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  • Saturday, June 18, 2016<br />
President Barack Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California.<br />
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As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of our national park system this year, the President and the First Family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California.
    ObamaVisitsYosemite_2016061853390.jpg
  • Winter storm clouds and fog move through Yosemite Valley, at sunset, Yosemite National Park, California
    YosemiteVallyWinterStorm_20150207684...jpg
  • Saturday, June 18, 2016<br />
President Barack Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California.<br />
<br />
As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of our national park system this year, the President and the First Family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California.
    ObamaInYosemite_2016061853274.jpg
  • Saturday, June 18, 2016<br />
President Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California.<br />
<br />
As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of our national park system this year, the President and the First Family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California.
    PresidentObamaVisitsYosemite_2016061...jpg
  • Saturday, June 18, 2016<br />
President Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California.<br />
<br />
As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of our national park system this year, the President and the First Family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California.
    ObamaInYosemite_2016061853403.jpg
  • Sentinel Bridge, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
    YosemiteSentinelBridge_2015121756806.jpg
  • Half Dome enshrouded in clouds and dusted in snow, Yosemite National Park, California
    HalfDomeSnow_200603150509q.jpg
  • Half Dome and the Merced River, winter, from Sentinel Bridge, Yosemite National Park, California.
    Barbutes_HalfDomeInWinter_56843.jpg
  • Snow on trees in Yosemite National Park, California
    Yosemite_Winter_201212139224.jpg
  • December 16, 2016<br />
Pilot Bill Sleeper directs volunteers at the Pine Mountain Lake Airport in Groveland, California, as he moves a 1928 Ford Tri-Motor airplane into a hangar on Friday, December 16, 2016.<br />
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This Ford Tri-Motor NC9645, nicknamed The Tin Goose, has a wingspan of 77 feet 6 inches and was constructed in 1928. It was named the City of Wichita, and it was used to introduce the first coast-to-coast passenger air/rail service in the United States on July 7, 1929, and the development and inauguration of the first all air passenger service on October 25, 1930. The plane can carry up to 10 passengers.<br />
<br />
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is a worldwide organization of aviation enthusiasts. EAA’s 185,000 members and 1,000 local chapters enjoy sharing their passion for flying, building and restoring aircraft. Pine Mountain Lake’s EAA Chapter 1337 is hosting the airline’s visit.
    FordTriMotor_2016121651222.jpg
  • President Obama delivers remarks in Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
    ObamaYosemite_2016061853283w.jpg
  • June 17, 2016<br />
At 6:56 pm local time, Air Force One lands at the Castle Airport near Merced, California. President Obama and his daughter, Malia, emerge from the plane followed by his wife, Michelle and his other daughter, Sasha. <br />
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PRESIDENT OBAMA and the First Family flew to Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, enroute to Yosemite National Park.<br />
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The two daughters headed quickly to Marine One while POTUS and FLOTUS chatted on the tarmac for a few minutes with greeters U.S. Representative JIM COSTA, Chairwoman CLAUDIA GONZALES, Chuckchansi tribe and Supervisor HUB WALSH, Merced County.
    ObamasVisitYosemite_0617201652903.jpg
  • October 16, 2014<br />
BUTCH BRAY falls a tree in the Stanislaus National Forest along Evergreen Road near Yosemite National Park on Thursday, October 16, 2014. BRAY is contracted by Groveland-based Crook Logging who won a bid to harvest Rim Fire damaged trees for Sierra Pacific Industries on this parcel of land.
    RimFireRecovery_201410162398.jpg
  • President Obama delivers remarks in Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
    ObamaYosemite_2016061853390w.jpg
  • President Obama delivers remarks in Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
    ObamaYosemite_2016061853369w.jpg
  • President Obama delivers remarks in Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
    ObamaYosemite_2016061853368w.jpg
  • President Obama delivers remarks in Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
    ObamaYosemite_2016061853346w.jpg
  • Trees on a Half Dome cliff, Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite Half Dome Cliff.jpg
  • June 17, 2016<br />
At 6:56 pm local time, Air Force One lands at the Castle Airport near Merced, California. President Obama and Malia emerge from the plane followed by Michelle and Sasha. <br />
<br />
The two daughters headed quickly to Marine One while POTUS and FLOTUS chatted on the tarmac for a few minutes with dignitaries U.S. Representative JIM COSTA, Chairwoman CLAUDIA GONZALES, Chuckchansi tribe and Supervisor HUB WALSH, Merced County.<br />
<br />
The First Family is vacationing in Yosemite National Park, California.
