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yosemite was the first national park.created by congress through federal regulation in 1864 that granted the area to california for park purposes. the first was a state park. at least for a while. if that is confusing, i am sorry , it gets worse. we haven't talked about in any of the others. they signed it while central park wasre still under construction. what they both shared at that time was they both expressed and manifested hopes and manifestations for remade american public. that sounds odd to us today, maybe, but it did not sound odd in the mid- 19th century. a lot of people were going to war on this topic. a remade republic, one without enslaved people above all. one that enslaved a union. a republic that is still perfect moving towards the realization of the goals and ideals that it had been founded on on 1776. the bedrock of the republican party that got lincoln elected. sorry. i was supposed to switch slides. there they are. so, this quotation to olmsted was really the starting point for the book. shah was an a
yosemite was the first national park.created by congress through federal regulation in 1864 that granted the area to california for park purposes. the first was a state park. at least for a while. if that is confusing, i am sorry , it gets worse. we haven't talked about in any of the others. they signed it while central park wasre still under construction. what they both shared at that time was they both expressed and manifested hopes and manifestations for remade american public. that sounds...
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and ethan's new book on olmstead in yosemite. i'm sure many of you are familiar with parts of this story. olmstead design of central park and his ideas about yosemite. his work for the movement and for the union army and is helping to shape the concept of the urban and national park in the united states. what's remarkable to consider and what the authors reveal so beautifully is that he was working on all these various projects the same time during the 1860s, both park and yosemite embody the new of freedom that inspired the union during its greatest crisis, epitomized seeing the duty of the republic to enhance the lives and well-being of all of its citizens. marking the bison of olmsted's birth. the birth book sets the historical record straight offers a fresh interpretation of how the american park, urban and national came to figure so prominently our cultural identity. so to keep along, i will hand this off to lauren and thank you very much. thanks. you can see me over the podium. my name? lauren meyer. i'm president of the fr
and ethan's new book on olmstead in yosemite. i'm sure many of you are familiar with parts of this story. olmstead design of central park and his ideas about yosemite. his work for the movement and for the union army and is helping to shape the concept of the urban and national park in the united states. what's remarkable to consider and what the authors reveal so beautifully is that he was working on all these various projects the same time during the 1860s, both park and yosemite embody the...
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and ethan's new book on olmstead in yosemite. i'm sure many of you are familiar with parts of this story. olmstead design of central park and his ideas about yosemite. his work for the movement and for the union army and is helping to shape the concept of the urban and national park in the united states. what's remarkable to consider and what the authors reveal so beautifully is that he was working on all these various projects the same time during the 1860s, both park and yosemite embody the new of freedom that inspired the union during its greatest crisis, epitomized seeing the duty of the republic to enhance the lives and well-being of all of its citizens. marking the bison of olmsted's birth. the birth book sets the historical record straight offers a fresh interpretation of how the american park, urban and national came to figure so prominently our cultural identity. so to keep along, i will hand this off to lauren and thank you very much. thanks. you can see me over the podium. my name? lauren meyer. i'm president of the fr
and ethan's new book on olmstead in yosemite. i'm sure many of you are familiar with parts of this story. olmstead design of central park and his ideas about yosemite. his work for the movement and for the union army and is helping to shape the concept of the urban and national park in the united states. what's remarkable to consider and what the authors reveal so beautifully is that he was working on all these various projects the same time during the 1860s, both park and yosemite embody the...
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that is how yosemite was dispossessed. to the old part of park history it's not new but it's intrinsic. the real question is what public interest is being served? people who were forced out, no compensation there it literally forced out while they were being killed. there were treaties that were signed there's rarely of any o respected. there was no fairness in that it was a terrible tragedy. checksum pledge are both addressing that. there tends to be particularly your point about the irish and the germans who were a displaced that comes up in a lot of talk. came up recently the only people displaced were the people in seneca village. on that is not the case.sa as you point out they were compensated because they were land owners and they were substantial.wo >> yes every public works. we can identify public works that did target certain communities called urban renewal, right? [laughter]rk i just would not like to put central park in thatt same category necessarily that it was targeting ethnic or racial groups had happened
that is how yosemite was dispossessed. to the old part of park history it's not new but it's intrinsic. the real question is what public interest is being served? people who were forced out, no compensation there it literally forced out while they were being killed. there were treaties that were signed there's rarely of any o respected. there was no fairness in that it was a terrible tragedy. checksum pledge are both addressing that. there tends to be particularly your point about the irish and...
