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Date: January 14, 2016Name changes prompted to eliminate trademark issues for new concessioner
Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced today that the names of several buildings and facilities within the park will be renamed to eliminate potential trademark infringement issues with the current concessioner of Yosemite, DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. (DNCY), a subsidiary of the Delaware North Companies. The name changes will impact several iconic buildings and landmarks listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
After a prospectus document that announced the contract availability was released in July 2014 and the offers were reviewed, the National Park Service selected Yosemite Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of Aramark, to be the new primary concessioner in Yosemite National Park. The concessioner provides lodging, retail, recreational services, and food to over four million annual visitors to Yosemite. Because the current concessioner, DNCY, claimed ownership and the right to payment for tradenames, trademarks, and other intellectual property that it argues is worth over $50 million, the National Park Service included the option to change the names of these sites as part of the prospectus.
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“While it is unfortunate that we must take this action, changing the names of these facilities will help us provide seamless service to the American public during the transition to the new concessioner. Yosemite National Park belongs to the American people,” stated Neubacher. “This action will not affect the historic status of the facilities, as they are still important cultural icons to the National Park Service and the public. Our stewardship of these properties is unwavering.”
Without prior National Park Service concurrence, DNCY or its predecessor had previously trademarked or service-marked several nationally significant properties in the park including The Ahwahnee Hotel, Badger Pass, Curry Village, Wawona Hotel, and Yosemite Lodge. DNCY also trademarked the phrase “Yosemite National Park.” The National Park Service is currently in litigation in part over these trademarks, service-marks, and other intellectual property.
The new names were chosen in order to minimize the impact on visitors and include:
- Yosemite Lodge at the Falls to become: Yosemite Valley Lodge
- The Ahwahnee to become: The Majestic Yosemite Hotel
- Curry Village to become: Half Dome Village
- Wawona Hotel to become: Big Trees Lodge
- Badger Pass Ski Area to become: Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area
Yosemite National Park celebrated its 125th Anniversary last year. The park welcomes over four million visitors from all over the world each year and serves as a strong economic engine for the region and local communities. Yosemite National Park generates $535 million in economic benefit to the local region and directly supports 6,261 jobs. The park is home to Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, and iconic rock formations such as Half Dome and El Capitan. The park also features approximately 90 different species of mammals and over 1500 species of flowering plants.
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[Update:https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/lawsuit-settled-between-national-park-service-dnc-parks-and-resorts-and-yosemite-hospitality-llc-over-trademarks-and-service-marks.htm]
© Austin Smith Jr./California Department of Fish and Game Photo of OR-93 by Austin Smith Jr., Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.A GPS-tracked gray wolf has been branded a 'beacon of hope' after traveling far south into California from Oregon, likely in search of a mate.
The gray wolf, a nearly two-year-old male called OR-93, has dispersed further south into the state than any of the collared wolves that ventured before it. The wolf reached Mono County, east of Yosemite National Park in the central Sierra Nevada, on February 25.
The Center for Biological Diversity, a non-profit conservation organization, said this is the farthest south a wolf has traveled in California in 'modern times.'
OR-93 was fitted with a tracking collar in June 2020 after being born in a territory south of Mt. Hood in Oregon and passed into California in late January.
After leaving its birth pack in Oregon, a group known as the White River pack, the wolf was tracked by its collar heading south and arrived in Modoc County, California before swiftly moving into Lassen County and onto the central Sierra Nevada region.
Amaroq Weiss, a biologist and senior West Coast wolf advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, said the animal's movements were a positive sign.
'We're thrilled to learn this wolf is exploring deep into the Sierra Nevada, since scientists have said all along this is great wolf habitat. He's another beacon of hope, showing that wolves can return and flourish as long as they remain legally protected,' she said.
The California Department of Fish and Game said that OR-93 left its pack in search of new territory and/or a mate, which is the behavior of many young wolves.
OR-93 is the 16th gray wolf documented as having traveled into California, which had its population of wolves totally wiped out in the 1920s as part of a government-sponsored and nationwide cull largely conducted on behalf of the U.S. livestock industry.
Previously, wolf OR-54 traveled down as far as Lake Tahoe Basin before returning north. The remainder traveled around or settled in California's northern counties.
That suggested OR-93, the first from the White River pack confirmed as moving south into California, may be the first of its kind to near the Yosemite area in 100 years.
Weiss said in the statement last week: 'Given the time of year, we assume OR-93 has traveled such a long way in search of a mate. I hope he can find one.'
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The Center for Biological Diversity said wolves returned to Oregon and Washington in the 2000s, and another wolf, OR-7, was first documented as reaching California in 2011. At the time, it had been the first wild wolf confirmed in the state in 87 years.
Fewer than a dozen known wolves now live in California. Alongside OR-93, that includes the five-strong Lassen pack and a new pair found in Siskiyou County late last year.
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