August 16, 2023 - The largest wetland restoration project in Yosemite National Park's history is underway at the picturesque 230-acre Ackerson Meadow. Despite its beauty, 90 acres of rare wetland habitat have been lost and 100 acres are at risk from a century-old erosion gully that has eroded more than 150,000 cubic yards of rich meadow soil.

You can visualize this as more than 15,000 10-yard dump trucks. The erosion gully rapidly drains water from the meadow, dries soils, causes loss of water-loving plants and animals, and impacts endangered species. The partnership to restore Ackerson Meadow (American Rivers, U.S. Forest Service-Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite Conservancy, and Yosemite National Park) will restore and protect these wetlands by filling the erosion gully by fall 2024 and planting more than 425,000 native wetland plants and 700 pounds of native seeds by spring 2025.

Learn more: https://go.nps.gov/ackerson.

Source & photos: YNP