Loving Yosemite to Death: Tourism’s Cost to a National Park

Date/Time
Oct 10

Location:
77849 US-40
Fraser, CO 80442

Overview

Dr. Childers, author of The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park, will explore how tourism shape Yosemite’s identity while also becoming one of its greatest environmental challenges. Join Childers as he examines how tourism has shaped the American West.
Saturday march 14th
5pm
Cozens Ranch museum
FREE – Suggested donation $5
Books will be available for purchase/signing at the event.

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