Weekend Sherpa

We 💚 California outdoors. Check out our site, email (and now podcast) for weekly tips on exploring NorCal, SoCal and points beyond.

[State of Washington Tourism @StateWaTourism]

Get your dose of coastal charm with a stay in Port Townsend. From outdoor thrills to culture-filled activities, @WeekendSherpa has you covered with ideas on how to experience this town on the Olympic Peninsula: https://t.co/ax6TpnvHen

#StateOfWaTourism #WaState #WashingtonState

[Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic]

Banff wildlife crossing. The installation of this crossing has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by 80%

[NWS Sacramento @NWSSacramento]

👀📷 Check out this awesome picture of the Phantom Falls in the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve north of Oroville, CA! All the rain over the last week has led to these normally dry creeks becoming waterfalls. #CAwx

Photo Credit: Mike Manzone

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Auld Lang Syne. Happy New Year from the west of Ireland

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

Sad news. CO officials believe the 3 wolves killed in WY last month were the pups born to CO's first wolf pack in decades.

Wolves are protected at the state level in CO but receive no protections in WY. The 3 young females had no chance. #RelistWolves
https://t.co/pHRuUoqRTb

[Weekend Sherpa @WeekendSherpa]

@magical_nature_ Photo credit?

[Dr. Clayton Forrester @DrClaytonForre1]

In 1995, 14 wolves were released into the wild in Yellowstone National Park. Scientists at the time did not suspect that this would radically change the entire ecosystem of the park. 1/n

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

3 Yellowstone wolves from the most viewed wolf pack in the world were killed during the 1st week of Montana's newly extended hunting season. When the most beloved wolves are targeted, do you think any wolf is safe?
#RelistWolves ➡ https://t.co/NIVPdF9TcA
https://t.co/HbrLRWsG0v

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

The unparalleled habitat of the Arctic Refuge was put in jeopardy when Congress opened it to oil and gas development in 2017. Now @Interior has temporarily halted development and we have a chance to permanently #ProtectTheArctic. Take action today: https://t.co/Ra08X5oawn

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

Building collisions kill millions of birds—like this Blackpoll Warbler—each year. Many of these deaths can be prevented. Urge your members of Congress to support the Bird-Safe Buildings Act—a bipartisan, common-sense solution to prevent bird collisions. https://t.co/NnyIs1US4X

[Weekend Sherpa @WeekendSherpa]

Thanks! @chris2x

[Chris Christensen @chris2x]

Loved the idea of comfort food hikes in California on the Weekend Sherpa Podcast https://t.co/2MiAkljkU6 @weekendsherpa @VisitCA

[KTVU @KTVU]

HEARTBREAKING: Yosemite park ranger recounts how a grieving mother bear called for her cub and stood by her for hours, after the baby bear was hit and killed by a vehicle. "Go the speed limit, drive alertly, and look out for wildlife," the ranger pleaded. https://t.co/lPkKlggZ52

[Point Reyes NPS @PointReyesNPS]

Unprecedented drought prompts Point Reyes National Seashore to provide supplemental water for tule elk at Tomales Point. Learn more https://t.co/UFyN3yYqlU
#PointReyesNPS

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

Dreaming of a world where no wolf is hunted.

[Weekend Sherpa @WeekendSherpa]

😂

[math prof @mathematicsprof]

Quote by a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park on why it is hard to design the perfect garbage bin to keep bears from breaking into it: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.”

[Weekend Sherpa @WeekendSherpa]

@lonelyplanet Not quite, google Lynn Hill

[Patagonia @patagonia]

Yet again private interests are gaining the upper hand on public land—this time for decades to come. If you don’t like the idea of @Interior killing rare tule elk so cattle can over-graze Point Reyes National Seashore, don’t miss this: https://t.co/wxt9aB5KTF

[CNN @CNN]

As people across the US visiting parks and taking trips to the mountains encounter bears, the National Park Service reminds you not to "push your slower friends down in attempts of saving yourself" in the event of an attack. https://t.co/T3LiB1fiwU

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

🚨URGENT
Right now, helicopter sharpshooters are looking to gun down 3 endangered wolves.

Why? To protect cows.

Since 2012, WDFW killed ~31 wolves + pups. That's a lot of killing at the bidding of a small number of livestock operators.

Take action ➡️ https://t.co/M0uKMv6UKO