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A landmark donation made possible by The Trust for Public Land, Yosemite Conservancy and the National Park Service added 400-acre Ackerson Meadow to Yosemite National Park in 2016. Since then, Yosemite Conservancy donors have supported efforts to learn more about the meadow’s natural features, animal residents and plant life. Credit: Robb Hirsch.
Though the “Keep It Wild” program, Yosemite crews and volunteers restore wilderness areas by removing inappropriately located campsites, restoring informal “social trails,” and removing invasive plants. This image shows a backcountry campsite that was set up too close to a lake, before (inset) and after restoration. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
Conservancy-supported “Keep It Wild” crews survey the Yosemite Wilderness and restore inappropriately located campsites and fire rings, like this one near Lake Vernon. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
With support from Yosemite Conservancy donors, the park is improving habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators by planting native flora, such as milkweed, and removing invasive vegetation. Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/Rebecca Lindstrom.
A project to restore the area around the base of Bridalveil Fall will protect habitat and enhance the visitor experience at one of Yosemite’s most famous landmarks. Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/Gretchen Roecker.
With support from Conservancy donors, crews working in Yosemite’s Lyell Canyon have shifted sections of the iconic Pacific Crest/John Muir Trail out of wet meadow and restored sensitive habitat. This image shows a section of meadow before (inset) and after restoration. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
Yosemite Conservancy donor funding has improved access and restored habitat around Tenaya Lake, including at the East Beach. Credit: Mithun.
Conservancy donors and volunteers support efforts to protect Yosemite’s meadows by removing invasive plants such as bull thistle. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
Volunteers survey for invasive plants in Tuolumne Meadows. Removing high-priority invasive plants, such as velvet grass, helps protect native vegetation and preserve biodiversity in the park. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
Yosemite Conservancy donors are supporting a project to restore wetland habitat around Pothole Dome, in Tuolumne Meadows, where erosion gullies have dried out the meadow. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
