YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY SPRING.SUMMER 2013 :: VOLUME 04.ISSUE 01

Preserving Yosemite’s Cultural Past

INSIDE

The Legacy of Yosemite’s Traditional Basket-Weavers Youth Build a Bridge to the Future Expert Insights Into the Untold Story of the Buffalo Soldiers Q&A with a Yosemite Cultural Legend COVER PHOTO: © RYAN ALONZO. PHOTO: (RIGHT) © KEITH WALKLET.

MISSION

Providing for Yosemite’s future is our passion. We inspire people to support projects and programs that preserve and protect Yosemite National Park’s resources and enrich the visitor experience.

PRESIDENT’S NOTE YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY COUNCIL MEMBERS Preserving Yosemite’s CHAIR PRESIDENT & CEO John Dorman* Mike Tollefson* Cultural Past

VICE CHAIR VICE PRESIDENT Christy Holloway* & COO any forces have shaped Yosemite. Jerry Edelbrock From the millennia-long progression of glacial ice to the 19th century

COUNCIL arrival of western pioneers, Yosemite Jeanne & Michael Adams Jean Lane has long been a place of natural and cultural Matt Adams & Walt Lemmermann* transformations. Through the ages, people Hollis Kline Melody & Bob Lind* have been drawn to this special place and Lynda & Scott Adelson Sam & Cindy Livermore Gretchen Augustyn Anahita & Jim Lovelace have both changed and been changed by its Susan & Bill Baribault Lillian Lovelace remarkable landscape. Meg & Bob Beck Carolyn & Bill Lowman Suzy & Bob Bennitt* Kirsten & Dan Miks In this issue, we are sharing with you stories David Bowman & Robyn & Joe Miller Gloria Miller Dick Otter of Yosemite’s cultural past and the importance of preserving it for the future. Tori & Bob Brant Sharon & Phil Pillsbury* Thanks to you and all our donors, 2013 brings more opportunities to preserve Marilyn & Allan Brown Bill Reller the park’s vivid history. Yosemite legend Julia Parker talks about her role Diane & Steve Ciesinski Frankie & Skip Rhodes* weaving traditional handmade baskets as one of the park’s Indian cultural Marilyn & Don R. Conlan Angie Rios & Hal Cranston* & Samuel Norman demonstrators. Park ranger Shelton Johnson tells the untold story of Yosemite’s Joan Francis Liz & Royal Robbins earliest guardians, the Buffalo Soldiers. Leslie & John Dorman* Lennie & Mike Roberts Dave & Dana Dornsife* Dave Rossetti & Read about the exciting projects and programs kicking off this year. Learn Lisa & Craig Elliott Jan Avent* about the reintroduction of Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog populations and Kathy Fairbanks* Marjorie Rossi Sandra & Bernard Linda & Steve Sanchez* trail-restoration efforts taking place in Lyell Canyon. Peruse highlights about Fischbach Lisa & Greg Stanger* upcoming cultural- and natural-history programs, Outdoor Adventures and Cynthia & Bill Floyd* Jennifer & Russ Stanton live performances at Yosemite Theater. Discover stories of projects that bring Jim Freedman Ann & George Sundby Don & Susan Fuhrer Susan & Bill Urick underserved students to the park — with life-changing results. Bonnie & Rusty Clifford J. Walker* Gregory* Wally Wallner & Your support is helping preserve the cultural legacy of Yosemite and ensuring Chuck & Christy Jill Appenzeller this remarkable place will be protected for future generations. Thank you for Holloway* Jack Walston & Sue Estes your support. Suzanne & Dan Jensen* Phyllis Weber* & Jennifer & Gregory Art Baggett Johnson* Ward & Polly Wolff See you in the park,

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Superintendent Don Neubacher COVER PHOTO Yosemite cultural legend Julia Parker demonstrates traditional American *Indicates Board of Trustees Mike Tollefson, President Indian basket-weaving at the Yosemite Museum.