    ObamasVisitYosemite_0617201652914.jpg
  • une 17, 2016<br />
At 6:56 pm local time, Air Force One lands at the Castle Airport near Merced, California. President Obama and Malia emerge from the plane followed by Michelle and Sasha.<br />
<br />
The two daughters headed quickly to Marine One while POTUS and FLOTUS chatted on the tarmac for a few minutes with dignitaries U.S. Representative JIM COSTA, Chairwoman CLAUDIA GONZALES, Chuckchansi tribe and Supervisor HUB WALSH, Merced County.<br />
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The First Family is vacationing in Yosemite National Park, California.
    ObamasVisitYosemite_0617201652918.jpg
  • 49er Festival, Parade and Chili Cook-Off in the Yosemite National Park gateway community of Groveland, California.
    Rural_2016091756539.jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • A young girl and her goat enjoy a spring day in Coulterville, California.
    Rural California - Coulterville.jpg
  • Trees that have been burned in the Rim Fire line California Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park on August 24, 2013.
    CaliforniaWildfire_201308249495.jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • Joan “Joanie” Gisler in front of her Main Street business, Ranch Revived, in Groveland, California, on January 27, 2020.
    Rural_20200127402787.JPG
  • Deborah Kalkowski, owner of the successful Red Tail Ranch B&B, makes the bed in one of her guest rooms in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Groveland, California.
    Rural_20200125402632.jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • October 16, 2014<br />
BUTCH BRAY is nearly engulfed in dust and debris after falling a tree damaged during the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest along Evergreen Road near Yosemite National Park on Thursday, October 16, 2014. BRAY is contracted by Crook Logging who won a bid to harvest lumber for Sierra Pacific Industries on this parcel of land.
    RimFireRecovery_201410169323.jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • After bearing witness to devastation year after year, in populated communities and in forests, I’ve begun searching for Beauty in Fire. This un-manipulated photograph is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series, and I hope to translate some of the Profound Beauty that I experience in Fire.<br />
<br />
I continue to document many aspects of fire, and the changing climate, from my home in California's wildfire country near Yosemite National Park. When I arrived in rural California nearly 20 years ago, the wildfire season typically lasted from August through October. Living with fire is now a year-round fact of life.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • Summerville High School girls soccer match under a full moon in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
    Rural California - Tuolumne County.jpg
  • Friday, July 31, 2015<br />
An area of off Bucktail Drive smolders as firefighting crews continue to make progress on the Big Creek Fire, which burns just east of the Yosemite National Park gateway community of Groveland, California. The fire began on July 29, 2015.
    CaliforniaWildfire_2015073151894.jpg
  • The 33rd annual Historic Downtown Sonora Christmas Parade in Sonora, California.
    Rural California - Sonora Christmas ...jpg
  • A 4H Girl and Her Hog at the Mother Lode Fair in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Sonora, California.
    Rural California - Mother Lode Fair.jpg
  • June 17, 2016<br />
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk from Air Force One to Marine One at Castle Castle Airport near Merced, California. The Obama Family is vacationing in Yosemite National Park.
    ObamasVisitYosemite_0617201653009.jpg
  • Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire Series: Prescribed burn in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • Donald J. Trump waves as he exits Air Force One with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson,in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    TrumpVisitsNevada_2017082328614.jpg
  • Big Band Street Dance, sponsored by Friends of Columbia State Historic Park, Columbia, California.
    Rural California - Columbia.jpg
  • Women's March, Sacramento, California, January 21, 2017.
    WomensMarch_2017012155861.jpg
  • A fixed wing airplane drops fire retardant on the Mogul Fire in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Reports from the Truckee Meadows Fire department, at approximately 4:30 pm, state the fire has burned 120 acres and 10 homes have been evacuated. There has been one heat-related injury. The cause of the fire has not been determined at this time.
