The new camp, which welcomes families back this summer, was built to be more accessible and better protected from wildfire.
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Under threat from climate change, Berkeley’s family camps adapt to survive
As Berkeley Tuolumne Camp reopens, the city’s cherished rustic retreats are facing growing threats from wildfires and landslides.
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Berkeley allocates $3.3M to rebuild beloved Tuolumne Camp
The city will contribute $3.3 million to the $54 million it will cost to rebuild the popular family camp.
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Berkeley Tuolumne Camp plans show several changes; public process has launched
The city of Berkeley has announced a series of public workshops over the next few months for those interested in helping bring back Berkeley Tuolumne Camp, which was destroyed by the Rim Fire in 2013. According to the city, much of the camp is set to be rebuilt “essentially in place,” though several significant changes will be necessary: […]
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City almost ready for input on Berkeley Tuolumne Camp
April may be the biggest month in quite some time for those interested in the fate of the popular Berkeley Tuolumne Camp. A public process focused on how Berkeley may one day rebuild its Tuolumne Family Camp is expected to kick off in the next few weeks, according to city staff. There’s also a special event about the camp […]
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Tuolumne Camp vs Echo Lake camp: veterans compare
After the Berkeley Tuolumne Camp was destroyed in the August 2013 Rim Fire, the city created a “new” family camp at its Echo Lake camp. Families who had spent summers up near Yosemite have had to adjust to the new camp high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. How do the camps compare? Berkeleyside contributor Mary […]
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4 years at least until Berkeley Tuolumne Camp is rebuilt
“The dogwoods are in bloom.” After last August’s Rim Fire wiped out Berkeley’s Tuolumne Camp in the Sierra, that announcement at a recent gathering for campers drew a round of applause. As did the declaration by Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates that, “We’re going to do everything we can do, humanly possible… and beyond humanly possible, […]
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Saved from Tuolumne Camp blaze: A stopped watch
As summer approaches, scores of Berkeleyans recall the gaping hole in their lives now that the cherished Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp is gone — razed to the ground in August 2013 by the devastating Rim Fire. One young man was reminded of the wonderful times he had spent at the city of Berkeley-run camp with a jolt this week […]
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Support for Tuolumne Camp stretches across the nation
A Berkeley Tuolumne Camp supporter in North Carolina whose uncle ran the camp for decades helped organize a creative fund-raising event involving volunteer women’s wrestlers on New Year’s Eve. Berkeleyside recently came across the lively photo series documenting the event, via Grant Baldwin Photography, and was able to connect this week with one of the people behind […]
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Berkeley Tuolumne Camp unsafe for visitors, says city
Visiting the remains of Berkeley’s Tuolomne Family Camp near Yosemite after the summer’s Rim Fire was apparently a big draw over the Indigenous People’s Day weekend in October. About 40 people dropped in on the camp just on that one weekend, said Scott Ferris, director of the Berkeley parks department. And it seems that at […]
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Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp appears safe for now
While the Rim Fire in central California continues to rage out of control, the Berkeley Tuolomne Family camp appears to be safe for now, according to the tweets of San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vivian Ho. Ho, who covers crime for the daily, posted this snapshot of camp’s entrance Saturday morning. She has been traveling all […]
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Rim Fire forces evacuation of Cal Alumni Lair camp
The Cal Alumni Association’s Lair of the Golden Bear camp evacuated campers and staff on Thursday due to very poor air quality caused by the Rim Fire which is raging in the Yosemite area. “Right now, we have ash falling from the sky,” Lair director Mike Yaley said from the camp, quoted on the Cal Alumni Association website. Tuolumne County has issued […]