Yosemite adding 400 acres of meadow and pine forestFRESNO, California -- Visitors to Yosemite National Park will soon have more room to roam after officials on Wednesday announced a 400-acre expansion, the largest in nearly 70 years. The area was purchased from private owners by the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit conservation group, for US$2.3 million and donated to the park. "We are delighted and proud to make this gift to Yosemite and the people of America," said Will Rogers, president of the Trust for Public Land. The land completes the park's original plans from 1890, which included Ackerson Meadow, said Yosemite Conservancy's President Frank Dean. "It's a stunning open meadow surrounded by forest habitat, which supports a wide variety of flora and fauna," said Park Superintendent Don Neubacher.

Source: The China Post September 08, 2016 17:48 UTC