Your Yosemite: Keep in touch with the park, wherever you are. No images? Click here Yosemite Conservancy Newsletter | April 2021Pre-pandemic photo: Yosemite Conservancy/Keith Walklet Recent News from YosemiteLast week, the National Park Service announced that beginning Friday, May 21, reservations will be required for park entry, through September 30 or until local public health conditions improve. Learn more about the temporary system at the link below. As usual, registration for a Conservancy art class, Outdoor Adventure or Custom Adventure includes park access, no additional reservation required. In other news, our Naturalist Walks are in full swing! Register online for these short-but-sweet guided programs, which start at $10/person and cover topics from park history to astronomy to birding. And for curious young park fans, the updated Yosemite Junior Ranger Handbook for kids ages 4-12 is now available for purchase in the park and online. Photo: Yosemite Conservancy/Ryan Kelly Join Our TeamWe’re hiring for multiple seasonal positions! The Conservancy seeks two part-time Yosemite Bike Share Attendants to help run our popular bike share program, which provides free bikes for short trips around the Valley. We’re also hiring two full-time Sales and Information Assistants to assist with our retail operations in the Valley Visitor Center Bookstore and Mobile Bookstore and at the Depot at Mariposa Grove. Visit our website to learn more and apply, or forward this email to a friend who may be interested in these opportunities. Photo: Yosemite Conservancy/Ryan Kelly Submit Your Photos of Spring BloomsWe’re anxiously awaiting the appearance of Hartweg’s iris (pictured here in El Capitan Meadow in May 2018), dogwoods and other wildflowers in the park, but poppies, lupines and redbuds are blooming beautifully at lower elevations! What signs of spring are you seeing where you live? Share your photos for the chance to see them in an upcoming Conservancy blog or social media post. Photo: © Sandra Callan Support Yosemite With Your License PlateLove Yosemite? Show the world! Join more than 40,000 California motorists by requesting a Yosemite specialty license plate. While you travel around proudly displaying your favorite park on your vehicle, you can smile knowing Yosemite Conservancy and the National Park Service are using the $20 donation we received from your purchase to protect and preserve the park for future generations. Hats On Sale!Summer is well on its way, and if you’re as excited as we are to spend more time outside, it’s time to invest in sun protection! You don’t have to pick between form and function with our stylish selection of Yosemite-themed hats. Choose from our baseball cap, military cap, trucker and youth hats — this month only, every hat is 15% off! Discount code: APRIL2021 UPCOMING EVENTS Ongoing: Custom Adventures and Virtual Adventures Ongoing: Custom Art Classes Ongoing: Naturalist Walks April 12-16: Watercolor with Steve Curl April 17-18: Birding: Intro Weekend April 19-23: Watercolor with Jennifer Bentson April 22-24: Yosemite Field School: Climate Change April 26-30: Watercolor with Jo-Neal Graves May 1: Day Hike: Nature Journaling May 3-7: Mosaics in Yosemite: Class 1 May 9: Day Hike: Yosemite Valley Waterfalls May 10-14: Watercolor with Grace Fong May 12-15: Adventure Sketching: Ink and Watercolor May 17-21: Watercolor with Rachel Fisher May 20-21: Adventure Combo: Stargazing and Biking (Trip 2) May 21-22: Yosemite Field School: Hetch Hetchy Region Botany May 24-28: Watercolor with Faith Rumm May 26-27: Overnight Trip: Blood Moon Backpack May 31 - June 4: Watercolor with Robert Dvorak Photo of the MonthApple Blossoms and a Waterfall Kirk Lougheed Want the chance to see your shots featured here? |