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olmsted and yosemite. we here to talk, about her new book, a timely new interpretation of the national park idea. i think we'd all agree -- do we need to adjust? >> mic -- >> the mic is on. a little bit up. okay. i think we would agree it's a time reinterpretation of the national park idea. where did the idea come from. they did arrive spontaneous during camp are in 1870 on the yellowstone plateau. that's been the official store for many years. as an adept something to do with teddy roosevelt or john muir and why we talk about olmsted. wasn't he a part designer and national parks are usually come to use come to mind as design landscapes. he designed central park, the arnold arboretum, et cetera. what does it have to do with national parks? these are questions that rolf and and i have been plagued with our entire professional lives. [laughing] so we decided to writete this book. i don't know if this is the last word or not, rolf, but hopefully, hopefully. the term national park idea that is in our title is
olmsted and yosemite. we here to talk, about her new book, a timely new interpretation of the national park idea. i think we'd all agree -- do we need to adjust? >> mic -- >> the mic is on. a little bit up. okay. i think we would agree it's a time reinterpretation of the national park idea. where did the idea come from. they did arrive spontaneous during camp are in 1870 on the yellowstone plateau. that's been the official store for many years. as an adept something to do with teddy...
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if go to yosemite and visit of the view of what yosemite looks like. and we don't think of that as being something that changes over time. and in fact, if the park service ever moves a campground or changes, you know, a scenic pullout, people actually get upset because of like, hey that's not the one i'm used to. now looks different because i'm having to see it from a different angle. i actually ran an experiment with my environmental history class a number of years ago. rei, the early days, sort of digital photography. we didn't have instagram yet or facebook. we just had flickr. and during one of our class breaks where i had them type in into flickr search engine yosemite and view and, have it pull up all the photographs that were tagged with those words and display them as a slideshow. and i swear 90% of them were taken from exactly the same spot, which is one of the spots where the tour busses of take everybody through to what's called the tunnel view. if you know yosemite, up on highway 140 and looking back at half dome and capitan and sort of thi
if go to yosemite and visit of the view of what yosemite looks like. and we don't think of that as being something that changes over time. and in fact, if the park service ever moves a campground or changes, you know, a scenic pullout, people actually get upset because of like, hey that's not the one i'm used to. now looks different because i'm having to see it from a different angle. i actually ran an experiment with my environmental history class a number of years ago. rei, the early days,...
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about the yosemite.way so you get the gist of the question. >> i think -- well i like to -- go back into history and as logan l said bring it alive because ica think in i can point out a lot of places where time seems to telescope history and in a couple of lessons i think often when you go back and look at history it's not -- not black and white. it's messy and more beautiful and more fun and more relatable. if we try to crystallize it, it becomes almost untruth in itself and i think muir particularly there are a lot of cases, you know,, he wasn't some purist tht was trying to keep people out of nature toto present nature. he was all about bringing people to nature. the sierra club that was -- created, at the same time trees were cut down was created to bring people into the sierra nevada to experience it. to him he was the greatst manifestation of god and if he could bring people to the mountains -- to they would fall in love with the mountains and trees and then they would protect nature. so i think w
about the yosemite.way so you get the gist of the question. >> i think -- well i like to -- go back into history and as logan l said bring it alive because ica think in i can point out a lot of places where time seems to telescope history and in a couple of lessons i think often when you go back and look at history it's not -- not black and white. it's messy and more beautiful and more fun and more relatable. if we try to crystallize it, it becomes almost untruth in itself and i think...
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we went out yosemite valley. i took, in the view of point, i don't know if we have images of if we're queuing up images today or not but anyway you probably know that view of inspiration point where you look out and you see a bridal fall on the right and el capitan on the left and true to its name, it inspired me and i knew that i wanted to spend time there and. then as i was at the history of the and and how it came to be, you know, one of our great national landscapes, i'd discovered that john muir was, the person who embodied the yosemite valley story. so he was also inspired i know from reading your book by yosemite valley, you have a reading about that. you want to tell us about his experience. sure. you know, encountering it. so i i first experienced it as many people do through that gorgeous view from inspiration point. muir went there, first of all, in 1868. he walked there from san francisco and went into the valley in winter. there it was very snowy. there were bears. people said he might make it out al
we went out yosemite valley. i took, in the view of point, i don't know if we have images of if we're queuing up images today or not but anyway you probably know that view of inspiration point where you look out and you see a bridal fall on the right and el capitan on the left and true to its name, it inspired me and i knew that i wanted to spend time there and. then as i was at the history of the and and how it came to be, you know, one of our great national landscapes, i'd discovered that...
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if go to yosemite and visit of the view of what yosemite looks like. and we don't think of that as being something that changes over time. and in fact, if the park service ever moves a campground or changes, you know, a scenic pullout, people actually get upset because of like, hey that's not the one i'm used to. now looks different because i'm having to see it from a different angle. i actually ran an experiment with my environmental history class a number of years ago. rei, the early days, sort of digital photography. we didn't have instagram yet or facebook. we just had flickr. and during one of our class breaks where i had them type in into flickr search engine yosemite and view and, have it pull up all the photographs that were tagged with those words and display them as a slideshow. and i swear 90% of them were taken from exactly the same spot, which is one of the spots where the tour busses of take everybody through to what's called the tunnel view. if you know yosemite, up on highway 140 and looking back at half dome and capitan and sort of thi
if go to yosemite and visit of the view of what yosemite looks like. and we don't think of that as being something that changes over time. and in fact, if the park service ever moves a campground or changes, you know, a scenic pullout, people actually get upset because of like, hey that's not the one i'm used to. now looks different because i'm having to see it from a different angle. i actually ran an experiment with my environmental history class a number of years ago. rei, the early days,...
