By Anthony Solorzano | Los Angeles Occasions
LOS ANGELES — Yosemite Nationwide Park introduced it has opened reservations for summer time tenting in a variety of its in style campgrounds after a brand new reservation system and employees cuts brought about delays and questions on once they would change into obtainable once more.
Reservations for dates between June 15 and July 14 within the Higher Pines, Wawona and Hodgdon Meadow campgrounds, amongst others, had been made obtainable at 7 a.m. Monday. Reservations for dates between July 15 and Aug. 14 open at 7 a.m. on March 31. Reservations could be made on Recreation.gov.
In February, reservations had been delayed indefinitely whereas the Nationwide Park Service acquired approval from President Donald Trump’s administration on its new reservation system.
Then sweeping cuts to the federal workforce introduced by the administration a number of days later made it unclear when reservations would change into obtainable once more. About 10% of the Park Service’s employees has been misplaced amid the cuts with tons of extra taking buyouts provided by the administration.
However on March 20, the Nationwide Park Conservation Affiliation introduced it was approved to reinstate all probationary park employees who had been fired the earlier month. The group mentioned the job cuts had brought about the reservation delay.
Yosemite Nationwide Park had greater than 4 million guests final 12 months. Its visits peak on common between June and August, in keeping with Park Service statistics.
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Initially Printed: March 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM PDT