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• No: Long-awaited Merced River Plan will not take much of the fun out of the Yosemite experience

  No: Long-awaited Merced River Plan will not take much of the fun out of the Yosemite experience

  It is clear that we need to do more to find a balance that secures Yosemite as the region's economic engine for years to come. Thankfully, the park's Merced River planning effort gets us to this place.

• State Senate backs Yosemite expansion

  State Senate backs Yosemite expansion

  The state Senate on Thursday adopted a joint resolution calling on Congress to pass legislation that would allow a 1,600-acre expansion of Yosemite National Park.

  State Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, is the author. The bill asks U.S. officials to authorize park officials to consider the purchase of land near the southwest boundary of the park.

  Much of the land is owned by Pacific Forests Trust, and the rest is owned by a group of private investors. Both owners have expressed interest in selling.

• EDITORIAL: Yosemite bill merits support

  EDITORIAL: Yosemite bill merits support

  Sen. Dianne Feinstein hit a bull's-eye when she said last week that Yosemite National Park's "popularity is also its greatest challenge."

  Feinstein's comment accompanied bills that she and Rep. Jim Costa of Fresno introduced to expand Yosemite's boundaries by nearly 1,600 acres on its western edge near El Portal. If the bills become law, the addition would be the first to Yosemite's 761,000 acres in more than 70 years.

  Backers of the legislation say that the proposed expansion area was part of naturalist John Muir's original vision for the park. That might well be, but Congress should be far less concerned with Muir's 19th century opinions than with serving the public and protecting Yosemite today and in the future.

• Yosemite says Tioga Road will open May 11

  Yosemite says Tioga Road will open May 11

  Yosemite National Park on Tuesday announced Tioga Road, a key east-west artery across the Sierra Nevada, is scheduled to open Saturday, May 11, unless a spring storm drops more snow on the high country.

• Law Day in Yosemite

  Law Day in Yosemite

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1958 "a day of national dedication to the principle of government under laws" and "the great heritage of liberty, justice, and equality under the law."

  Thus began our first national Law Day, and bar associations, courts and schools celebrate the day annually.

  This year marks the first known federal court-sponsored Law Day in Yosemite National Park. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng, on behalf of the Eastern District of California and the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the Federal Bar Association have invited eighth-grade students from Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Lake Don Pedro, Mariposa and Woodland elementary schools to commemorate the day against the backdrop of majestic Yosemite Falls.