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SPRING.SUMMER 2013 CONTENTS VOLUME 04.ISSUE 01

ABOVE The majestic granite pinnacle of Cathedral Peak is a Yosemite wilderness highlight.

IN THIS ISSUE DEPARTMENTS

10 EXPERT INSIGHTS 04 CARRIER OF BASKETS Park ranger Shelton Johnson personally reflects on the forgotten history of A new exhibit will honor the legacy Buffalo Soldiers. of Yosemite’s cultural demonstrators, including “living legend” Julia Parker. 12 Q&A WITH A YOSEMITE INSIDER Cultural demonstrator Julia Parker answers questions about her role in sharing American Indian cultural 06 BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE knowledge with visitors. Youth in Yosemite Programs aimed 14 PROJECT UPDATES at building career and life skills are Trail restoration in Lyell Canyon, saving transforming the lives of youth from the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, underserved communities. ensuring a reliable source of native plants, and more.

19 PROGRAM UPDATES 08 PROTECTING YOSEMITE’S Experience the story of Yosemite SONGBIRDS by seeing a live Yosemite Theater production or by joining a naturalist Volunteers are helping collect valuable for memorable Outdoor Adventures. data to protect Yosemite’s cherished songbird populations. 30 READER PHOTOS Yosemite Conservancy supporters share their special Yosemite memories.

YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG :: SPRING.SUMMER 2013 03 Carrier of BASKETS A HISTORY OF INDIAN CULTURAL DEMONSTRATORS IN YOSEMITE PHOTOS: (OPPOSITE PAGE) © BOYSEN STUDIO. (LEFT) © J.T. BOYSEN. ucked away in a quiet corner of the Yosemite Museum, Julia Parker continues a time-honored tradition. Her steady hands work quickly and expertly to weave a bundle of small willow twigs. Slowly, distinctive patterns emerge, and the familiar form of a basket takes shape: A work of art is created by one of Yosemite’s living legends.

Parker, 83, is Yosemite National Park’s longest-tenured current employee and is as much of an icon as Half Dome or El Capitan. In her role as Indian cultural demonstrator, she has dedicated her life to sharing traditional American Indian culture and crafts with park visitors. Parker represents a legacy of cultural demonstrators whose contributions are being celebrated with an upcoming exhibit at the Yosemite Museum. “I studied with whom have worked in Yosemite National Park and created many a lot of weavers throughout my lifetime, learning different baskets currently housed in the museum’s collection. styles,” Parker says. “I thank them for giving me their time to show me how to make their baskets.” The history of traditional basket-weavers will be honored by displaying their handiwork, along with audio and video The art of weaving extends beyond the creation of the basket materials designed to convey a greater depth of Yosemite’s itself — a key part of the process is collecting the plant material cultural diversity. For example, archived film footage of the while having a deep respect for nature. “You have to have a weavers will be ondisplay to help frame the social and historic great understanding about the fibers you work with,” Parker context of their basketry. The exhibit will also engage an explains. “You have to do song and prayer, and you wait for the intern from local tribal communities to expand upon cultural leaves to turn yellow and fall off.” Through the art of basket- demonstrations and provide additional ways for visitors to learn weaving, Parker is preserving the story of her elders and sharing about Yosemite’s “living history.” her deep connection to Yosemite with park visitors. A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING Parker is keenly aware of her role as the “carrier of the baskets,” By visiting the Sharing Traditions exhibit, park visitors will which is why she is passing down her craft to her daughter, have the opportunity to connect meaningfully to the region’s granddaughter and great-granddaughter, each of whom is traditional culture, leading to a greater appreciation of the forging her own path in traditional basket-weaving. This link between natural and cultural resources. “I want visitors unique intergenerational bond is as much a part of Yosemite’s to have a better understanding about the baskets and about story as the rivers and glaciers that shape the landscape. the plants we have in Yosemite,” Parker says. “It makes for a better understanding of the whole Yosemite Valley.” SHARING TRADITIONS The story of Yosemite’s Indian cultural demonstrators is often As a donor to the Conservancy, your commitment to overshadowed by the park’s world-famous natural features. Yosemite helps educate visitors about the important role Thanks to donor support, Yosemite Conservancy is funding of cultural history while honoring the remarkable people Sharing Traditions: Celebrating Native Basketry Demonstrations whose dedication to traditional handiwork helped shape this in Yosemite 1929–1980, an exhibit at the Yosemite Museum in magnificent place. Summer 2013. The exhibit will showcase the history of weaving demonstrators in the park from 1929 to 1980, examining their The Sharing Traditions exhibit will open at the Yosemite critical role as American Indian liaisons to the public. This Museum on June 4. fascinating story will be told primarily through the work of three Learn more about this project on our website women — Maggie Howard, Lucy Telles and Julia Parker — all of yosemiteconservancy.org/sharing-traditions