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of why you think he saved yosemite. and how did mountain men pay for his living out there? what was he doing? just writing for later? i assume it was writing, but how did he live? >> those are good questions. there's a lot in this pork. muir's life was brawling, he was an inventor, a writer, he worked in factories and created the most efficient process for making wagon wheels. , so a very complex person if you think in terms of their cutting down trees. that's really a wonderful story, i think, in its complexity. part of the complexity there is that abraham lincoln saved the valley during the civil war. was under pressure from long in coming up. mining, shepherding and everything. he's fighting the battle to save the area around. well, they did that but then you had a national park around the valley. for the next 15, years he and johnson fought to have the valley receded to the federal government to create the national park that we know today. ultimately then, san francisco, the whole second half of the book its battle
of why you think he saved yosemite. and how did mountain men pay for his living out there? what was he doing? just writing for later? i assume it was writing, but how did he live? >> those are good questions. there's a lot in this pork. muir's life was brawling, he was an inventor, a writer, he worked in factories and created the most efficient process for making wagon wheels. , so a very complex person if you think in terms of their cutting down trees. that's really a wonderful story, i...
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that's not about yosemite.o anyway you get the gist of the question. >> i like to go back into history as logan said bring it alive. i could point out a lot of places where time seems to telescope history. it comes down to us in a maybe couple little lessons. i think often when you go back and look at history, it is not black and white. it is messy. more beautiful, more fun, more relatable. if we try to crystallize it it becomes almost an truth in itself. and i think muir particular there a lot, muir is not a purist trying to keep people out of nature to protect nature he was all about bringing people to nature. the serra club that created the sames time these two trees were cut down, was created to bring people into the sierra nevada th experience it. to him it was a grace manifestation of god. they would fall in love with the mountains and the trees that theywould protectso nature. all kinds of mythology and legends until for me, my phone is going back and living with history. finding all the pieces almost in
that's not about yosemite.o anyway you get the gist of the question. >> i like to go back into history as logan said bring it alive. i could point out a lot of places where time seems to telescope history. it comes down to us in a maybe couple little lessons. i think often when you go back and look at history, it is not black and white. it is messy. more beautiful, more fun, more relatable. if we try to crystallize it it becomes almost an truth in itself. and i think muir particular there...
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i arrived in yosemite and therefore yosemite arrived in me. and i was overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite. i actually think that people who are not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. i remember being in the on the bus with a woman that said, it's not all that. it's not that. and i was thinking how sad that she thinks that this is not all that because yosemite is that and more we should have that on signs yosemite is all that and more because if because the thing that i realized is that when i walk out from the valley visitor center i've walked out into a painting by thomas cole or thomas hill or bierstadt. and when i first saw their artwork, i thought, oh, the romantic period, there are just exaggerating this. and sometimes, you know, bierstadt had a tendency to move things around that were made out of granite because it looked a little bit more dramatic. and the lights and shadows and all of that. but when i was in yosemite, i walked out after closing the visitor center into a bierstadt painting into a thomas hi
i arrived in yosemite and therefore yosemite arrived in me. and i was overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite. i actually think that people who are not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. i remember being in the on the bus with a woman that said, it's not all that. it's not that. and i was thinking how sad that she thinks that this is not all that because yosemite is that and more we should have that on signs yosemite is all that and more because if because the thing...
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these are some people who werese living in yosemite valley as part of the museum exhibit in yosemitealley for decades actually. in yosemite they were initially they tried to move the native people out of yosemite valley and eventually they sort of let them back in but under the condition that they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the tourists, not quite like animals in zoos but something close. people come by and sort of remark look at those outfits they are wearing end of the things they are doing and they are there to be sort of seen by the tourists. i think one of the things that is curious about our relationship with nature is represented by the parks is how sort of the original anglo settlers and these railroads and alllr these folks that are comig into these landscapes can't really quite make sense of people who live in nature rather than looking at nature. that's the difference of being, yosemite being a place to live and rely upon the resources that are there in the way that the native american view or is it being sort of a scene that you stand back a
these are some people who werese living in yosemite valley as part of the museum exhibit in yosemitealley for decades actually. in yosemite they were initially they tried to move the native people out of yosemite valley and eventually they sort of let them back in but under the condition that they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the tourists, not quite like animals in zoos but something close. people come by and sort of remark look at those outfits they are wearing end...
