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The natural and cultural history of Yosemite Valley is presented at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, the adjoining Yosemite Museum, and the Nature Center at Happy Isles. The parks' two National Historic Landmarks are the Sierra Club 's LeConte Memorial Lodge (Yosemite's first public visitor center), and the Ahwahnee Hotel.
Of course, there’s the park's natural beauty: iconic monoliths like Half Dome, the stunning Yosemite Valley that enraptured famous naturalist John Muir, and some of the world’s tallest waterfalls.
The Yosemite Park & Curry Company introduced economy rates to attract budget-conscious visitors, while making essential upgrades to infrastructure, such as electrical systems and sanitation facilities. Despite the rise in visitation, particularly after the war, no significant new developments occurred, and proposed expansions were postponed.
The National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) is a program under which the federal Food and Drug Administration works cooperatively with the states, the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, and industry to assure the safety of molluscan shellfish (clams, oysters, mussels) for human consumption. [1]
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “A logging truck in Yosemite Valley? Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.”
NSF (an initialism for National Sanitation Foundation) is a public health organization [1] headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan [2] that tests and certifies foods, water, and consumer products. [1] It also facilitates the development of standards for these products, [ 1 ] labeling products it has certified to meet these standards with the NSF mark.
The Pure Food and Drug Act’s main purpose lay in the banning of foreign and interstate traffic of adulterated and mislabelled food and its direction of the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect food products and refer offenders to the prosecution. It also constituted a major step towards the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. [16]
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “Why wait 10 years to ban disposable plastic bottles when there’s not a moment to waste?” National parks like Yosemite must say goodbye to single-use plastic by ...