Yosemite waterfalls roaring after years of drought
By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle
If item No. 1 on your summer to-do list is to witness the booming waterfalls of Yosemite National Park, you’re in for a treat. Water levels appear to have rebounded from four years of drought and we’re now in a window of peak waterfall conditions.
U.S. Geological Survey numbers indicate water under the Pohono Bridge at the west end of the Yosemite Valley has been climbing, and reaching heights not seen since 2012.
The water level has peaked between May 19 and June 29 in recent years, but the high water mark hasn’t crested above 8 feet in four years, according to the USGS.
