Tuolumne Meadows plans – have your say

Posted by Tony Ryan on 22/08/2007

If you have ever visited Tuolumne Meadows in California’s magnificent Sierra Nevada, the National Park Service would like your input on future plans for the area.

How do you envision Tuolumne in the future?
Do you want more or less camping?
A larger store or no store?
Cars, shuttles or neither?
What about climbing opportunities and access?

Yosemite National Park will answer these questions - with your assistance - through the Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River Plan and Tuolumne Meadows Plan.

To view the plans and comments on them by the Access Fund, visit the Access Fund website.

The deadline for commenting is 15 September.

If you haven’t visited Tuolumne, have a look at these sites -
www.yosemitefun.com
www.supertopo.com

The Supertopo guidebook Tuolumne Free Climbs is available to purchase in the BMC online shop
See the America page of the Climbing Guidebooks section.

(News source – The Access Fund)

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