High Sierra Topix

Letter-writers, bill-payers, and snail mail devotees can now celebrate Yosemite's free-flowing rivers with a new US Postal Service stamp! The Merced River, which carries a torrent of fresh snowmelt from the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada down to the San Joaquin Valley thousands of feet below, is one of twelve Wild and Scenic Rivers featured on a 2019 sheet of stamps. Each river pictured (along with parts of almost 200 others, including the Tuolumne River) is protected by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act for its outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values, to be kept in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations.