Your Yosemite: Keep in touch with the park, wherever you are. No images? Click here Yosemite Conservancy Newsletter | July 2021Photo courtesy of NPS Recent News from YosemiteThere was a lot to celebrate last month in the park:
In other fun news, starting this summer, your furry family member (along with a little help from a human companion) can become an official B.A.R.K. Ranger by protecting Yosemite and learning the B.A.R.K. Ranger Code:
Photo: @TravelsWithCarolyn Annual Report: Looking Back on 2020 – And Forward – With GratitudeOur 2020 Annual Report is available now! Scroll through to see all the good work our donors, volunteers, program participants and staff accomplished in Yosemite last year. We also invite you to read the accompanying letter from our Board Chair, Matt Adams, and our CEO, Frank Dean, who expressed their gratitude for our supporters’ continued dedication during such a challenging year. To sum it up: "None of our work in 2020, or in any year, would be possible without your extraordinary generosity. Thank you." Photo: © Terre Passeau Congratulations to our #FindYourPark Photo Contest Winners!Thanks to everyone who participated in our recent photo contest – we received dozens of incredible pictures of Yosemite, and we’re especially grateful to those who chose to donate their images to the Conservancy for future use on our website and social media channels! The first place image can be seen here, and you can visit the link below to browse all the submissions, shot by talented photographers near and far. We will be reaching out to our three winners in the next day or two to collect your address and share your prize. Photo: © Oscar Guzman Support Yosemite While You ShopAs of June 8, 2021, Amazon shoppers have raised $9,696.26 for Yosemite Conservancy – will you help us raise even more? Support your park while you shop on Amazon in three easy steps: 1) activate AmazonSmile, 2) select Yosemite Conservancy as your charity of choice, and 3) use smile.amazon.com every time you shop. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to support projects and programs in Yosemite National Park at no additional cost to you. Be sure to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app, too! Enjoy a Discount on ALL T-Shirts!Because it’s way too hot for sleeves! Stay cool in our comfortable cotton tees, featuring unique designs from art deco-inspired Half Dome to an artful take on Keep Bears Wild. We’ve got the classics too, from Tunnel View to the Grizzly Giant. And check out our new illustrated Junior Ranger tee and several other youth shirts for little Yosemite lovers. Discount code: JULY21 UPCOMING EVENTS Ongoing: Custom Adventures, Virtual Adventures and Naturalist Walks Ongoing: Custom Art Classes July 12-16: Charcoal Drawing with Jeff Hemming: Class 1 July 15-18: Backpack: Clouds Rest Through-Hike July 19-23: Charcoal Drawing with Jeff Hemming: Class 2 July 22-25: Backpack: Yosemite Creek to Eagle Peak July 22-25: Plein Air Oil Painting in Tuolumne Meadows July 26-30: Field Sketching with Watercolor August 2-6: Watercolor with Luis Juarez August 5-8: Intro Backpack: May Lake Story Stroll August 6-8: Yosemite Field School: Alpine Ecology August 9-13: Watercolor Journaling with Elizabeth Butterfield August 12-13: Overnight Under the Stars: Perseids (Trip 1) August 12-15: Backpack: Clouds Rest (Two Nights) August 13-14: Overnight Under the Stars: Perseids (Trip 2) August 16-20: Pastel Landscapes with Tsungwei Moo: Class 1 August 19-22: Backpack: Mt. Conness August 23-27: Pastel Landscapes with Tsungwei Moo: Class 2 August 26-29: Backpack: Ten Lakes and Grant Lake August 26-29: Yosemite Field School: Bighorn Sheep Backpack August 28-29: Yosemite Field School: High Country History August 30 - September 3: Acrylic Painting with Candida Webb Photo of the MonthHalf Dome Sunset Willa Wei Want the chance to see your shots featured here? |