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Yosemite Mariposa Grove is Museum for Mind and Soul

Published on: June 16, 2018

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Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias re-opened to the public with fanfare on June 14, 2018 after completion of a three-year restoration project. Fans excitedly returned to see famed Grizzly Giant, Fallen Tunnel Tree and other icons that are some of the oldest, largest trees in the world. A dream $40 million project has created something akin to a museum in which people can look but not touch many specimens that have been artfully cared for like other irreplaceable artifacts you can see in the world’s best museums.

It’s a museum for the mind and soul as you smell the scented forest, gaze and snap selfies, and learn about these ancient warriors who have survived fires, floods, and humans who previously put the trees at risk by trampling on their roots.

Like any museum, the Mariposa Grove experience is now designed to balance the public’s need to see with the well-being of the “art”.

The Restoration

  • Limits Mariposa Grove visitors to 1 million per year (around 4.75 million visit Yosemite National Park annually)
  • Distances car and bus pollution from the grove by removing interior parking. Guests can park at a new visitor center and climb aboard one of the park’s official shuttles for a two-mile ride into the grove.
  • Keeps guests on newly-designed trails, walkways and bridges over sensitive wetlands to protect habitat and sequoia roots. Rattlesnake Creek is flowing again after culverts blocking waterflows were replaced by one of the elevated boardwalks.

 

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