Yosemite National Park: Crews restore damaged landscape back to conditions not seen in 150 years

Yosemite National Park is famous for towering waterfalls, giant sequoia trees and massive granite cliffs. But at an out-of-the-way spot near the park’s western boundary few visitors ever see, a landmark of a different type is taking shape.

Workers are making progress this summer on an ambitious plan to turn a 400-acre property that was used for generations as a cattle pasture back into a healthy Sierra Nevada meadow.

The project at Ackerson Meadow, the largest wetlands restoration in Yosemite’s history...