YOSEMITE FOUNDATION

Park programs: the conservancy supports the preservation and education related roles of the national park service mission through a varied portfolio of public educational programs. The conservancy's outdoor adventures enhance the yosemite experience for park visitors through dozens of interpretive and educational day hikes, backpacking trips and other programs in geology, botany, natural and social history, photography, and the arts. The conservancy also conducts educational field programs on a custom basis and by contract with travel providers. In addition, the conservancy supports art programs, and the parson's memorial lodge summer series. The conservancy also helps inspire and train the next generation of stewards by supporting internships, (cont. On sch. O) junior ranger activities, and other youth programs in the park, and helps sustain yosemite-focused leadership programming and educational outreach with university of california, merced.