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Volunteers rescue climber stranded on small ledge in California's Sierra Nevada

Volunteers rescued a climber who was stranded on a ledge in the Sierra Nevada in an operation that spanned more than 15 hours

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A hidden wonder in Yosemite was disappearing for more than 100 years, in 2023, a massive restoration began filling a 3.5-mile erosion gully with 162,000 cubic yards of soil and woodchips, restoring 94 acres of lost wetlands

In the heart of Yosemite National Park, where granite cliffs rise above ancient forests and waterfalls cascade into deep valleys, lies a quieter kind of wonder: Ackerson Meadow. One of the largest mid-elevation meadows in the Sierra Nevada, and the largest in Yosemite, it is a place of stillness, wildlife…

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In 2013, California’s Rim Fire burned across the Sierra Nevada; more than a decade later, crews are planting 125,000 trees, including giant sequoias, across parts of the burn scar

Crews planted 125,000 trees in the Rim Fire burn scar to aid forest recovery. High-intensity fires often prevent natural conifer regeneration, necessitating replanting efforts. Giant sequoias, while fire-resistant, also face reproduction challenges after intense heat. This project aims to restore water sources and store carbon for climate mitigation. The replanted…

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California will spend $36.4 million repairing Ebbetts Pass, one of the last wild trans-Sierra routes, where the highway climbs above 8,000 feet and narrows to one lane

Caltrans will begin a $36.4 million project on August 3 to repair 31.7 miles of California's Highway 4, including the historic Ebbetts Pass in the Sierra Nevada. The four-year project will improve road surfaces, drainage and safety features while causing temporary lane closures and occasional full highway closures until 2030.

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The ‘ghost lake’ returns: California’s largest lost water body resurfaces after 130 years

Tulare Lake has made a surprising comeback, once known as Pa'ashi by the Tachi Yokut tribe. This rare event shows how a long-gone terminal lake can reclaim its original basin. It used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi until it was drained in the late 1800s…

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Terrain in Spain: gravel biking in the mountains of Andalucía

A cycle tour of the Sierra Nevada backcountry proves a bumpy but beautiful ride through cinematic scenery

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The return of Pa’ashi as Tulare Lake floods California farmland again after 130 years

Water flooded areas of California's San Joaquin Valley in the spring of 2023, where roads and agriculture had been in place for decades. Rivers were forced out of their channels by frequent strong storms and snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada. Shallow seas swept fields away. For those who knew the…

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Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems, sometimes with catastrophic consequences for wildlife.

The Conversation

Teen hiker recovering in an induced coma after altitude hallucinations caused him to fall 120 feet in the Sierra Nevada

The father of Zane Wach, 14, says hallucinations prompted his son to question whether he was dreaming before he fell from a Mount Whitney cliff

Advnture

California's water reservoirs on track as winter storms may boost snowpack

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, but a winter storm set to hit the Sierra Nevada in the coming days will offer a boost

The Independent UK

Earth's crust is peeling away under California

A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.

LiveScience

Trump’s ordered water ‘solution’ to fight California‘s fires comes up dry, officials charge

Trump claims California water comes from the Pacific Northwest. In reality most of the state’s water comes from the melting snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California

The Independent UK

Unusually early cold storm could dust California's Sierra Nevada peaks with rare August snow

California’s long, hot summer is being interrupted by an unusually early cold storm from the Gulf of Alaska that is expected to bring a chance of rare August snow high in the Sierra Nevada

The Independent UK

Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from a brief but potent storm

A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.

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California blizzard slowly weakens, but a second storm is forecast for this week

Northern California is expected to receive another round of rain and snow starting Monday, after days of near nonstop snow totaling several feet and wind gusts of up to 150 mph.

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Yosemite visitors are told to leave as storm expected to drop up to 10 feet of snow

At least nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts closed and visitors to Yosemite National Park were told to urgently leave Friday as California's most powerful storm of the season bore down on the Sierra Nevada.

International Business Times

Indigenous Colombians Fret As Sacred Mountain Glaciers Melt

In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains.

The Conversation

The chickadee in the snowbank: A 'canary in the coal mine' for climate change in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb above 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California, tugging a sled loaded with batteries, bolts, wire and 40 pounds of sunflower seeds critical to our mountain chickadee research.

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What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don't all agree

Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead in the southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. They anticipate more storms in the U.S. South and Northeast, and warmer, drier conditions across the already dry Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest.

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Voters have decided on 959 parcel tax measures in California since 2008, with the next one scheduled for July 11 in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District

Californians have decided on 950 local parcel tax ballot measures from 2008 to 2022. Voters in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District, a 1.875-square-mile special district in the Sierra Nevada, will decide the next parcel tax measure on July 11, 2023. Between 2008 and 2022, 569 (59.89%) parcel tax ballot measures…

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California is off to a slow fire season so far, but Newsom, fire leaders urge readiness as summer begins

With reservoirs full and snow still deep across the Sierra Nevada following one of the wettest winters in recent decades, California is off to a slow start this year to fire season.

Cycling Weekly

Tadej Pogačar returns to open road training just one month before Tour de France

UAE Team Emirates rider has linked up with teammates at training camp in the Sierra Nevada

The Independent UK

Earthquake and strong aftershock strike northern California

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Plumas County in the Sierra Nevada

Tribune News Service

What the huge Sierra snowpack means for Yosemite’s waterfalls

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The massive snowpack in the Sierra Nevada this year has transformed California’s most famous park, Yosemite. And the impacts are likely to last all summer, and perhaps even longer.

Los Angeles Times

A huge snowbank fell on her husband. A California woman's desperate fight to save him

Melissa Cassem still cannot make sense of what happened to her family at their home in the Sierra Nevada during a recent heavy snowfall.

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