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and, therefore, yosemite arrived in meat, and i was overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite. i think people who are not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. [laughter] ii remember being on the bus wih woman that said it's not all that, it's that all that and i was thinking how sad? thatha she thinks that this is t all that because yosemite is all that and more. should have it on the center yosemite is all that and more. because the thing that i realized, when i walk out from the valley visitor center i've walked out into a painting by thomas cole or thomasville or bierstadt. when i first saw the artwork i thought oh, the romantic periods which is exaggerating this and sometimes bierstadt had a tendency to move things around that were made out of granite because it looked looe dramatic and light and shadows and all that when i was in yosemite i walked out after closing the visitor center into a abuse debt paid to come into a thomasville painting and i realized they are not romantic painters they are realists. this is really happening. when you seein
and, therefore, yosemite arrived in meat, and i was overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite. i think people who are not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. [laughter] ii remember being on the bus wih woman that said it's not all that, it's that all that and i was thinking how sad? thatha she thinks that this is t all that because yosemite is all that and more. should have it on the center yosemite is all that and more. because the thing that i realized, when i walk out...
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he was also inspired by yosemite valley. have a reading about that. >> sure appeared i first experienced it as many people do through that gorgeous view from inspiration point. first of all 1868 he walked there from san francisco. went into the valley in winter. it was very snowy, there were bears out. people saidid he might not maket out alive, but he did get he also fell in love with it almost instantly and decided that he wanted to stay there. he took a job working as a shepherd. he went up into the mountains and the passage i will read for you is when he first looks over yosemite falls into the valley, he is looking over the falls 5000 feet into the valley. there were no guardrails at this time. there is a picture of it in the book whenhe you get to it. wishing to be part of this god work is nearly impossible. he took off his shoes and stockings impressing his feet eaand hands against the slick granite worked his way down until his head near was near the energizing stream. he hoped he could lean out over the edge and see
he was also inspired by yosemite valley. have a reading about that. >> sure appeared i first experienced it as many people do through that gorgeous view from inspiration point. first of all 1868 he walked there from san francisco. went into the valley in winter. it was very snowy, there were bears out. people saidid he might not maket out alive, but he did get he also fell in love with it almost instantly and decided that he wanted to stay there. he took a job working as a shepherd. he...
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people living in yosemite valley as part of the museum exhibit in yosemite valley for decades actually yosemite they were initially tried to move the native people out of you 70 valley then eventually they let them back in but on the contention essentially they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the chores. not quiteli like animals but something close. on display, people come by and remark can't look at the outfits they are wearing look at the things they are doing. they are they are to be seen by the tourists. i think one of the things curious about our relationship as represented by the parks is how the original anglo settlers the railroads all these folks coming into these landscapes cannot really make sense of people who live in nature rather than looking at nature. that is the difference of yosemite being a place to live in and to rely upon the thresources that are there the y the native americans do. or a scene you stand back and look at you go to the tunnel view which the tour bus takes you to new take your standard photograph, by the postcard you. get the
people living in yosemite valley as part of the museum exhibit in yosemite valley for decades actually yosemite they were initially tried to move the native people out of you 70 valley then eventually they let them back in but on the contention essentially they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the chores. not quiteli like animals but something close. on display, people come by and remark can't look at the outfits they are wearing look at the things they are doing. they...
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in yosemite there were initially they tried to move the native people out of yosemite valley.they'llk let them bk in but on the condition eventually that they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the taurus. not quite like animals in zoos but something close. they are on display. people can buy a mark on the look of those outfits, look at the things they're doing. they are there to be sort of seeing by the tourists. one of the things that's curious about our relationship with nature as represented by the parks is how sort of the original anglo settlers and the railroads and all these folks had come into these landscapes can't really quite make sense of people who live in nature rather than looking at nature. that's that difference of being yosemite being a place to live in and to rely upon, the resources that are there in the way that native american to do, or is it being a scene that you stand back and you look at. you go to the time of you which a tour bus take you to undertake your standard photograph that you buy the postcard and you get the view of th
in yosemite there were initially they tried to move the native people out of yosemite valley.they'llk let them bk in but on the condition eventually that they live in their traditional ways as part of the display for the taurus. not quite like animals in zoos but something close. they are on display. people can buy a mark on the look of those outfits, look at the things they're doing. they are there to be sort of seeing by the tourists. one of the things that's curious about our relationship...
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i ride in yosemite therefore yosemite arrived in me. i was overwhelmed. think people were not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. [laughter] i'm a bit on the bus with a woman who said it's not all that, it's not all that and i was thinking how sad that she thanks this is not all that but yosemite is all that and more. we should that have that on the side yosemite is all that and more. because the thing i realized is when i walk out to the visitor center i have walked out into a painting thomas hill, my first other artwork i thought the romantic. exaggerated this sometime there's a tendency to move things around a bit made out of granite looked a little bit more dramatic than the bite. but when i was in yosemite i walked out after closing the visitor center and 28 thomas hill painting. i realized they are not romantic painters they are realist. this is really happening. when you see horse tail fall in the springtime it creates it's called the fire fall is illumined by that light. youed realize you are in an incredible place. the
i ride in yosemite therefore yosemite arrived in me. i was overwhelmed. think people were not overwhelmed by the beauty of yosemite should seek medical care. [laughter] i'm a bit on the bus with a woman who said it's not all that, it's not all that and i was thinking how sad that she thanks this is not all that but yosemite is all that and more. we should that have that on the side yosemite is all that and more. because the thing i realized is when i walk out to the visitor center i have walked...
