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Send us a text Huzzah! It's the episode all about the Bracebridge Dinner at the Ahwahnee Hotel, a holiday tradition since the hotel opened in 1927. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, @littleyopod Patreon https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Information on Bracebridge https://www.bracebridgedinners.com/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we talk about a very important tree in Yosemite's history: Black Oaks! Learn all about how Black Oaks provide for animal species and contributed to early human settlement in Yosemite Valley. Resources: Yosemite Nature Notes Video on Black Oaks https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=FC5DD395-FE01-F69D-D17B7BF226A21B18 NPS Information on Yosemite's Black Oaks https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/black-oaks.htm Yosemite Indian Village of...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod, I talk about Alpenglow! That beautiful rosy glow seen in the mountains at sunset. Buzzsprout Link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=728633 Resources: John Muir Quotes https://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jscnhm/v1n2/muirquotes.html How Alpenglow Works https://www.phenomena.org/atmospheric/alpenglow/ Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Like Us on Facebook @littleyopod This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated w...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod, I discuss the why's and how's of the Firefall, a nightly event that took place in Yosemite from 1872-1968 in which an actual fire was pushed from a cliff above Yosemite Valley. Huell Howser’s Firefall-California’s Gold https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1996/01/08/firewall-californias-gold-706/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Send us a text Mission 66 was a 10 year project implemented by the National Park Service in the 1950's to improve infrastructure and visitor services. Learn all about the impacts that Mission 66 had in Yosemite and other National Parks from that time on this episode of Little Yo Pod! Subscribe to LYP+ (This Week in Yosemite) for twice monthly bonus content! New subscirbers get a shout out on a future episode. https://www.buzzsprout.com/790994/subscribe Resources: https://nps.gov/yos...
Send us a text Discover how bats contribute to Yosemite's ecosystems how they save the U.S. department of agriculture lots of money, what to do if you see a sick bat, and what we can do to protect bat habitats! Subscribe to LYP+ for Weekly Bonus Content ($3 per month, cancel anytime :) https://www.buzzsprout.com/790994/subscribe Resources: https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/nighttimes-tiny-fighter-jets-bats.htm https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/bats.htm https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-...
Send us a text On this episode we travel outside of Yosemite to visit nearby Mono Lake. Mono Lake has been at the center of controversy for decades due to water diversion efforts for the city of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This episode covers the history of the lake, why it is ecologically important to sustain a minimum level (6392!), and what you can do to help. Resources: https://www.monolake.org/ Help support LYP! Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 ...
Send us a text Learn what adpatations make Yosemite's Great Gray Owls so cool, why they are such a special species, what risks they face, and what you can do to help! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Gray_Owl/sounds# https://abcbirds.org/bird/great-gray-owl/#:~:text=Snow%20Plunger&text=This%20is%20where%20its%20large,well%20over%20a%20foot%20deep https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/great-gray-owl.htm https://www.audubon.org/magazine/fall-2016/after-100-years-scientists-are-final...
Send us a text Monarch butterflies. Nature's little travelers! What is Yosemite doing to help Monarch populations? Find out on this episode of Little Yo Pod! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Yosemite Conservancy https://yosemite.org Monarchs and Milkweed Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3jpu2th34o This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Send us a text Everything you need to know about one of Yosemite's most popular winter trails! Email me yosemitepod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yosemitepod?fan_landing=true Guided Hike to Dewey Point with the Mountaineering School https://www.travelyosemite.com/winter/badger-pass-ski-area/snowshoeing/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Send us a text Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Yosemite Road Conditions 209 372 0200 Yosemite Snow Phone with Sean Costello! 209 372 1000 Caltrans Website https://roads.dot.ca.gov Yosemite Road Conditions Website https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm How to drive on ice https://cscinsurance.com/what-to-do-if-your-car-slides-on-ice/ Winter driving kit https://www.kbb.com/car-news/20-tips-for-safe-winter-driving/#link11 This podcast is a pers...
Send us a text Wondering what to do in Yosemite in the winter? Did you even know Yosemite was open in the winter? Here is your comprehensive guide for this to do in Yosemite's best kept secret season. Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com yosemitepod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram @yosemitepod Help Support Us Financially Via Venmo @Laura-Jackson-23 Resources Webcams https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm Yosemite Guide https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/guide.htm Skiing...
Send us a text In this episode of The Yosemite Podcast, I dig in to one of the most controversial projects to take place in any National Park, the damming of Hetch Hetchy, a mountain valley within Yosemite National Park that now serves as San Francisco's water sand hydro-electric power source. Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo @Laura-jackson-23 Instagram/Facebook @yosemitepod Resources https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-21-mn-5359-story.html https://noehill.com/mar...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod I discuss the fire situation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Find out how we got into this situation and what is being done about it! Resources The Big Burn Documentary https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/ The Big Burn by Timothy Egan https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/the-big-burn Cal Fire https://www.fire.ca.gov Help Support Little Yo Pod Venmo Account @Laura-Jackson-23 Email me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Insta...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we revisit one of our most popular topics, black bears! We have been having an interesting year with bears in 2021 and I hope this episode helps you feel empowered to help us keep bears wild in Yosemite National Park! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook & Instgram @littleyopod Venmo @Laura-Jackson-23 Save a Bear Hotline 209-372-0322 http://keepbearswild.org https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Black-Bear/Population https...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we continue our journey through the early western development of the Yosemite region and the creation of the Tioga Pass Road as told by Yosemite Storyteller, Brian Shoor! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Instagram @littleyopod Yosemite Conservancy Website https://yosemite.org/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Park Service.
Send us a text Welcome back to part three of our four-part series on the early trails and settlement of the Yosemite area. This episode continues our journey through time from the establishment of the very first trails by wild game, and then Indians, to our current roads and highways built with the money and vision of early entrepreneurs and the creation and impact of the National Park Service in 1916. Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Instagram @littleyopod Yosemite Conservanc...
Send us a text This episode of Little Yo Pod continues the story of the development of the early trails in and around Yosemite by the Ahwahneechee and other tribes and groups of the area, and how everything changed with western settlement. This is part two of four in this series and is narrated by Yosemite storyteller and fellow Naturalist Guide, Brian Shoor. I recorded this talk on a Conservancy led backpacking trip earlier this summer. The Yosemite Conservancy hosts many outdoor adventur...
Send us a text Welcome to season three of Little Yo Pod! This episode is one of four in a series featuring Yosemite storyteller and historian, Brian Shoor. Brian is a guide with the Yosemite Conservancy and a longtime resident of Yosemite. He is a wealth of knowledge and information on Yosemite's early history before and after white settlers arrived in the area. Join us as we sit around the camp circle and listen to the tales of Yosemite's earliest written history and how some of th...
Send us a text In this episode of Little Yo Pod I talk about one of my favorite hikes in all of Yosemite! The Panorama Trail offers some of the best views you will get in the park and takes you on some of the most classic trails of Yosemite Valley. This trail truly has it all and I encourage anyone who likes to hike to add this one to the list! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Instagram @littleyopod Patreon https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Resources https:/...
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great podcast.