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Ranger-naturalists have been interpreting the natural and cultural resources of Yosemite for park visitors for nearly a century. In this blog, some of Yosemite's park rangers share recent observations from around Yosemite.

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First Blooms of the 2013 Wildflower Season!

January 11, 2013 Posted by: Bob Roney
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Every January the Merced Canyon opens the annual flower show with waterfall buttercups (Kumlienia hystriculus). These beauties live around wet areas where water continually drips or near waterfalls where they are kept fresh by spray.

Yosemite Valley, Wildflowers, BR
 

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Half Dome Permit

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