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Yosemite Conservancy Invests $12.5 Million Into Yosemite National Park

Once upon a time, national park friends groups were viewed as providing the "margin of excellence" for the parks. Nowadays, though, they're being relied on more and more for operational needs. That's evident in the $12.5 million worth of projects the Yosemite Conservancy is funding this year in Yosemite National Park.

A Mountaineer's Life

I first heard Allen Steck’s name when I was flying and climbing in the Owen’s Valley of California in the early 1980s. His exploits, along with Norman Clyde, Doug Robinson, Galen Rowell and John Salathe, were legendary. Known by the moniker, the Slim Fox, the mountains have been his home.

UPDATED: Fly A Drone In A National Park, Be Barred For Life From That Park

Yellowstone National Park staff never was able to recover a drone that crashed into Grand Prismatic Spring back in 2014. And Yosemite National Park investigators were unable last year to find a drone pilot whose aircraft forced a park helicopter to land out of safety concerns. What if those who illegally fly their drones in parks are banned from the parks for life?

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