The Red Canoe has been an Ornament of sorts in the Backyard for a very long time...Coyote and Raccoon tracks all over...sunny today, blueblue...neighbor gave me headsup while on way to work that Coyote was about...quick pics and clip....and the new Valley Plan, Plans, have been posted...
story:http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/01/08/yosemite-plan-would-ease-traffic-shut-ice-rink/
plan: http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/upload/mrp-deis-maps-alt5.pdf
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1. West of Yosemite Lodge
• Parking: Redevelop area southwest of Yosemite Lodge to provide an additional 300 day-use parking spaces. This
will include 15 spaces for tour bus parking. Parking redevelopment will incorporate best management practices
to protect water quality.
2. Yosemite Lodge
• Ecological restoration: restore riparian and floodplain ecosystem at the site of the former Yosemite Lodge units
and cabins (those that were damaged by the 1997 flood and subsequently removed). Delineate one service road
to the well house and parking. Remove non-native fill, decompact soils, and plant riparian plant species (10.9
acres).
• Lodging: Retain the current 245 units at Yosemite Lodge.
• Services and Facilities: Retain Yosemite Lodge Food Court and Mountain Room bar and dining service.
Re-purpose convenience shop and nature shop. Relocate Yosemite Lodge maintenance. Remove Yosemite
Lodge post office, swimming pool, bike rentals, snack stand, employee housing (called Thousands Cabins),
Highland Court employee temporary housing, and the NPS Volunteer Office.
• Tour Buses: Remove temporary housing complex at Highland Court and establish a tour bus drop-off area with
three bus loading spaces.
• Concessioner Housing: Construct two new concessioner housing areas for 104 employees and construct 78
employee parking spaces. (Common to all alternatives is to remove housing at Highland Court and at the
Thousands Cabins.)
3. Yosemite Falls Intersection
• Traffic Congestion: Construct a pedestrian underpass to alleviate pedestrian/vehicle conflicts and associated
traffic congestion at the intersection of Northside Drive and Yosemite Lodge Drive.
4. Residence 1
• Residence 1: Relocate Residence 1 (the Superintendent's House) to the NPS housing area and rehabilitate the
building per the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the Historic
Structures Report. Ecologically restore associated informal trails in Cook's Meadow and address continuing use
patterns to enhance black oak woodland and meadow habitat.
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Common to all the plans is removal of the Cabin and neigboring Cabins, there's like six plans with different takes....I haven't sorted through them....but they look to be toned down from the previous plan released back in 2004 about, and toned up in some respects, like the removal of Bridges...the one abiding concern of the Blog has been the Creek from the Bridge to the Merced, and '10.9' acres--Owl Woods...the government has a lot of money, and private business will always lobby to have the government spend it on some enterprise--the pitfall of having a govenrment that subcontracts everything, even the plan formulation I suspect was farmed to a subcontractor--seems I studied out the old plan and found that to be the case....now the public will be allowed to comment, and nowadays a very large public has a very hard time finding the small representative that will fit in such discussion....hmmph
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