Valley each year. Armed with new studies, the National Park Service recently took steps to enhance visitors’ safety.

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