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 Trump administration worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located 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.
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 terminated at national parks. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports from Yosemite on the impact ahead of the busy summer season.
‘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 Reservations Hit Amid Trump Hiring Freeze
Yosemite's inability to hire seasonal staff could be "catastrophic" for the national park, said a former superintendent.
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'Firefall' is back at Yosemite and here's how you can see it this year
This lava-like visual is only seen when the conditions are perfect, and the sunset aligns with the waterfall just right.
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Not enough snow! No, you can't ski in Yosemite this season, but here's what you can get up to instead
The Badger Pass Ski area won't be opening its doors, but there are still plenty of winter activities to enjoy at Yosemite ...
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.
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 ...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ hung high in Yosemite to protest federal job cuts
A group of frustrated Yosemite National Park staffers hoping to draw attention to the federal government’s sweeping workforce cuts have hung an upside-down American flag thousands of feet off the ...
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 ...
National Parks cuts causing concern across nation, including California
Reservation services have already been cut at Yosemite National Park as layoffs force cutbacks at popular California tourist ...