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yosemite is all of that and more we should have that on a sign. yosemite is all that and more. because the thing that i realized was when i walk out from the visitor center, i walked out into a painting by thomas cole or thomas hill and when ie first saw their artwork, i thought they are just exaggerating this. having a tendency to move things maround that were made out of granted hundred granite because it made more dramatic. i walked out after closing the visitor center into a painting. into a thomas hill painting and i realize they are not romantic painters. they are realist. this is really happening. horsetail fall in the springtime laid up and it creates a fire fall. it is illumined by that light. you realize that you are in an incredible place. where the extraordinary is ordinary. and rangers get like that when they are there. yes, it is a bear. because we see them all the time oh my gosh, it's a double rainbow. yes. it is a double rainbow. [laughter] human beings can get used to just about any environment. i am saying this to you because reading and rereading the olmsted
yosemite is all of that and more we should have that on a sign. yosemite is all that and more. because the thing that i realized was when i walk out from the visitor center, i walked out into a painting by thomas cole or thomas hill and when ie first saw their artwork, i thought they are just exaggerating this. having a tendency to move things maround that were made out of granted hundred granite because it made more dramatic. i walked out after closing the visitor center into a painting. into...
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welcome toom yosemite fall. humans can get used to any environment.eading and rereading the report reminded me of the value of national parks. the power of national parks and the democracy that's implicit in the foundation of national parks. i never thought when i read the phrase i was part of the people. i recognize when thomas jefferson wrote we the people american males free of debt. that's who he was referring to. not women or native-americans, or people of color. he was referring to the men in the room with him. tawhen you first read that and think that easterrable. oh, it's a good thing he was so vague. when i had a conversation with ken burns about this he said along thee lines if they spelled out what they meant we'd be screwed. [ laughter ] >> the usage is the best way to describe that. we can reread the words and get a different connotation and denotation. it means something different today justdi like they have a differentw. meaning tomorrow. they evolve through time because all ideas evolve through time. the ideas that shape us are ideas w
welcome toom yosemite fall. humans can get used to any environment.eading and rereading the report reminded me of the value of national parks. the power of national parks and the democracy that's implicit in the foundation of national parks. i never thought when i read the phrase i was part of the people. i recognize when thomas jefferson wrote we the people american males free of debt. that's who he was referring to. not women or native-americans, or people of color. he was referring to the...
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francisco has a city cabins in an area of yosemite.l us where it is and how the city got that exclusive access to the area. >> yes, so, there are two cabins -- and cottages is what they call them, and a bunkhouse. the sleep between five and seven for the cottages and up to 16 people for the bunkhouse. the creation of these overnight facilities that are as you said exclusively available to elected officials and some city employees and officials, they go back to the creation of the dam, the o'shaughnessy dam, named after the chief engineer. a little over a century ago, they began work on this project to basically create a reservoir that is now the water source for about 2.5 billion people in the bay area. kristen: that's right next to the reservoir, where san francisco it gets its water. san francisco -- where san francisco gets its water. doesn't involve taxpayer money -- does it involved taxpayer money? >> basically this is funded with taxpayer money. it is a very exclusive perk. it is one several supervisors have taken advantage of. t
francisco has a city cabins in an area of yosemite.l us where it is and how the city got that exclusive access to the area. >> yes, so, there are two cabins -- and cottages is what they call them, and a bunkhouse. the sleep between five and seven for the cottages and up to 16 people for the bunkhouse. the creation of these overnight facilities that are as you said exclusively available to elected officials and some city employees and officials, they go back to the creation of the dam, the...
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the firm had the longest relationship with yosemite.lmsted junior began officially advising the national park service as early as the 1920s related to conflict and overcrowding in yosemite valley. in 19208 stepped in as the first chair of the committee of expert advisors. a position he held intermittently until 1953. the committee was to provide guidance and a broad plan for it yosemite that would ensure it scenic preservation of the national park service considered park development to accommodate increasing public use. it also gave the park service the opportunity to address outside criticism by selecting a committee the agency's critics could support. served with mcduffie with whom his work on the california state park system and a geologists at caltech. the committee studied several locations inn the park and advised on topics from winter orecreation activities to public sanitation, to a proposed cable away from the valley floor up the rock face to palatial points in a lieu of costly road construction, which of course you know he opp
the firm had the longest relationship with yosemite.lmsted junior began officially advising the national park service as early as the 1920s related to conflict and overcrowding in yosemite valley. in 19208 stepped in as the first chair of the committee of expert advisors. a position he held intermittently until 1953. the committee was to provide guidance and a broad plan for it yosemite that would ensure it scenic preservation of the national park service considered park development to...
