• View of Half Dome and Washington Column in Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite

    National Park California

Curry Village Environmental Assessment

Home


 

Finding of No Significant Impact now available at the NPS Planning, Enivronment & Public Comment webpage.

 
\\INPYOSEMS22\Users\intp\LLeao\WEB_\Curry_Village\curryvillage_mainpage

In response to recent rockfall events, the National Park Service has realigned the boundary of the rockfall hazard zone in Curry Village. To reduce health and safety hazards, all of the structures within the updated rockfall hazard zone were closed. The National Park Service is developing an environmental assessment to address these structures.

Location

Curry Village is located at the base of sheer granite walls below Glacier Point near the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. As a result, portions of Curry Village are within the newly defined rockfall hazard zone established by Yosemite National Park. The Curry Village area is historically significant and is included in the Camp Curry (Curry Village) and the Yosemite Valley Historic Districts.

Did You Know?

Sierra Sweet Bay

In Wawona and downstream, the South Fork Merced River provides habitat for a rare plant, the Sierra sweet bay (Myrica hartwegii). This special status shrub is found in only five Sierra Nevada counties. In Yosemite, it occurs exclusively on sand bars and river banks along the South Fork Merced River downstream from Wawona and on Big Creek.