    Mogul Fire_2017082370831.jpg
  • December 16, 2016<br />
Pilot Bill Sleeper (l) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) volunteer, Edward Gregory (r), sit in the cockpit of a 1928 Ford Tri-Motor airplane on Friday, December 16, 2016. EAA is coordinating flights from the Pine Mountain Lake (PML) airport, Groveland, California. <br />
<br />
This Ford Tri-Motor NC9645, nicknamed The Tin Goose, has a wingspan of 77 feet 6 inches and was constructed in 1928. It was named the City of Wichita, and it was used to introduce the first coast-to-coast passenger air/rail service in the United States on July 7, 1929, and the development and inauguration of the first all air passenger service on October 25, 1930.<br />
<br />
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is a worldwide organization of aviation enthusiasts. EAA’s 185,000 members and 1,000 local chapters enjoy sharing their passion for flying, building and restoring aircraft. Pine Mountain Lake’s EAA Chapter 1337 is hosting the airline’s visit.
    FordTriMotor_2016121651089.jpg
  • Cowboys compete in a wild horse race during a rodeo in California's Sierra Nevada Foothills.
    Rural California - Motherlode Round-...jpg
  • Sierra Nevada Logging Museum 2016 Logging Jamboree, in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Arnold, California.
    Rural_2016090353043.jpg
  • A cowboy rides his horse while moving cattle down a country road in rural California.
    Rural California - Cattle Branding D...jpg
  • A goat gives birth in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Coulterville, California.
    Rural California - Coulterville.jpg
  • Traditional cattle branding day in a rural California Sierra Nevada foothill community.
    Rural California - Cattle Branding D...jpg
  • Competitors at the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Posse 2nd Annual Rawhide Classic American Cowboy Team Roping Association (ACTRA) event.
    Rural California - Team Roping Compe...jpg
  • A bagpipers kilt and shadow at the Sonora Celtic Faire in Sonora, California - a gateway community to Yosemite National Park.
    SonoraCelticFaire 201503079586.jpg
  • October 16, 2014<br />
BUTCH BRAY carries his chainsaw while walking in the Stanislaus National Forest on Thursday, October 16, 2014. BRAY is contracted by Crook Logging to fall trees damaged during the Rim Fire. Crook Logging won a bid to harvest lumber for Sierra Pacific Industries in this parcel of land along Evergreen Road near Yosemite National Park.
    RimFireRecovery_201410169314.jpg
  • Dore Holt, aka Antler Man, runs alongside the Amgen Tour of California peloton on Milton Road near Oakdale, California.
    Rural California - Amgen Tour of Cal...jpg
  • Fuel management / burn day in Groveland, California.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • President Donald J. Trump greets VIP supporters in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    TrumpVisitsNevada_2017082328826.jpg
  • California Congressman Tom McClintock arrives at the Truckee Tahoe Airport for a private, closed-door meeting with the Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Approximately 50-60 protesters were on site. According to several local-area residents in attendance, they have been requesting a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that the protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT." McClintock represents the 4th district of California.
    McClintockProtest_2017082228246.jpg
  • Reno resident, Megan Lewis, holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a President Trump protest near the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on E Peckham Ln, in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017.<br />
<br />
A group of approximately 200 protesters gathered near the convention center as President Trump was inside speaking to American Legion convention attendees.<br />
<br />
Lewis stated, "I am Nevada born. I don't want Donald Trump in my state. I am genuinely scared for my country and for my black community. I am terrified. I am an American."
