Yosemite National Park use by action of the U.S. federal government, and set a precedent for the 1872 creation of Yellowstone as the first national park. Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove were ceded to California as a state park, and a board of commissioners was proclaimed two years later. Galen Clark was appointed by the commission as the Grant's first guardian, but neither Clark nor the commissioners had the authority to evict homesteaders (which included Hutchings). The issue was not settled until 1872 when the homesteader land holdings were invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Clark and the reigning commissioners were ousted
Women in the National Park Service Huffington Post, "Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream," described the allegations in detail. Since then, women who were or are employed at many different parks have gone public with their stories of sexual harassment, including Canaveral National Seashore, Death Valley National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Yellowstone National Park In the spring of 2016, NPS officials declared a "zero tolerance" policy on sexual harassment within the organization. But Congress committee members in September accused the Service of failing to take allegations seriously. In June 2016, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell admitted that the current reports of sexual