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the olmsted firm had the longest relationship with yosemite. olmsted jr. began officially inviting the national park service as early as the 1920s related to conflicts in overcrowding in yosemite valley and i in 1928 he stepped in as e first chair of the committee of itexpert advisers a position he held intermittently through 1953. the committee which applied guidance and abroad plan for you somebody to ensure any preservation in with the national parks under considered part development and increasing public use. also gain the park service the opportunity to address outside criticism by selectingmm a committee of his critics couldor support. he served with duncan mcguffey on the california state park system and a geologist from caltech. the committee studied several locations of the park and advice on topics from recreation activities to public sanitation, too proposed cable way from the valley floor up to glacier point in blue of costly road construction which of course we know he opposed. this work was most often committed to the national park service in
the olmsted firm had the longest relationship with yosemite. olmsted jr. began officially inviting the national park service as early as the 1920s related to conflicts in overcrowding in yosemite valley and i in 1928 he stepped in as e first chair of the committee of itexpert advisers a position he held intermittently through 1953. the committee which applied guidance and abroad plan for you somebody to ensure any preservation in with the national parks under considered part development and...
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it is a story of yosemite but also a story about our backyard. these are researchers here at uc berkeley in the 70s. people thought they were nuts! >> some still do! >> yeah, some still do, but 50 years later they are proven right. >> those healthy fires are so important, but when you see one just from a distance, you cannot help but hold your breath if that is going to stay controlled, because that is the risk with these healthy fires. i could not help but notice that you took a little drink from the stream there. good for you, nature boy! >> that is one thing most people comment on because they know you have to filter the water. i am holding a filter in the other hand and i did filter that water. >> still, that has to be the cleanest water you have had in a long time! >> you but it was! but you have always got to filter the water when you are up there. >> it was a nice day in the office, but you actually hiked! >> we ended up going out eight and then you have to go back out the next day. it was totally worth it. for that part of the park, the b
it is a story of yosemite but also a story about our backyard. these are researchers here at uc berkeley in the 70s. people thought they were nuts! >> some still do! >> yeah, some still do, but 50 years later they are proven right. >> those healthy fires are so important, but when you see one just from a distance, you cannot help but hold your breath if that is going to stay controlled, because that is the risk with these healthy fires. i could not help but notice that you...
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we take you to yosemite where researchers say that in some cases it is better to let them burn. >>> aally gets their equipment back. why advocates say that the seizure may have been illegal in the first place. >>> if you recently lost pandemic-era medi-cal benefits, you might be able to get them back. what state officials say you need to know. if you have moderate to severe crohn's disease skyryrizi is thehe first andndy ilil-23 inhibibitor ththat can deleliver clclinical rememission and endodoscopic impmprovemen. seriouous allergicic reactios and anan increaseded risk o of infectioions or a lowerer ability to fight t them may occur. tell your r doctor if f you he an infecection or sysymptoms, had a vaccccine or plalan to. liver r problems m may occur in crohnhn's diseasese. cocontrol of c crohn's memeans everytything to mem. ask your g gastroentererologit about skskyrizi. ♪ controlol is everytything to ♪ learn hohow abbvie could hehelp you savave. >>> right now on cbs news bay area, we go to a quiet corner of yosemite, where a groundbreaking and risky experiment has been playing out
we take you to yosemite where researchers say that in some cases it is better to let them burn. >>> aally gets their equipment back. why advocates say that the seizure may have been illegal in the first place. >>> if you recently lost pandemic-era medi-cal benefits, you might be able to get them back. what state officials say you need to know. if you have moderate to severe crohn's disease skyryrizi is thehe first andndy ilil-23 inhibibitor ththat can deleliver clclinical...
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. >>> the clear skies over yosemite. clear look at time lapse video. they organized a night hike that is challenging enough during the day. i will play the video forward here as soon as i can find the controls, we will let it go. you can see the trail of the little headlights right along half dome. four hikers making the 18 mile trip, almost, up half dome overnight. love it with the milky way. the photographer his to hike up as well to get there point to look across yosemite valley and catch the hikers going up and then back down the other side. just, spectacular view of just some of the view that we get in california. let's take a look at what you need to know. there is the view from sales force tower as we head through the next couple of days, low cloud cover, fog. the tracks are swallowing them up. well across the bay and patchy drizzle here and there. and cool for us, beginning tomorrow, through the end of the workweek. even moisture trying to sneak up towards us by the end of the week. we are going to warm up again as we head into the weekend as w
. >>> the clear skies over yosemite. clear look at time lapse video. they organized a night hike that is challenging enough during the day. i will play the video forward here as soon as i can find the controls, we will let it go. you can see the trail of the little headlights right along half dome. four hikers making the 18 mile trip, almost, up half dome overnight. love it with the milky way. the photographer his to hike up as well to get there point to look across yosemite valley and...
