• View of Half Dome and Washington Column in Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite

    National Park California

Prescribed Fire History Map

Boundary map of Yosemite that marks past prescribed burn areas
Yosemite National Park helped lead the development of the National Park Service's prescribed burn program. Yosemite's first prescribed burn occurred in 1970. View the legend above to see the number of acres ignited by prescribed fires in more than four decades.
 

Did You Know?

NatureBridge students learning something new from their instructor.

For over 40 years, NatureBridge has served over 40,000 youth and adults annually through a unique variety of environmental education programs at their national park campuses in California and Washington, including their Yosemite National Park campus.