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WEST YOSEMITE VALLEY ACTIONS COMMON TO ALL WEST YOSEMITE VALLEY 1. El Capitan and West Valley Meadows Plant Community Changes: Improve condition of plant communities at specific locations in Yosemite Valley (67 potential acres targeted) by restoring the mosaic of meadow, riparian deciduous vegetation, black oak, and open mixed conifer forest. Management actions could include re-vegetation, prescribed fire, mechanical removal of conifers, and infrastructure re-design.

El Capitan Meadow Restoration: Re-route climber use trails on north side of road from meadow habitat to an appropriate upland route (a few meters to the east). Remove informal trails through meadow and oak woodland. Protect re-vegetated areas with fencing or other natural barriers and sign the area to reduce trampling of sensitive meadow vegetation. As opportunities arise through maintenance or restoration projects, improve hydrologic flow and meadow connectivity by extending the permeable road base across the entire segment of Northside Drive through El Capitan Meadow and add additional box culverts with bottom elevations equal to the meadow-surface elevation. Remove conifer saplings encroaching on meadow habitat.

El Capitan Bridge River Access: Re-direct visitors accessing the Merced River near El Capitan Bridge from Camp 4 sensitive riverbanks to resilient sandbar points. Fence and re-vegetate the eroded area. Lower Brother Campground Split Pinnacle El Capitan Shuttle Stop: Construct a formal shuttle bus stop in a location appropriate for the design for the restoration of the meadow and formalized river access.

Leidig 4 Swinging Meadow Upstream of El Capitan Moraine: Localized ecological restoration would enhance channel complexity in the Bridge river reach upstream of the El Capitan moraine to the Sentinel picnic area. Restoration would include willow

E a planting, brush layering, uninhibited accumulation, and strategic placement of large wood. g l e Cre ek Sentinel 2. Devil’s Elbow and Cathedral Beach Beach Devil’s Elbow Restoration: Relocate parking from Devil's Elbow to the east of current parking lot. Delineate a trail El Capitan for river access to the large sandbar to the east. Remove the informal trail. Restore meadow conditions. 3 Meadow 1 2 Cathedral Beach Picnic Area River Access: Designate a formal river access point, and direct use to more resilient areas. Remove infrastructure in the 10-year floodplain. Restore area by fencing sensitive areas, decompacting Slaughterhouse El Capitan e soils and planting native vegetation. Selectively thin conifers to maintain views of El Capitan iv Bridge Meadow N ive r or Dr D th side e d si 3. Eagle Creek Area Mer h ced R ut iver So Eagle Creek Meadow Restoration: Remove Eagle Creek/Rocky Point sewage plant abandoned infrastructure to restore 3.5 acres of meadow habitat. Remove berm and parking lot abutting the creek, add culverts to allow Cathedral Beach dispersed water delivery, and re-vegetate with native plants.

4. Sentinel Beach and Swinging Bridge Area Sentinel Beach Picnic Area: Redesign the picnic area in its current location to better accommodate visitor-use Cathedral Rocks levels at this picnic area. Formalize parking. Designate formal river access point. Re-establish riparian Sentinel vegetation. Fence off sensitive areas, and re-direct use to more resilient areas. Selectively thin deciduous trees Rock to open distant views upriver.

Leidig Meadow Restoration: Remove informal trails that incise and fragment meadow. Restore native meadow vegetation.

Swinging Bridge Ecological Restoration: Install protective fencing along denuded area. Re-vegetate with native plants. Connect new fencing to bridge to direct river access to a large sandbar downstream. Place a constructed log jam and large wood to lessen scouring from the bridge to improve hydrologic processes. YOSEMITE WILDERNESS 0 0.25 Miles Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: Delineate picnic area by fencing and re-vegetate the river terrace 50 feet from the river. Use fences to re-direct visitor use across the bridge to river access to the Swinging Bridge sandbar. Remove revetment. Rebuild riverbank through bioengineering techniques. Re-establish riparian vegetation.

Cultural Resource Protection Rehabilitate informal trails that impact archeological sites. Prohibit climbing on rock art boulders. Divert visitor use away from prehistoric rock art shelter. Increase interpretation and education effort about cultural resources for climbers and other visitors. practices, within existing footprint. Remove Remove within existing footprint. practices, soils, fill ruts with native soils, and re-vegetate and soils, fill ruts with native soils, e a recommended approach for deterring visitor use. visitor deterring for approach e a recommended al, overwatering, tree pruning, and prohibiting grading grading and prohibiting pruning, tree overwatering, al, . river. river. e-contour. om the floodplain. Decompact soils, and plant appropriate and plant appropriate om the floodplain. Decompact soils, gh best management practices related to invasive species remov invasive to gh best management practices related the area. restore and ecologically River, Road and the Merced parking, Foresta between roadside informal Flat 2. Rancheria the alternatives). Valley (the number of infill units varies across Yosemite temporary housing in removed replace to Housing: Construct infill housing units Employee 3. Sand Pit Greenemeyer and r fill material nonnative Remove conditions. natural to mine operation area the former restore Ecologically Restoration: Village Trailer and 4. Abbieville asphalt and imported Re-contour Remove fill. feet of the Restoration: riparian species and oaks within 150 and plant native 5. Old El Portal temporaryValley housing Yosemite Portalreplace to in Old El for 12 beds, Housing: Construct infill-housing units, Employee throu valley oaks in El Portal Protect Oaks Restoration: Valley and parking in the drip line of valley oaks. fill fr and non-native development, all associated facility, bulk fuel storage Remove in the Floodplain: Facility Storage Fuel emergency fuel supplies. for source ate or find an altern River corridor outside the Merced area including valley oak. the fuel storage plant species, Relocate native Protection Resource Cultural abandoned infrastructure will be address plan to The resources. archeological and non-essential protect to trails, roads informal and remove abandoned infrastructure, Address will includ solution developed Any American Indian with traditionally associated tribes and groups. in consultation developed EL PORTAL 1. Complex NPS Administrative using best management building, Warehouse NPS Road from dirt Foresta and pave parking across located area Formalize Parking: denuded areas. denuded Plants 2. Special-Status special-status plant habitat. avoid to Re-route Restoration: out of wetlands trails MERCED LAKE HIGH SIERRA CAMP 1. Meadow Lake Shore Merced decompact trails, informal Remove Lake High Camp. the Merced Sierra to adjacent the meadow restore Ecologically Restoration: s e l i 5 M ¬ « 4 . 0.2 Miles ry da un Bo

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