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they created yosemite and sequoia and general grant national parks, but then again there was another gap another lag until teddy roosevelt during his presidency really became the iconic conservation president using the 1906 antiquities act which gave him the power to create executive action to really make proclamations that any site of public interest could be a national monument and during his presidency congress created another five national parks all of them in the west including mesa verde in colorado. what's also interesting though? is that yellowstone's preservation led to the creation of one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems in the world and this area of which yellowstone is sort of the center. it's a very large area in montana and idaho parts of wyoming is given scientists a huge laboratory for experiments and studies and in fact a group of scientists. just did a climate study. they published that report in july of 2021 as you might expect the news is not good and but the preservation of yellowstone has allowed scientists to actually study this and actually brin
they created yosemite and sequoia and general grant national parks, but then again there was another gap another lag until teddy roosevelt during his presidency really became the iconic conservation president using the 1906 antiquities act which gave him the power to create executive action to really make proclamations that any site of public interest could be a national monument and during his presidency congress created another five national parks all of them in the west including mesa verde...
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they created yosemite and sequoia and general grant national parks, but then again there was another gap another lag until teddy roosevelt during his presidency really became the iconic conservation president using the 1906 antiquities act which gave him the power to create executive action to really make proclamations that any site of public interest could be a national monument and during his presidency congress created another five national parks all of them in the west including mesa verde in colorado. what's also interesting though? is that yellowstone's preservation led to the creation of one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems in the world and this area of which yellowstone is sort of the center. it's a very large area in montana and idaho parts of wyoming is given scientists a huge laboratory for experiments and studies and in fact a group of scientists. just did a climate study. they published that report in july of 2021 as you might expect the news is not good and but the preservation of yellowstone has allowed scientists to actually study this and actually brin
they created yosemite and sequoia and general grant national parks, but then again there was another gap another lag until teddy roosevelt during his presidency really became the iconic conservation president using the 1906 antiquities act which gave him the power to create executive action to really make proclamations that any site of public interest could be a national monument and during his presidency congress created another five national parks all of them in the west including mesa verde...
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what he said was the indians can no more live there than they can have on the yosemite valley.so they always supported, he was one of the people that lobbied directly in his son joined in yellowstone. he was one of the political boys. wasuary 207th the vote called. republicans voted yes on the yellowstone act. 70% of democratss voted no. so this was not unanimous. the ones who were the kind of outliers, there was no regional make down. people were voting against it r all different reasons. it wasas breaking down i think n those issues of white settler rights in federal overreach. republican strong majority in theme house meant the yellowstoe act, which was bipartisan but certainly not unanimous had passed and march 1st 1871 the bill landed on the president's desk and he signed it really without any fanfare. most newspapers reported on it and its passage and were pretty much positive about it as we can see in this quote from the new york herald which was often taken and reprinted in newspapers across the nation. they found it something that was good for the country, good for sum
what he said was the indians can no more live there than they can have on the yosemite valley.so they always supported, he was one of the people that lobbied directly in his son joined in yellowstone. he was one of the political boys. wasuary 207th the vote called. republicans voted yes on the yellowstone act. 70% of democratss voted no. so this was not unanimous. the ones who were the kind of outliers, there was no regional make down. people were voting against it r all different reasons. it...
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yosemite national park. so it's a little bit complicated. thank you again,important. we at desert view, which is the eastern end of the grand canyon and, it's called desert view because when you look to the east, you're looking out into the painted desert and you can maybe see a little bit that beyond the white tower there. so this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. it starts about 70 miles east here. and from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. and so right here is when the canyon first starts to really widen and, deepen and sort of turn into the classic views that you see in most photographs, calendars or, you know, famous images. so before now it's a fairly it's much narrower gorge. and then when it reaches desert view, it really opens out and so it's about ten miles wide here and it's about a mile deep, has another 200 miles to run to the west. it eventually ends up at lake mead, the colorado river. i hope you can see that in the bottom know, runs all the way from the rocky mountains to, you know, to between california. arizona, as
yosemite national park. so it's a little bit complicated. thank you again,important. we at desert view, which is the eastern end of the grand canyon and, it's called desert view because when you look to the east, you're looking out into the painted desert and you can maybe see a little bit that beyond the white tower there. so this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. it starts about 70 miles east here. and from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. and so right here...
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in washington , rebecca kaster, fox news arrangers at yosemite national park say they have seen evidenceblack bear climbed to the top of half dome. yes, you're that right. check it out on the park's facebook page. rangers say since bears are excellent climbers, it probably didn't need to use the 425ft of cable that leads to the summit of half dome. they say the discover of the bear's presence on half dome is a good reminder that bear safety applies everywhere in yosemite. doesn't that bear? no. he needs to get a reservation in order to climb half dome. seriously, i've tried for years and he just goes and climbs it. hi, everybody. good evening to. hey. let's take a look at today's high temperatures across the bay area. we had a 33 degree temperature span within our microclimates. we're talking 64 and pacific to 97 degrees in fairfield. low 80s in santa rosa, mid 80s to the south and san jose. average highs 81. we had 85 degrees in redwood city and redwood shores cooler and mountain view and also in san mateo, 82 degrees. union city and in fremont. this is live. it's our weather camera loo
in washington , rebecca kaster, fox news arrangers at yosemite national park say they have seen evidenceblack bear climbed to the top of half dome. yes, you're that right. check it out on the park's facebook page. rangers say since bears are excellent climbers, it probably didn't need to use the 425ft of cable that leads to the summit of half dome. they say the discover of the bear's presence on half dome is a good reminder that bear safety applies everywhere in yosemite. doesn't that bear? no....
