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Yosemite National Park's El Capitan peeks through winter storm clouds during a December storm, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Obama gets personal with Yosemite in speech, long hike

Source: Miami Herald

During a visit to Yosemite to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, President Obama recalled the wonder he felt visiting Yellowstone as a child and argued the importance of preserving natural spaces.

This entry was posted in Finding Ourselves in Nature and tagged Current Events, Opinion, Science & Nature on July 1, 2016 by Anita Hacker.

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