Sedona Red Rock News
The city of Sedona is in the process of moving up a portion of its Transit Master Plan to help address the ever-increasing problem of trailhead parking. The plan calls for a temporary trailhead shuttle exchange hub to be placed at the city-owned Ranger Station Park on Brewer Road. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
As a result of this year’s spring break crowds, which brought an increase in traffic and parking issues at area trailheads, the city is looking to do something about it several years ahead of schedule.
The Sedona City Council on May 11 gave direction to staff to proceed with plans council members think may serve as a temporary fix to the above problem. While the overall transit plan will take several years to implement, Robert Weber, the city’s first-ever transit administrator, feels there are things that can be done in the meantime.
Caltrans announced late Friday (4-30-21) that the Tioga Road gate at the Inyo National Forest’s Ranger Station in Lee Vining is now opened. The high mountain highway is cleared and safe, all the way to the top at the Yosemite entrance gate. Tioga Pass, into Yosemite National Park, is not opened and no expected date has been given.
Beaver’s Sporting Goods in Lee Vining has been stocking Ellery Lake for several years, and reports as of May 3, the lake has some open waters by the stream inlet, on the west side of the lake. The mostly ice-covered lake is expected to melt within a few weeks. Tioga Lake is frozen over. Saddlebag Lake Road has been plowed and is reportedly accessible, but icy as well.
If Mount Rainier’s name is changed, what about Mount Baker? April 28, 2021 at 3:35 pm
Koma Kulshan Guard Station on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, as it appeared in a 1990 photo by James A. McDonald; “Koma Kulshan” was intended to honor the Indigenous name of nearby Mount Baker, but may be incorrect. (US Forest Service)
Last week, KIRO 7 TV reported that the Puyallup Tribe is launching a new effort to restore the Indigenous name “Tacoma” to Mount Rainier.
But what about Mount Baker, which was given that name 229 years ago this week?
Unlike the battle between Seattle and Tacoma civic leaders over the name of Mount Rainier which goes way back to the 1890s – or even the new efforts of the Puyallup Tribe, there doesn’t appear to have ever been the same level of conflict or even any dispute over the name of Mount Baker. However, it turns out that there
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Greens Peak splendor (Forest Service Photo, from https://www.fs.usda.gov/asnf)
The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests’ Lakeside Ranger District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of a slash pile between Monday, March 8, and Wednesday, March 31, 2021, as conditions allow.
Slash is the accumulation of limbs, leaves, pine needles and miscellaneous fuel left by natural debris and forest management activities, such as thinning, pruning, and timber harvesting. Slash piles are created by gathering these materials into manageable, isolated piles that can be burned in a safe manner to reduce fire hazards.
The prescribed burn, located within the Lakeside Administration Site, will require one day of ignitions on a single large pile, which is approximately 1-acre of land. Fire crews will be on scene from ignition until there is no longer a threat of escape from the project boundaries. Prescribed fire, also known as RX, operations are subject to canc