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another wartime measure that gave the land to yosemite and mariposa grove to the state of californiage for the benefit of the people for public use, resort, and recreation. the yellowstone act though as imagine was a different kind of land taking. here the government, the federal government was suggesting they would take land from the territory and give iten to the department of the interior to manage. this was a new idea. this was a precedent-setting idea. because as we will see some people have problems with this kind of idea as opposed to the idea of the yosemite act. so when hayden returned from yellowstone in late october 1871 he received a note from the pr ma for jay cooke of the northern pacific railroad, an investment banker who was raising money foror the northern pacific whose tracks heop hoped would run just north of the yellowstone basin. the letter suggested hayden advocate for the creation of a national park. in his piece for scribner's and in hist report to congress. now, hayden had not lobbed this idea around. he had not even really thought about it before but immedia
another wartime measure that gave the land to yosemite and mariposa grove to the state of californiage for the benefit of the people for public use, resort, and recreation. the yellowstone act though as imagine was a different kind of land taking. here the government, the federal government was suggesting they would take land from the territory and give iten to the department of the interior to manage. this was a new idea. this was a precedent-setting idea. because as we will see some people...
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it's a famous peak at yosemite national park.nd according to park rangers, a non-human visitor got to make the climb up half dome and it didn't need hiking boots or cables to complete the challenging trek. oh, what a view. take a look at this. go ahead. look this is the estuary you could see in the foreground there that billowing bank of fog and above lots of sunshine. it's your bay area forecast. it's on deck. and it's coming up next after this brief time out. stay with high school on lockdown right now after two students were stabbed on campus. both students taken to the hospital. we do not know, though, the extent of their condition. these are live pictures from skyfox you're looking at right now. and we see some of the students appear to be leaving the school right now. as we said, they're locked down. we did see a police presence out there earlier when we checked in on this live shot. you might be able to make out the police cruisers there on your screen. the lower right hand corner of your screen. and we could see the schoo
it's a famous peak at yosemite national park.nd according to park rangers, a non-human visitor got to make the climb up half dome and it didn't need hiking boots or cables to complete the challenging trek. oh, what a view. take a look at this. go ahead. look this is the estuary you could see in the foreground there that billowing bank of fog and above lots of sunshine. it's your bay area forecast. it's on deck. and it's coming up next after this brief time out. stay with high school on lockdown...
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moviÓ hacia la sierra nevada, vemos las tormentas elÉctricas que pasan por (hablan en inglÉs) y yosemite por la regiÓn. las temperaturas en los 60, y bajaremos a los 50. pero se acerca el calor en el Área de la bahÍa, el sÁbado aumentarÁ para el domingo. en novato 85, martÍnez y (hablan en inglÉs) con 66. la influencia del viento cerca de la bahÍa, (informaciÓn en pantalla) para el domingo la temperatura aumentarÁ un poco mÁs. asÍ que tome bastante agua y alÉjese del sol, a largo plazo las tormentas continuarÁn en la sierra nevada, y se acercarÁ al aÁrea de la bahÍa con la convenciÓn las tormentas elÉctricas pueden traer rayos. en los prÓximos 7 dÍas en san josÉ con temperatura agradable y condiciones bastante soleadas en los prÓximos dÍas. temperatura en los 80. regreso. >>> gracias. esta maÑana una ballena jorobada muerta llegÓ a las costas de long island nueva york, la tripulaciÓn estÁn tratando de descubrir quÉ causÓ la muerte de la ballena, es la tercera que aparece muerta en la regiÓn. >>> y este video muestra un grupo de delfines y muchos veces nadan en grupo para defenderse de lo
moviÓ hacia la sierra nevada, vemos las tormentas elÉctricas que pasan por (hablan en inglÉs) y yosemite por la regiÓn. las temperaturas en los 60, y bajaremos a los 50. pero se acerca el calor en el Área de la bahÍa, el sÁbado aumentarÁ para el domingo. en novato 85, martÍnez y (hablan en inglÉs) con 66. la influencia del viento cerca de la bahÍa, (informaciÓn en pantalla) para el domingo la temperatura aumentarÁ un poco mÁs. asÍ que tome bastante agua y alÉjese del sol, a...
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signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. >> for a century now, this dam in a national park brought fresh water to the san francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. >> this will is the moment. it's made possible >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪♪♪ clean power sf is san francisco
signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for...