Topic: Yosemite National Park
AP News | 2010-03-02 02:06:46
AP IMPACT: Mexican gangs take over US public lands for pot, smuggle immigrants to grow crops
Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them. Pot has been grown on public ...
AP News | 2010-02-22 22:17:25
Yosemite managers ask for help deciding future of historic cabins closed after rockfall
The superintendent of California's Yosemite National Park wants input on what to do with 233 historic cabins that are off limits to visitors because the towering cliffs rising above them are known to dump tons of granite without warning. National Park Service managers are trying to ...
AP News | 2010-01-08 21:00:05
<div id="subtitle">National Park Service says Yosemite fire crews were overconfident they could manage wildfire</div><div><p>The National Park Service says Yosemite officials were overconfident in their ability to manage a controlled burn last summer that whipped into an explosive wildfire.</p><p>The prescribed ...
AP News | 2009-11-04 02:06:37
<div id="subtitle">Swirl, sniff and slurp(ee)? 7-Eleven brings out a value wine</div><div><p>What goes well with Slim Jims and Slurpees? 7-Eleven wine, naturally.</p><p>The convenience store chain announced Tuesday it is getting into the value wine business, releasing two low-priced proprietary ...