OPPOSITE PAGE Lucy Telles with baskets, circa 1940. ABOVE Maggie Howard behind the Yosemite Museum, circa 1920.

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Youth in Yosemite Programs Engage BRIDGE Diverse Youth to the FUTURE

or many people, a love of Yosemite begins at an connections to parks or wild places,” park ranger Jesse Chakrin early age. Whether it’s hiking Yosemite Falls with says. “Sometimes it’s difficult for them to know these places their families or backpacking wilderness trails with exist.” Your support is making it possible for youth from friends, these early experiences forge a lifelong underserved communities to build a connection to these places. appreciation for natural places. But, for many young people, these experiences are just out of Thanks to donor support, Yosemite Conservancy is funding reach, due to social or financial barriers. 12 Youth in Yosemite Programs in 2013. Many are focused on bringing underserved youth into Yosemite for incredible “The students we work with don’t have familial or intrinsic wilderness experiences with life-changing results.

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Youth in Yosemite Programs provide valuable practical and life skills. For example, Parks in Focus allows underserved middle- “These programs help school students to explore nature through digital photography. make meaningful and Students also participate in hands-on restoration activities, such as removing invasive plants from Mariposa Grove. These lifelong connections for efforts not only build practical skills for youth, but they also provide a valuable service to the park. youth to places such

Participants in Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) work together as Yosemite.” to complete a range of academic and physical activities, — SHAUNA POTOCKY including a wilderness retreat. “ARC has taught me a lot of Branch Chief of Education at things I never thought I would experience, and I never thought Yosemite National Park I had inside of me,” reflects 17-year-old Jesus, from Dos Palos, Calif. “It taught me to have more confidence in myself.” Madera, Calif. “I’m really trying to engage them and get them Youth programs also engage students by inspiring them to inspired to come here.” consider careers in national parks. WildLink Bridge allows diverse high-school and college students to job-shadow In 2013, many more underserved youth will have the Yosemite professionals. In 2012, six participants spent 12 opportunity for life-changing experiences. “These programs days in the park, assisting in a restoration field project and help make meaningful and lifelong connections for youth completing a wilderness patrol. “There are different barriers to places such as Yosemite,” says Shauna Potocky, branch that don’t let youth like me get up here, and that’s why I’m chief of education at Yosemite National Park. “So many of excited to be here,” shares 15-year-old Arturo, from Fresno, these programs wouldn’t happen if it weren’t for Yosemite Calif. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Conservancy and its donors.”

