Robert Hanna

06/14/2026

New York Knicks immediately hang their new banner after tonight’s 🏆

06/13/2026

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06/12/2026

Absolute serenity at . 📷 "Archipelago" by Kurt Harrigan, from the 2026 Mono Lake Calendar.

06/11/2026

The older I get, the more I realize that the little things aren’t little things at all.
They become the moments, relationships, and memories that shape us. One love ✌️

06/11/2026

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in 1906, a little over three years after he sat by a campfire with John Muir under the giant sequoias of the Mariposa Grove, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Yosemite Recession Bill.

The law did something Muir had spent much of his life arguing for. Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove had been under California state control since 1864 — a strange administrative doughnut, with the federally-protected national park surrounding a state-controlled core. State management had been uneven; overgrazing, fire, and unchecked development had taken their toll. Muir had pushed for federal control for decades.

In May 1903, on a three-day camping trip with the President, he had finally found his audience.

The legislation Roosevelt signed on June 11, 1906, accepted California's "recession" of the valley and the grove back to the federal government, unifying them with the surrounding Yosemite National Park. It was the policy completion of a campfire conversation — and, in conservation terms, one of the most consequential signatures TR ever made, bringing the most iconic mile of American landscape under permanent federal protection.

Today, every visitor who stands at Tunnel View and looks across the valley — the granite walls, the falls, the meadows, all in their preserved state — owes that view, in part, to a camping trip and a bill signed on this day in 1906.

06/11/2026

The moment Lake Tahoe appears, everything else disappears. 🏔️💙

📍Lake Tahoe

06/09/2026

in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law.

With the stroke of a pen, he gave future generations a chance to experience some of America's most extraordinary places, not as they once were, but as they still are.

More than a law, it was a recognition that some things are bigger than politics, bigger than any one generation, and worthy of our protection.

The places we save today become the stories, memories, and inspiration of tomorrow. They remind us that our nation's heritage is not measured by what it can be sold for, but by what it means to the American people.

These places are worth fighting for - and against those who seek to reduce our country's heritage to budget items and real estate transactions.

Photo Credit 📸: Lisa Wareham

06/06/2026

Every mountain, ocean, sunset, and horizon has the same message:

Slow down.

Breathe.

Be present.

This moment will never come again 🌊⛰️☀️✌️

06/06/2026

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SYRCL was in Sacramento this month participating in both Sierra Day and Rivers Day — two coordinated advocacy events that brought together environmental leaders, river advocates, scientists, recreation groups, and community organizations from across California.
Advocacy and on-the-ground work are inseparable at SYRCL. The policies and funding decisions made in Sacramento directly shape what happens here at home — from forest restoration and wildfire resilience to salmon recovery, river protections, water management, and climate adaptation funding.
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