Your Yosemite: Keep in touch with the park, wherever you are. No images? Click here Yosemite Conservancy Newsletter | September 2021Photo © Steven Matros Recent News from YosemiteYosemite National Park remains open despite the closure of California's national forests. Reservations are required through Sept. 30. The following fire restrictions are in effect inside the park:
While there are no large fires in Yosemite and air quality has been good to moderate, hazy or smoky conditions are possible from fires elsewhere in California. Photo © Brannon Naito A Conversation With Yosemite Conservancy:National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode #134"Climate change is readily apparent this year, generating surprising heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, scores of wildfires across the West, and an ongoing series of tropical storms and hurricanes spinning out of the Atlantic and barreling into the East and Gulf coasts of the United States. The effects of climate change aren’t absent from the National Park system either. To discuss some of those impacts at Yosemite National Park, we reached out to Frank Dean, president and CEO of the Yosemite Conservancy, and Cory Goehring, the Conservancy’s lead naturalist." Photo: Nick Fedrick © 2021 Submit a Reader Photo for the Conservancy’s Autumn/Winter MagazineNow accepting Through Your Lens submissions! Share your seasonal shots of Yosemite for the chance to be featured in the reader photos section of our Autumn/Winter 2021 magazine. For this issue, we're seeking images that align with a specific theme: climate and science. Photo captions are optional, but we’d love to hear from you how the image fits the theme. Photos can be taken anywhere in the park, and can feature landscapes, plants, wildlife or even people. Photo © Yosemite Conservancy/Gretchen Roecker Spend a Night, Donate a DollarLooking for a place to stay during your next Yosemite trip? When you make a reservation with one of our partner hotels or campgrounds, you’ll have the option to donate $1 to support the park for each night of your stay! Pro tip: We hear that Curry Village and Wawona Hotel have some last-minute availability this fall. Photo © Jen Smith Back To School Discount on BooksThis month, take advantage of a 15% discount on all of our books! From critically acclaimed children's books to informative guidebooks, creative coloring books and everything in between, we've got stories for Yosemite lovers of all ages. Discount code: BACKTOSCHOOL UPCOMING EVENTS Ongoing: Custom Adventures, Virtual Adventures, and Naturalist Walks Ongoing: Custom Art Classes September 13-17: Watercolor with Michael Friedland: Class 2 September 20: Full Moon Hike: Taft Point (Trip 2) September 20-24: Watercolor with Casey Cheuvront: Class 1 September 24-26: Workshop: Yosemite Miwok-Paiute Basketry September 27 - October 1: Watercolor with Casey Cheuvront: Class 2 October 2-3: Day Hikes: Big Walls and Boulders October 5-8: Drawing & Watercolor Journaling II October 11-15: Watercolor with John Gates October 14-17: Workshop: Autumn Light Photography October 22-24: Day Hikes: Historic Roads November 11: Day Hike: Woodpeckers and Fire Ecology Photo of the MonthLate Summer Yosemite Diego Panasiti Want the chance to see your shots featured here? |