These images relate to current and past Conservancy-supported youth programs in the park. Please refer to the photo captions for image descriptions and information about how to credit the photographers.
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Middle school students explore nature through photography during five-day trips with Parks in Focus, a Youth in Yosemite Program supported by Conservancy donors. Credit: Udall Foundation.
A Yosemite National Park ranger leads an educational walk for more than 100 participants as part of the Junior Ranger Day activities held each spring during National Park Week. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
A park ranger leads young children in a Junior Rangers pledge to protect Yosemite National Park, setting them on a path to environmental stewardship. Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/Keith Walklet.
A Yosemite National Park ranger teaches young visitors about deer antlers outside the Valley Visitor Center through Junior Rangers, a Youth in Yosemite Program supported by Conservancy donors. Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/Keith Walklet.
WildLink participants explore Yosemite National Park on a wilderness backpacking trek, learning new leadership and life skills in the process. Credit: Yosemite Conservancy/Keith Walklet.
A young backpacker enjoys a view of Half Dome during the Adventure Risk Challenge summer course in Yosemite, a 40-day wilderness immersion program supported by Conservancy donors. Credit: Adventure Risk Challenge
First-year students in the Yosemite Leadership Program at the University of California, Merced connect with each other and the park during a hike to the summit of Lembert Dome. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
A student ranger from the Wilderness Education Center, part of the campus-based Yosemite programming that Conservancy donors support at University of California, Merced, helps lead a backpacking trip for a group of incoming freshmen. Photo: Courtesy of NPS.
Yosemite Leadership Program (YLP) participants experience the park through field trips and on-campus learning at the University of California, Merced. Credit: NPS/Jesse Chakrin.
Jessica Rivas, a Yosemite Leadership Program alumna, helped lead Junior Ranger programs in the park while serving as a student ranger at the Wilderness Education Center at the University of California, Merced. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
A participant in the Yosemite Leadership Program at University of California, Merced, lends a hand on a climber-access trail restoration project in Yosemite. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
Support from Conservancy donors helps fund the California Conservation Corps program in the park, which gives young people in their teens and early twenties the chance to spend a season in Yosemite learning about trail restoration and the natural world. Credit: Courtesy of NPS.