Students participating in the Yosemite Leadership Program Thanks to your support, youth are not only transforming Youth in Yosemite (YLP) summer internship work directly with the National their lives, but they are making a difference for Yosemite well Park Service and other park partners. Youth experience into the future. Programs Engage firsthand the importance of conservation — a message they bring back to their communities. “Back at home, I’m trying Watch youth participants say “thank you” Diverse Youth to get people interested in coming [to Yosemite], especially for changing their lives on our website at the Latino community,” says 22-year-old Jesus Dolores of yosemiteconservancy.org/youth-yosemite-video

OPPOSITE PAGE Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) participants summit Mt. Watkins during a 40-day wilderness-immersion course. ABOVE LEFT WildLink youth learn wilderness survival skills during a backpacking trip. ABOVE MIDDLE A Parks in Focus student explores Yosemite Valley with a digital camera. ABOVE RIGHT Yosemite Leadership Program (YLP) participants assist an invasive-plant removal project in Mariposa Grove.

YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG :: SPRING.SUMMER 2013 07 Protecting Yosemite’s Songbirds

VOLUNTEERS COLLECT VALUABLE DATA FOR SONGBIRD CONSERVATION

he cheerful call of a Yosemite songbird is one of the most loved and cherished sounds a visitor can hear. The park’s exceptional bird diversity is dependent on a range of habitats that are under threat due ABOVE This male Lazuli Bunting has been banded, to environmental change inside and measured and weighed before being released back into his habitat. These data contribute toward a nationwide outside the park. To learn more about effort to determine the health of songbird populations. the status of songbird populations, BELOW A group of Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) participants learns about songbird research. Yosemite Conservancy is supporting a research program that builds on two decades of data. Visitors can participate in bird banding and experience the joy of holding a living songbird in hand, inspiring a lifelong commitment to environmental conservation.

Learn more about volunteer opportunities at yosemiteconservancy.org/songbird-study

08 SPRING.SUMMER 2013 :: YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG ABOVE A biologist’s keen eye notes a molting wing feather on this Stellar’s jay. Birds’ molt patterns can help biologists determine the age and, sometimes, nutrition of birds. BELOW An immature Williamson’s sapsucker has been banded and is ready to be released.

ABOVE A volunteer prepares to release a male Western tanager. This bird will soon migrate south to spend the winter in Mexico or farther south in Costa Rica. BELOW The hermit warbler is the most plentiful nesting warbler in Yosemite’s mid-elevation coniferous forests.

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YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG :: SPRING.SUMMER 2013 09 EXPERT INSIGHTS

BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN YOSEMITE

REFLECTIONS ON A FORGOTTEN HISTORY

BY SHELTON JOHNSON, PARK RANGER

ABOVE Stationed at the Presidio, he African-American troops who patrolled the wilderness of Yosemite members of the Ninth Cavalry were known as Buffalo Soldiers to the Plains and Sequoia national parks served an important role in the early days of Indians, circa 1900. ABOVE RIGHT A our first federally protected lands. These men, the children of enslaved screenshot from the film trailer displays people, were stewards of this incredible landscape and served the public stunning Yosemite settings and actors in authentic period costumes. good of all Americans, regardless of color or ethnicity. As some of the first “park rangers,” they were known as “Buffalo Soldiers” to the Plains Indians and were tasked with evicting poachers and livestock from park lands, as well as constructing the first roads and trails.

Their story was lost for a time before being rediscovered among patrol and superintendent reports and old letters. On beautifully handwritten Army muster rolls, there were names without faces. In old photographs, there were faces without names. The people were forgotten, and what they accomplished was forgotten, too. The knowledge that they built the first usable wagon road into Sequoia’s Giant

10 SPRING.SUMMER 2013 :: YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG EXPERT INSIGHTS

“For me, these men were family, and it was well past time for the world to hear their story.”

