Yosemite Visitor Access Management Plan - Summer 2023

Ensuring world class experiences, a welcoming environment for all visitors, and protection of nationally significant resources is Yosemite National Park's primary and daily focus. Due to rapid growth in day-use visitation and changing use patterns, providing for and managing visitor use has been an increasingly complex issue that impacts both resources and the visitor experience.

The purpose of this plan is to evaluate how different management strategies, including reservation systems, could help meet long-term resource and visitor experience goals. This will be accomplished by engaging in a transparent civic and stakeholder engagement process to discuss and identify key issues and opportunities. The park also plans to build on lessons learned during the reservation systems from 2020-2022, while considering a range of strategies to address crowding and congestion and improve the visitor experience and resource conditions within the park.


For the most up-to-date information:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/740d505858b4481ab78be809080d425b

The planning team reviewed comments received during the civic engagement period (December 2022 to February 2023) to develop preliminary ideas to address key issues and opportunities. The next public participation period is now open from July 6, 2023 to September 6, 2023.

Topic Questions Instructions:

Visit the project website at https://parkplanning. nps.gov/yosemitevisitoraccess to share your ideas and questions. Your input will help refine these preliminary options for further analysis. We are seeking your responses to the following two questions.

Topic Questions:

1. 1. Based on your desired conditions for resources and experiences (how you arrive and visit the park), which of the listed strategies (or combination of strategies) do you think best achieve the purpose of the plan?

2. 2. Are there other strategies or changes to listed strategies that should be considered and analyzed that are not already presented?

Document Content:

YOSE_Newsletter_508_2023-0629.pdf   (1.9 MB, PDF file) YOSE VAMP_Summer 2023 FAQ_for PEPC.pdf   (68.9 KB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.