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YOSEMITE, CA - JUNE 14, 2026: The backside view of Half Dome from Olmsted Point in Yosemite Valley National Park, Calif. June 14, 2026. (William Hale Irwin / For The Times)

Trump administration considering trading Yosemite land to private developer

The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer to connect a proposed development on adjacent land to an interior park road, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by The Times.

A view from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area of the Snow Moon raising over downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.

3 L.A. night hikes to watch the ‘blood moon’ eclipse

Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

National park maintenance work sidelined as Trump’s Freedom 250 takes precedence

Bee Rock, as seen from the Upper Old Zoo Trail in Griffith Park.

3 kid-friendly L.A. hikes to decompress after your first week back to school

M.J. Eberhart, 83, center, shares trail information with a pair of thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Gorham, New Hampshire. Eberhart, who goes by the trail name of Nimblewill Nomad, is the oldest person to hike the entire 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Contributor: The trail imparts lessons to aging hikers, and they to us

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. The species is a known vector for malaria. The parasitic disease killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and caused 241 million cases, mainly in children under 5 in Africa.

7 tips for L.A. hikers to avoid mosquitoes and West Nile virus right now

Johnson's Beach, along the Russian River, is one of the most popular spots along the lower Russian River.

Now is the time to float on a river among California’s majestic redwoods

Long Beach, CA - Aug. 7, 2026: Feral cats gather around cyclist Julie Gress, of Costa Mesa, who rides more than 50 miles daily to feed and care for about 40 feral cats living along the Los Angeles River, near the end of the L.A. River Path in Long Beach on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. An unfinished 8-mile gap in downtown Los Angeles remains between completed sections of the path, which is planned to connect the Valley to Long Beach. The project is funded primarily by Measure M tax dollars approved by voters in 2016, but construction of the downtown section has stalled. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The eight-mile gap in the L.A. River bike path downtown has a billion-dollar problem

Will it ever be safe to swim in the L.A. River?

Walk around Los Angeles with your cat? We want to hear from you

Five Amazon countries arrest hundreds in major crackdown on environmental crime

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