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Visitors Ignore Closed Signs at Yosemite

From thecooldown.com by Mike Taylor, November 25, 2023 Though national parks are a celebration of the beauty of nature, tourists aren’t always on their best behavior when visiting.  Tourons of National Parks (@touronsofnationalparks) shared a post about visitors behaving badly last month. This time, they encroached on a restoration area in Yosemite National Park’s largest grove of giant sequoias. Mikayla Morse (@mikaylamorse15) wrote in the caption that she came across a group … Continue reading Visitors Ignore Closed Signs at Yosemite

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Coastal Visitation Patterns at Cabrillo National Monument

Cabrillo National Monument (San Diego, CA, USA) is a pint-sized unit of the National Park System (0.65 terrestrial km2) that attracts an average of 850,720 visitors annually (IRMA, SRSS Reports, mean visitation 2011–2020). The coastal area of the park contains well-preserved and sensitive natural resources, including sea cliffs, maritime sage scrub, and rocky intertidal habitat. Understanding small-scale visitor use patterns to this area can guide … Continue reading Coastal Visitation Patterns at Cabrillo National Monument

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