    TrumpProtest_2017082329015.jpg
  • Heat cannot be separated from fire on a prescribed burn day in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
    Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire_2...jpg
  • December 16, 2016<br />
Interior of a 1928 Ford Tri-Motor airplane, parked at the Pine Mountain Lake Airport in Groveland, California, on Friday, December 16, 2016.<br />
<br />
This Ford Tri-Motor NC9645, nicknamed The Tin Goose, has a wingspan of 77 feet 6 inches and was constructed in 1928. It was named the City of Wichita, and it was used to introduce the first coast-to-coast passenger air/rail service in the United States on July 7, 1929, and the development and inauguration of the first all air passenger service on October 25, 1930. The plane can carry up to 10 passengers.<br />
<br />
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is a worldwide organization of aviation enthusiasts. EAA’s 185,000 members and 1,000 local chapters enjoy sharing their passion for flying, building and restoring aircraft. Pine Mountain Lake’s EAA Chapter 1337 is hosting the airline’s visit.
    FordTriMotor_2016121651094.jpg
  • Leighton Silva competes in the <br />
bull riding event during the Mother Lode Roundup Rodeo at the Motherlode Fairgrounds in Sonora, California.
    Rural_05091655802.jpg
  • Friday, January 10, 2014<br />
KIRK WENTWORTH, of Placerville, California, a crew member of CTL Forest Management, Inc., loads a tree into a chipper along Mather Road near Groveland, California. CTL Forest Management is contracted by Hetch Hetchy Water & Power to remove hazardous trees and clear Mather Road of debris. Mather Road is one of the main routes into Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which provides water to the City of San Francisco.
    RimFireRecovery_2014011014A1520.jpg
  • Women's March, Sacramento, California, January 21, 2017.
    WomensMarch_2017012155784.jpg
  • Adrian Held and his Cupid's Heart crew participate in the Super Glow Show during the 36th Great Reno Balloon Race on Friday, September 8, 2017, in Reno, Nevada. The event runs through Sunday, September 10 with approximately 100 balloons participating. <br />
<br />
The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the world with an average of 120,000 spectators in attendance. The balloons launch from Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, just a few miles north of downtown Reno.<br />
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Mr. Held is from Zurich, Switzerland, and travels to hot air balloon events in various countries around the world.
    RenoBalloonRace_2017090857897.jpg
  • September 10, 2017 - Reno, Nevada, U.S - The Dawn Patrol gives a pre-dawn glow show during the Great Reno Balloon Race on Sunday, September 10, 2017, in Reno, Nevada. The balloon race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the world with an average of 120,000 spectators in attendance. The balloons launch from Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, just a few miles north of downtown Reno. The downtown skyline seen in the background.
    RenoBalloonRace20170910.png
  • A "Cheers" balloon rises over Rancho San Rafael Regional Park just north of downtown Reno, Nevada, during the Great Reno Balloon Race Preview Day on Thursday, September 7, 2017. The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the world. An average of 120,000 spectators attend the event each year. The event officially kicks off tomorrow morning in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park with a Super Glow Show at 5:15 a.m.
    RenoBalloonRace_2017090757332.jpg
  • California Congressman Tom McClintock arrives at the Truckee Tahoe Airport for a private, closed-door meeting with the Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Approximately 50-60 protesters were on site. According to several local-area residents in attendance, they've been requesting a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that the protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT." McClintock represents the 4th district of California.
    McClintockProtest_2017082228256.jpg
  • Teri Raphael holds an umbrella for Jessica Morse (center) as Morse speaks with a few of the approximately 50-60 protesters at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. The constituents/protestors wait for California's 4th district Congressman, Tom McClintock to arrive for a private Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) meeting. <br />
<br />
Morse has launched a congressional campaign against McClintock. Morse said, "I am here to listen, understand, and represent folks in this district. They don't need to shout to be heard by me."<br />
<br />
According to several local-area protesters in attendance, they've been requesting a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that their protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT."
    McClintockProtest_2017082228182.jpg
  • Friday, January 10, 2014<br />
STEVEN FEOLA, of Long Barn, California, walks on a tree he fell along Cherry Lake Road near Groveland, California. FEOLA, who works for Scott Timber, is one of many tree fallers who have been contracted by Hetch Hetchy Water & Power to remove hazardous trees that were damaged during the Rim Fire. The fire started August 17, 2013, and burned approximately 402 square miles.
    RimFireRecovery_201401101144.jpg
  • California Congressman Tom McClintock departs the Truckee Tahoe Airport after a private, closed-door meeting with the Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Approximately 50-60 protesters were on site waiting to speak with the congressman prior to his meeting. According to several local-area residents in attendance, they've been requesting a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that the protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT." McClintock represents the 4th district of California.