­— SHELTON JOHNSON Yosemite Park Ranger

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Forest, the first trail to the top of Mt. Whitney — then the highest peak in the United States — and the first museum in what would become the National Park SHELTON JOHNSON is a ranger at Yosemite System was also forgotten. National Park and an important advocate for bringing culturally diverse populations to the national parks. He is a graduate of For me, these men were family, and it was well past time for the world to hear the University of Michigan and author of their story. When I saw them staring at me out of history, it was like my father the novel, Gloryland. Johnson performs was peering at me through their eyes. Of all the visitors to Yosemite National The Forgotten Yosemite: A Buffalo Soldier Remembers at Yosemite Theater. In 2009, he Park, only one percent are African-American. Even though the descendents of received the National Freeman Tilden Award the 500 Buffalo Soldiers who served in the Sierra Nevada must number in the as the best interpreting ranger in the National thousands, many probably have no idea their ancestors once protected Yosemite Park Service for his work with Ken Burns and National Park and have no idea a family trip to Yosemite is a homecoming. Dayton Duncan on their national park film, America’s Best Idea.

With the assistance of Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Sterling Johnson, the story of the Buffalo Soldiers will be told before the majestic backdrops of YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY has provided a Tuolumne Meadows, Glacier Point, the Minarets and elsewhere. This story is grant to Yosemite National Park to fund the production of a film that will be completed in so significant, because it connects the disconnected and powerfully counters the winter 2013. The film is written and performed false assertion that African-American culture has little to do with national parks by park ranger Shelton Johnson and is funded or wilderness preservation. Because of your support, this story will be available by Yosemite Conservancy and Delaware North Companies, Inc. in an accessible format that will honor this forgotten history while inspiring all people to preserve and protect Yosemite.

YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG :: SPRING.SUMMER 2013 11 PHOTOS: © KEITH WALKLET. “It’s important for me to be able to tell this story, because I think now I’m the carrier of the baskets.”

­— JULIA PARKER Indian Cultural Demonstrator

WITH A YOSEMITE Q&A INSIDER ABOVE Parker pauses for a photo while crafting a traditional basket.

s Yosemite National Park’s longest- to be in a place where the story was needed. tenured current employee, Julia Q :: Tell us about the process for gathering Parker has the important role of the plant materials needed for your baskets. communicating Yosemite’s cultural history. Why is it important for you to share this Since 1960, Julia has demonstrated basket- knowledge? weaving techniques at the Yosemite Museum. A :: You have to have a great understanding about the fibers She has studied under master weavers and you work with. You have to know when they’re ready, when become an innovator in her own right, with the bark will stay on the wood, when the bark will peel off her handiwork on display at the Smithsonian the wood. It’s important for me to be able to tell this story, Institution and in the Queen of England’s because I think now I’m the carrier of the baskets. collection. Parker has dedicated her life not Q :: Your daughter Lucy and your grand- only to making beautiful works of art, but also daughter Ursula are both continuing the to ensuring the important knowledge and tradition of basket-weaving. What does it skills passed down from her elders continue mean to you to pass along this knowledge? to flourish today. A :: I think this is important to Yosemite because they’re Q :: How did you start working as an bonded here. These are the plants their grandmothers used. Indian cultural demonstrator for Yosemite We’re always learning, trying new things. We all go out National Park? together [to collect materials], and they learn about the baskets and about having ownership. A :: My grandmother-in-law [Lucy Telles] worked here in the park before she passed away. For about five years or so, Q :: At the Yosemite Museum, you interact there was no story about the first people … so they asked with visitors on a daily basis. Why do you me. I wasn’t very good at talking to people, but the National think it’s important for visitors to learn about Park Service brought me on, and little by little, I began to basket-weaving? What do you want people get more confidence talking and speaking. I just happened to remember?

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A :: I want [visitors] to come through the door not realizing what a basket is and, when they leave, I want them to have a better understanding about the basket and about the plants we have in Yosemite. [Visitors] are really happy to know they learned something, and it makes for a better understanding of the whole Yosemite Valley.

