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Divers recover body of man who drowned in American River while rafting with large group
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs rafters return to the American River to cool off, authorities are urging rafters and others on...
Missing rafter's body found by divers after vanishing in NorCal river
San Francisco Chronicle· 15 hours agoOfficials found the body of a man in his 30s who went missing while rafting with a large group on...
Scenic vistas in Yosemite National Park, closed for more than six months, are now open to motorists
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days ago“It wasn’t a record, but we had a good snowpack this year,” said Scott Gediman, a Yosemite...
Looming California budget cuts prompt push for climate ballot measure
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEnvironmental groups are pressing California lawmakers to include a multibillion-dollar climate...
CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit suspends burning
Sierra Sun· 2 days agoAfter a wet winter and above average snowpack, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the ...
Mountainous Sierra highway reopens for Yosemite travelers
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 days agoIf the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil is a pseudoscientific indicator for the winter season, then perhaps the opening of a major road through Yosemite is the sign that summer is upon us. Yosemite ...
Western US faces snow drought as summer heats up
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoThanks to below-normal precipitation during the water season, snow drought conditions persist across most of the West, according to a June 12 report from...
Mary West: Truckee River Trail
The Grass Valley Union· 3 days agoStarting in Tahoe City on Highway 89 is the Truckee River Trail. The trail follows the river 5 miles down to Palisades at Olympic Park. In between there...
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The Lake County Record-Bee· 6 days agoAs we head into summer, water recreation is picking up throughout California. The Bureau of Land Management is reminding the public to recreate...