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National Park Service: visitation, reservation data and Wawona Hotel assessment highlight staffing and infrastructure strains
Summary
A National Park Service representative told the council the park logged roughly 600 more incidents in a recent quarter than in previous years and described staffing shortfalls; NPS and county staff said the park’s reservation system and newly installed cameras are being used to manage traffic and gather adaptive-management data. Officials also
NPS incidents and reservation system: National Park Service and county representatives briefed the Fish Camp Planning Advisory Council on visitation trends, reservation‑system data, gate cameras and staffing. NPS said the park’s first‑quarter incident count is roughly 600 calls higher than a decade average for the same quarter, citing increases in calls for service, search and rescue and medical responses. Park and county staff described how the park is using reservation data, gate cameras and an adaptive‑management approach to…
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