    McClintockProtest_2017082255533.jpg
  • August 19, 2017<br />
The inaugural Northern Nevada International Dragon Boat Festival at Sparks Marina Park in Sparks, Nevada. The event celebrates ancient Chinese culture and sport.
    Boating_Dragon Boat Race_20170819701...jpg
  • Hot air balloons drift over Reno, Nevada, during The Great Reno Balloon Race Preview Day on Thursday, September 7, 2017. The three-day event officially kicks off tomorrow, September 8.<br />
<br />
The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the world. An average of 120,000 spectators attend the event each year.
    RenoBalloonRace_2017090757312.jpg
  • California's 4th district Congressman Tom McClintock talks with a handful of protesters/constituents who waited for him to exit a Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. McClintock spent several minutes after his CATT meeting answering questions and engaging in conversation with several of the remaining protesters.<br />
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Approximately 50-60 protesters had been in attendance before the meeting waiting to speak with the congressman. According to several local-area residents on site, they have requested a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that their protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT."
    McClintockProtest_2017082228437.jpg
  • Truckee resident, Silke Pflueger, encourages others in attendance at the Truckee Tahoe Airport to write postcards to their elected leaders. Pflueger is one of approximately 50-60 protesters waiting for an opportunity to talk with California's 4th district Congressman, Tom McClintock, before he attends a private meeting with the Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe (CATT) at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. According to several local-area residents/constituents in attendance, they've requested a town hall meeting with McClintock for approximately two years without luck. Protester Paco Lindsay said that their protest was "in no way a reflection at all on CATT."
    McClintockProtest_2017082228122.jpg
  • A hot air balloon pilot reaches for his burner during the Great Reno Balloon Race Preview Day on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Balloons stage at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park just a few miles north of downtown Reno, Nevada, and the three day event officially kicks off on Friday, September 8.<br />
<br />
The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the world. An average of 120,000 spectators attend the event each year.
    RenoBalloonRace_2017090771161.jpg
  • U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock participates in a town hall meeting Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231724031.jpg
  • MARK PETERSON works on his Alpha Jet during a break in action at the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport (elevation 5901 ft.) in Truckee, California, on Saturday, July 8, 2017. <br />
<br />
Participating airplanes and pilots:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_20170708 51879.jpg
  • Trees that burned during the Rim Fire near Cottonwood Road in Tuolumne County, California, are being transported to a Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) lumber mill on Monday, October 14, 2013.
    RimFireRecovery_201310145922.jpg
  • August 23, 2017<br />
The Mogul Fire burns in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017.
    NevadaWildfire_2017082356052.jpg
  • Tuolumne County resident, Glen Brantley, shakes hands with U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock during a town hall meeting Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231724158.jpg
  • August 23, 2017<br />
The Mogul Fire burns in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017.
    NevadaWildfire_2017082356092.jpg
  • Visitors walk on the tarmac and view airplanes during the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The Air Show is funded and presented by the Truckee Tahoe Airport District.<br />
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Participating airplanes and pilots include:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_20170708 51981.jpg
  • U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock participates in a town hall meeting Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231723926.jpg
  • Squaw Valley firefighters watch KIRBY CHAMBLISS perform aerial stunts in his Edge 540 airplane during the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport (elevation 5901 ft.) two miles east of Truckee, California, on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The Air Show is funded and presented by the Truckee Tahoe Airport District.<br />
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Participating airplanes and pilots include:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_20170708 51616.jpg
  • June 22, 2017<br />
A helicopter works its way back to collect water to drop on the Hunter Creek Fire, which is burning just west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. According to a Truckee Meadows Fire representative, the cause of the fire is not known, but the point of origin is known. The blaze is estimated at 250 acres and is approximately 35% contained and is burning on U.S. Forest Service land. No structures have been damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor heat-related injury. At least eight agencies are battling the fire. Washoe County park and trail access is unavailable until investigation and operations are complete.
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  • June 22, 2017<br />
The Hunter Creek Fire burns just west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, June 22, 2017.
