Day: March 6, 2008

  • Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update

    If you spent the whole winter at Tuolumne, you’d be excited to see a flock of Bushtits, too. From the winter rangers: _______________________________________________ March 5, 2008 Weather: (February 27 to March 4) High temp: 61° (Feb 27) Low temp: 4° (March 4) New Snow: 0” Total settled snow depth: 58” as of March 5 Ski…

  • Photo Yields Surprise for Sierra Researchers

    Researchers in the Sierra have stumbled across something they thought had been wiped out decades ago: a wolverine. San Jose Mercury News: “A research project aimed at martens has turned up a bigger prize: a picture of a wolverine, an elusive animal scientists feared may have been driven out of the Sierra Nevada long ago…