On June 30, President Abraham Lincoln signed the historic Yosemite Grant Act, which protected Yosemite Valley and established the national park system.
Capital Public Radio has coverage of the anniversary celebration.
Stories From Yosemite
![Yosemite's Lyell Glacier Nicholas Albrecht for The California Sunday Magazine](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12244717/yosemiteglacierp.jpg)
April 4, 2019Daniel Duane discusses his investigation of the impact climate change is having on Yosemite National Park, which was published this week in The California Sunday Magazine.
![Entrance to Yosemite National Park, as seen June 17, 2011. Roger Ward / Flickr.com Creative Commons](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/4384209/0806-yosemite-sign-p.jpg)
January 4, 2019A 32-year-old man died on Christmas Day after falling into a river at Yosemite National Park during the government shutdown.
![About 3,500 people have homes or structures threatened by the Ferguson Fire burning near Yosemite National Park. Bob Moffitt / Capital Public Radio](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12086861/072518FergusonFireMariposa-p.jpg)
August 27, 2018Yosemite National Park spokesman Scott Gediman joins Insight to discuss what visitors can expect now that the park is returning to normal operations after being closed for three weeks due to the Ferguson Fire.
![Lucy Parker looks out over Ahwahnee Meadow, where here family has gathered willow reeds for basket making for decades. The park service is currently in the process of restoring Ahwahnee Meadow and the Native American village formerly located there. Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12150690/IMG_4371 p.jpg)
August 22, 2018Listen now to the latest episode of Capital Public Radio’s YosemiteLand podcast.
![This is the Highway 41 gate into Yosemite. Tourism bureaus recommend that visitors come in the early morning or evening to avoid long lines at park gates. Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12034096/traffic.JPG)
August 14, 2018Listen now to the complete debut episode of Capital Public Radio’s YosemiteLand podcast.
![A firefighter runs while trying to save a home as a wildfire tears through Lakeport, Calif. on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. AP Photo / Noah Berger](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12115703/080118 mendocino complex fire p.jpg)
August 13, 2018Officials from Cal Fire and Yosemite National Park fill us in on the status of wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
![The Ferguson Fire burns along a ridgeline in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif, on Monday, July 16, 2018. Noah Berger / AP Photo](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12057936/071718FergusonFire-p.jpg)
August 6, 2018The Ferguson Fire has raged near Yosemite since mid-July and the park is currently closed indefinitely. It is the latest in a number of natural and unnatural disasters that have affected hundreds of businesses in the area.
![Hannah Whyatt poses for a friend's photo as smoke from the Ferguson fire fills Yosemite Valley, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Noah Berger / AP Photo](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/12084319/072518YosemiteFergusonFire-p.jpg)
July 31, 2018National Park officials are extending the closure of the scenic Yosemite Valley and other areas due to heavy smoke from the Ferguson Fire.
![The El Capitan monolith in California's Yosemite National Park, seen in June 2015. On Wednesday, climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell managed a feat in under two hours that most climbers take days to achieve. Mark Ralston / AFP / Getty Images](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/11840371/060718ElCapitan.jpg)
June 7, 2018The feat has been compared to the four-minute mile or a two-hour marathon — "but vertically," one climber adds. Still, they beat the impossibly steep odds Wednesday in California's Yosemite Valley.
![Ezra David Romero / Capital Public Radio](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=186,height=140,fit=crop/media/10895887/052318HalfDomeYosemite-p.jpg)
May 23, 2018A hiker in Yosemite National Park fell to his death while climbing the iconic granite cliffs of Half Dome in rainy conditions, authorities said Tuesday.
Scenes From Yosemite
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Click on the photo to view the slideshow Washburn Point and Glacier Point
History and Celebrations
Learn more this national park and its history here.
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