Little Yo Pod

Send us Fan Mail Mission 66 was a 10 year project implemented by the National Park Service in the 1950's to improve infrastructure and visitor services. Learn all about the impacts that Mission 66 had in Yosemite and other National Parks from that time on this episode of Little Yo Pod! Subscribe to LYP+ (This Week in Yosemite) for twice monthly bonus content! New subscirbers get a shout out o...

Send us Fan Mail Discover how bats contribute to Yosemite's ecosystems how they save the U.S. department of agriculture lots of money, what to do if you see a sick bat, and what we can do to protect bat habitats! Subscribe to LYP+ for Weekly Bonus Content ($3 per month, cancel anytime :) https://www.buzzsprout.com/790994/subscribe Resources: https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/nighttimes-tiny-figh...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we travel outside of Yosemite to visit nearby Mono Lake. Mono Lake has been at the center of controversy for decades due to water diversion efforts for the city of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.  This episode covers the history of the lake, why it is ecologically important to sustain a minimum level (6392!), and what you can do to hel...

Send us Fan Mail Learn what adpatations make Yosemite's Great Gray Owls so cool, why they are such a special species, what risks they face, and what you can do to help! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Gray_Owl/sounds# https://abcbirds.org/bird/great-gray-owl/#:~:text=Snow%20Plunger&text=This%20is%20where%20its%20large,well%20over%20a%20foot%20deep https://www.nps.gov/articles/00...

Send us Fan Mail Monarch butterflies. Nature's little travelers! What is Yosemite doing to help Monarch populations? Find out on this episode of Little Yo Pod! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Yosemite Conservancy https://yosemite.org Monarchs and Milkweed Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3jpu2th34o This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the...

Send us Fan Mail Everything you need to know about one of Yosemite's most popular winter trails! Email me yosemitepod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Patreon https://www.patreon.com/yosemitepod?fan_landing=true Guided Hike to Dewey Point with the Mountaineering School https://www.travelyosemite.com/winter/badger-pass-ski-area/snowshoeing/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affil...

Send us Fan Mail Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo: @Laura-Jackson-23 Yosemite Road Conditions 209 372 0200 Yosemite Snow Phone with Sean Costello! 209 372 1000 Caltrans Website https://roads.dot.ca.gov Yosemite Road Conditions Website https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm How to drive on ice https://cscinsurance.com/what-to-do-if-your-car-slides-on-ice/ Winter driving kit https...

Send us Fan Mail Wondering what to do in Yosemite in the winter? Did you even know Yosemite was open in the winter? Here is your comprehensive guide for this to do in Yosemite's best kept secret season. Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com yosemitepod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram @yosemitepod Help Support Us Financially Via Venmo @Laura-Jackson-23 Resources Webcams https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Yosemite Podcast, I dig in to one of the most controversial projects to take place in any National Park, the damming of Hetch Hetchy, a mountain valley within Yosemite National Park that now serves as San Francisco's water sand hydro-electric power source. Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Venmo @Laura-jackson-23 Instagram/Facebook @yosemitepod Resources h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod I discuss the fire situation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Find out how we got into this situation and what is being done about it! Resources The Big Burn Documentary https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/ The Big Burn by Timothy Egan https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/the-big-burn Cal Fire https://www.fire.ca.gov Help Support Litt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we revisit one of our most popular topics, black bears! We have been having an interesting year with bears in 2021 and I hope this episode helps you feel empowered to help us keep bears wild in Yosemite National Park! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook & Instgram @littleyopod Venmo @Laura-Jackson-23 Save a Bear Hotline 209-372-0322 http:/...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we continue our journey through the early western development of the Yosemite region and the creation of the Tioga Pass Road as told by Yosemite Storyteller, Brian Shoor! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Instagram @littleyopod Yosemite Conservancy Website https://yosemite.org/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated wit...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to part three of our four-part series on the early trails and settlement of the Yosemite area. This episode continues our journey through time from the establishment of the very first trails by wild game, and then Indians, to our current roads and highways built with the money and vision of early entrepreneurs and the creation and impact of the National Park Service i...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Little Yo Pod continues the story of the development of the early trails in and around Yosemite by the Ahwahneechee and other tribes and groups of the area, and how everything changed with western settlement. This is part two of four in this series and is narrated by Yosemite storyteller and fellow Naturalist Guide, Brian Shoor. I recorded this talk on a Conservanc...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome  to season three of Little Yo Pod! This episode is one of four in a series featuring Yosemite storyteller and historian, Brian Shoor. Brian is a guide with the Yosemite Conservancy and a longtime resident of Yosemite. He is a wealth of knowledge and information on Yosemite's early history before and after white settlers arrived in the area. Join us as we sit around th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod I talk about one of my favorite hikes in all of Yosemite! The Panorama Trail offers some of the best views you will get in the park and takes you on some of the most classic trails of Yosemite Valley. This trail truly has it all and I encourage anyone who likes to hike to add this one to the list! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook and Instagr...

Send us Fan Mail Meadows! What makes them so special? What are we doing to protect them? Why do they even need protection?! All this and more on this week's episode of Little Yo Pod! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram @littleyopod Little Yo Pod Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Resources Ackerson Meadow Project https://yosemite.org/projects/acke...

Send us Fan Mail To get ready for the 2021 summer season, here are four great hikes in Yosemite Valley for just about every level of fitness and expertise! Email me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram @littleyopod Patreon (Yo Pod Nation) https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Resources: Yosemite Conservancy Website https://yosemite.org NPS Hiking Page https://www.nps.gov/yose/p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod, I talk about the best places to find Spring wildflowers in and around Yosemite, and highlight some common flower species you can except to see on your trip! Resources for today's episode: John Muir Laws Field Guide https://shop.yosemite.org/collections/field-guides/products/laws-field-guide-to-sn Hite Cove Hike https://www.yosemitehikes.com/n...

Send us Fan Mail The Buffalo Soldiers were US army regiments made up of African-American men who changed the American landscape and patrolled the National Parks as some of the first park rangers in the early 1900's. Find out all about their inspiring story on today's episode! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @littleyopod Patreon https://www.patreon.com/littleyo...

Send us Fan Mail Every February, we have the chance to view one of the most remarkable natural events in Yosemite. Sunlight hitting Horsetail Fall on El Capitan in the winter casts a bright, neon orange glow that seems to emanate from the waterfall itself. It is a sacred and much sought after event, and we cover it all on this week's episode! Email Me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod I talk about two of Yosemite's winter phenomena, the snow cone under Yosemite Falls and frazil ice. Some things you may expect to see on a winter visit in Yosemite! Email me littleyopod@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @littleyopod My 21 Goals for 2021 https://youtu.be/ASfeKpdwxKQ Frazil Ice Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9p4mFE...

Send us Fan Mail Huzzah! It's the episode all about the Bracebridge Dinner at the Ahwahnee Hotel, a holiday tradition since the hotel opened in 1927. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, @littleyopod Patreon https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Information on Bracebridge https://www.bracebridgedinners.com/ This podcast is a personal project and is not affiliated with the National Par...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk about what inspired the interior design for the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, and how it was carried out by the deign team of Pope and Ackerman. How did two experts in Middle Eastern arts influence Yosemite? Find out on today's episode! Little Yo Pod Patreon https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?fan_landing=true Follow Me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitte...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Little Yo Pod, we dig in to the architecture of the Ahwahnee Hotel. The style used was known as "rustic architecture" and the purpose of it was to design a building that would compliment the incredible scenery of Yosemite.  Find out how they accomplished the enormous task on this episode! Little Yo Pod Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/littleyopod?f...