Yosemite! Few American names bring forth such powerful imagery. Glacier-chiseled valleys with massive granite faces. Magnificent tumbling waterfalls and vast alpine meadows. An American symbol and treasure surpassed by none.

One hundred years old in 1990, Yosemite National Park is now at risk. Traffic congestion, air pollution, and noise surround the park's four million visitors a year. The next two years are a decisive period in Yosemite's history. The NPS will be making decisions that will affect the park for generations. The most important will be the decision of whether, and to what extent, to eliminate most automobile use in Yosemite Valley in the peak months.

Yosemite Restoration Trust acts to benefit the park in ways that the NPs cannot, including building public and media support on issues important to Yosemite's future; proposing new ideas for improving the park, the surrounding region, and the experience of its visitors; and working with Congress for legislation and appropriations that will benefit Yosemite.

The Trust works closely with national, state, and Sierra environmental groups. However, while each of these groups contributes on occasion to Yosemite advocacy, none gives a priority to Yosemite. In addition, while there are several fine groups with "Yosemite" in their name, we are the only one involved in advocacy. Without the Trust's active involvement, there would be little advocacy on behalf of the public interest in Yosemite.

The Yosemite Restoration Trust falls within a long tradition of private citizen groups concerned about individual national parks and the surrounding communities, a tradition that includes the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the Grand Canyon Trust.

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