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F 1. Rancheria Flat EL PORTAL o re • Employee Housing: To replace temporary housing that will be removed from Yosemite Valley, construct seven dormitories, with 12 employees oundary s dor B t a each, for a total of 84 employee beds, away from sensitive resources. orri Ro r C ad ve Ri 2. Abbieville and Trailer Village Area Rancheria • El Portal Remote Visitor Parking: Construct a new visitor parking area for 200 spaces serviced by regional transit. Parking redevelopment will Flat incorporate best management practices to protect water quality. • Abbieville and Trailer Village Housing: Remove or relocate 36 existing private residences. Continue to provide for housing land use for 40 Old El Portal employees and volunteers at this location. As homes within the 150-foot riparian buffer become vacant, ecologically restore these areas. 1 Abbieville Trailer 3. El Portal Village Center 2 Village Hwy. 140 3 • Valley Oak Restoration: Restore the rare floodplain community of valley oaks in Old El Portal through implementation of best management Greenemeyer Bridge practices. Create a valley oak recruitment area of 1 acre in Old El Portal in the vicinity of the current Odger’s bulk fuel storage area, including the Sand Pit adjacent parking lots. Decompact soils, plant appropriate native understory plant species, and treat invasive plants. Prohibit new building iver Merced R construction within the oak recruitment area. National Park Boundary • Odger’s Fuel Storage Facility: Remove bulk fuel storage facility, all associated development, and non-native fill from the floodplain. Decompact soils, and plant appropriate native plant species, including valley oak. Relocate the fuel storage area outside the Merced River corridor or find an NPS Warehouse & alternate source for emergency fuel supplies. Administrative Complex H i g hw ay 14 0 SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST 0 0.4 Miles

WEST YOSEMITE VALLEY !F ALTERNATIVE 5 Camp 4 WEST YOSEMITE VALLEY Campground −Æ 1. El Capitan Meadow Area • Restoration of Informal Trails: Remove all informal trails from the meadow that incise, promote habitat fragmentation, or are located in sensitive Lower Brother Split Pinnacle and frequently inundated areas, and restore to natural condition. Use restoration fencing along northern perimeter of meadow and designate appropriate access points using boardwalks and viewing platforms. Selectively remove mature conifers that block views of El Capitan from the Leidig roadside. Meadow Swinging !F Bridge 2. West Valley Overflow Parking Sentinel • Day-Use Parking: Construct a new 100-space West Valley Overflow Parking Area on the south side of Southside Drive at the intersection of El 1 (! Beach !5 !5 Capitan Crossover. Parking development will incorporate best management practices to protect water quality. Expand shuttle service to serve El Capitan West Valley locations. Eagle Creek 4 Meadow !5 Campground (! !F 3. Valley Loop Trail 5 El Capitan (!3 (! ve • Re-Route: Move portions of the Valley Loop Trail out of sensitive areas; this includes the 780 feet of the trail through Bridalveil Meadow. Construct No iv e ri Bridge rt Dr D hs e e boardwalks through wet meadow habitat in Slaughterhouse Meadow. i d d si Mer h !5 ced R ut ive r So 4. Yellow Pine Campground Cathedral • Administrative Use Campground: Retain Yellow Pine’s four group sites (serving up to 120 people) for administrative use. Beach 2 Cathedral Rocks (! 5. Eagle Creek Campground West Valley Sentinel • New Campground: Construct campground with 40 car campsites and 2 group campsites east of El Capitan Picnic Area. Day Use Parking Rock Riv er Corr 0 0.25 Miles ¯ idor Boundary ve grazing at established capacities. Monitor at established capacities. grazing ve n culturally sensitive areas. areas. sensitive n culturally s. 3. administrati allow recovers, When the meadow Lake East Meadow: the meadow. Merced preliminary capacities for Develop grazing the meadow. to protect as needed adapting use levels years, five annually for SEGMENT 1 CAMPING AREAS OTHER • toilets. such as composting Retain infrastructure, camping in this area. designated Continue Valley: Yosemite Little • camping in this area. designated Moraine Dome: Continue MERCED LAKE HIGH SIERRA CAMP 1. toilets. composting toilets with flush Replace camping area. Lake BackpackersRetain the designated Merced Area: Camping 2. toilet composting toilet with flush Replace facility. Retain 11 units (42 beds) at this lodging Lake High Camp: Merced Sierra WAWONA 1. or i of the river either within 100 feet that are 13 sites Remove site. and one group Retain 83 sites Campground: Wawona The 2. service and Golf Shop: Retain nine-hole Golf Course and food at golf shop. and retail golf course Wawona 3. Yard and Maintenance Stables Area Wawona • rides. day Stables Operation: Retain stables and commercial • area. Yard Maintenance Wawona location within the an appropriate to areas resource sensitive from away sites campground stock-use two Relocate Campsites: Stock-Use: Area Wawona Maintenance ry

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