Yosemite plan would ease traffic, shut ice rink

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Visitors might miss the 1920s-era ice skating rink in the winter or the summer bike and raft rentals, but they’ll likely be glad to hear that a plan released Tuesday to protect the river that runs through Yosemite National Park won’t reduce the number of daily visitors.

For years, the possibility has existed that access to the third-most visited national park would be decreased under the court-ordered effort to protect the Merced River, which received congressional “wild and scenic” designation in 1987.