    NevadaWildfire_2017062258143.jpg
  • Julie Orth and her brother Thom Orth hold a Roe vs. Wade sign before entering the U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock  town hall meeting on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231723934.jpg
  • Friday, January 10, 2014<br />
RAMEY OLIVER, a Hetch Hetchy Water & Power employee from Sonora, California, carries his chainsaw as he walks away from the tree he felled along Mather Road near Groveland, California. Mather Road, which is currently closed to the public due to Rim Fire restoration work, is a main route into Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
    RimFireRecovery_2014011014A1606.jpg
  • The Stanislaus County Fair midway at night.
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  • KIRBY CHAMBLISS flies his Edge 540 upside down during the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport (elevation 5901 ft.) two miles east of the town of Truckee, California, on Saturday, July 8, 2017. <br />
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Participating airplanes and pilots include:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_20170708 52173.jpg
  • A guest at the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport (elevation 5901 ft.) in Truckee, California, gives a thumbs up to MARK PETERSON, flying a Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, on Saturday, July 8, 2017.  <br />
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Participating airplanes and pilots include:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_2017070850452.jpg
  • A spectator holds a "Dump Tom McTrump" sign in her lap during a town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231759175.jpg
  • MARK PETERSON flies his Alpha Jet during the Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival at the Truckee Tahoe Airport (elevation 5901 ft.) in Truckee, California, on Saturday, July 8, 2017. <br />
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Participating airplanes and pilots include:<br />
P-51, pilot Ken Gottschall<br />
Alpha Jet, pilot Mark Peterson<br />
T-6, pilot Barry Hancock<br />
BF9-2 Biplane, pilot Danny Sorensen<br />
Cessna 206/Launch Jump Plane<br />
Firecat L-39, pilot Rich Perkins<br />
Edge 540 & Red Bull Air Force Wingnuts, pilot Kirby Chambliss<br />
Phenom 300, pilot Erik Pilegaard
    TruckeeAirShow_2017070850320.jpg
  • August 23, 2017<br />
A firefighter works to extinguish the Mogul Fire as it burns in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Reports from the Truckee Meadows Fire department, at approximately 4:30 pm, claim the fire has burned 120 acres and 10 homes have been evacuated. There has been one heat-related injury. The cause of the fire has not been determined at this time.
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  • Green grass appears in a landscape that was recently blackened during California's Rim Fire.
    RimFireRecovery_201309230820.jpg
  • U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock participates in a town hall meeting Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at Sonora High School auditorium. The auditorium was filled to capacity (569), with additional citizens waiting in the rain to enter the building. McClintock agreed to hold two one-hour question and answer sessions, so that everyone would have a turn to participate. According to a school administrator, people began arriving at the auditorium about 2:00pm.
    McClintockTownHall_02231759292.jpg
  • Stanislaus National Forest, Tuolumne County, U.S. - Green ferns contrast blackened tree stumps in an area that was recently burned during the Rim Fire.
    RimFireRecovery_201309230868.jpg
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) crew members remove burning roots and soak them with water as they continue to gain containment of the Big Creek Fire on July 31, 2015. The fire started on July 29, 2015, and is burning between Groveland and Yosemite National Park.
    Big Creek Fire.jpg
  • Trees killed during the Rim Fire are loaded onto a Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) truck for delivery to one (of two) SPI lumber mills in Tuolumne County, on Monday, October 14, 2013.
    RimFireRecovery_201310146238.jpg
  • This un-manipulated, non-altered photo is part of my "Heat Cannot Be Separated From Fire" series. I am documenting life from the heart of rural California's wildfire country.
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  • A mask-less man wearing a Rush Limbaugh t-shirt who only wished to be identified as Owen, holds a sign stating the “Government & the media are the real virus” during a peaceful protest at Courthouse Square in Sonora, California, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Owen said he doesn’t believe the virus is as bad as the media is making it out to be.  <br />
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A group of approximately 75 people gather in downtown Sonora to make their voices heard to local officials and to protest the government's coronavirus restrictions.
    Rural California - Protesting Corono...jpg
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