Q :: Yosemite Conservancy is supporting the Sharing Traditions: Celebrating Native Basketry Demonstrations in Yosemite 1929- 1980 exhibit, which is scheduled to open in June 2013. How would you describe the Conservancy’s role in supporting your work? ABOVE In her role as cultural demonstrator, Parker shares with park visitors of all ages the traditions of her people. A :: [The Conservancy] is doing the right thing. We’re planning to display our baskets in the Yosemite Museum, “… I want them to have a and the Conservancy is helping us. They’re helping generate better understanding about a lot more awareness of what Yosemite is and what has come before, even the little things. the basket and about the

Help support the Sharing Traditions exhibit and similar plants we have in Yosemite.” cultural projects by visiting our website at yosemiteconservancy.org ­— JULIA PARKER Indian Cultural Demonstrator

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YOSEMITECONSERVANCY.ORG :: SPRING.SUMMER 2013 13 PROJECT UPDATES PHOTO: © MEGAN ROSENBLOOM. New Projects for 2013*

CULTURAL & HISTORIC PRESERVATION Ensuring a Reliable Source of Native Plants: A Partnership with the Tuolumne Band of Mewuk Indians $29,233 Preserving History: Restoring the Yosemite Valley Cemetery $72,967 Rehabilitating Ostrander Ski Hut $63,355 Sharing Traditions Exhibit: History of Cultural Demonstrators in Yosemite $102,090

HABITAT RESTORATION Mariposa Grove Restoration $1,845,658 Preserving the California Black Oak in Yosemite Valley $77,982 Removing Invasive Plants from Yosemite $77,125 Wilderness Restoration with SCA Crews $199,975

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Protecting Songbirds & Inspiring Visitors $37,057 Protecting Yosemite’s Giant Sequoia Groves $54,345 PRESERVING TRAIL REPAIR & ACCESS Gaylor Lakes Trail Restoration $98,150 Improving Visitor Access to Trails: CCC Internship $63,000 HISTORY John Muir Trail and Habitat Improvements in Lyell Canyon $232,500 Legendary Valley Trails Restoration $360,950 Restoring Popular Climbing Trails $60,650 RESTORING THE YOSEMITE CEMETERY Tenaya Lake Trail Restoration: South Shore $148,610 Trail Rehabilitation by CCC Crews $606,836 Youth Crews (YCC) Restore Trails $384,205 VISITOR SERVICES & EDUCATION ABOVE Headstones such as the ones of Florence Hutchings, the first non-American Indian A Class Act: Enhancing Park Stewardship child born in Yosemite, and her father, James Mason Hutchings, a publisher and early for the Class of 2016 $56,085 promoter of the park, connect visitors with Yosemite’s fascinating history. Adventure to Leadership: Youth Development Program with ARC $95,000 umans have shaped Yosemite for thousands of years, from the Ask a Climber $35,100 Buffalo Soldiers in Yosemite Film $51,000 American Indians who were the park’s original caretakers, to the Junior Ranger Program $123,420 pioneers who launched the national-park movement. Many of New Trail Information Panels: Yosemite Valley Visitor Center $50,600 Yosemite’s first guardians are buried in the Yosemite Cemetery, Parks In Focus: Youth Photography Program $18,000 located near the Valley Visitor Center. Largely neglected for decades, Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series $30,000 Restoring the Boulder Garden at Happy Isles $17,429 the cemetery is in need of restoration to preserve the tangible link to Restoring Yosemite’s Iconic Scenic Vistas $98,871 these iconic figures. Teens Connect to Yosemite through WildLink $30,000 Wilderness Education Center at UC Merced $115,220 WildLink Alumni Explore Careers in Yosemite 12,900 Historic headstones, wrought-iron fencing and damaged walls will be Yosemite Guide Mobile App $63,600 Yosemite Leadership Program rehabilitated with assistance from a stone conservator. Support for these efforts Summer Internship $125,065 is possible, in part, thanks to corporate donors. “We are delighted to provide Yosemite Nature Notes Web Video Series $48,000 funding to help restore the cemetery,” says Jennifer Tombaugh, president of WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Tauck, Inc. “In doing so, we aim to preserve these stories for future generations.” Protecting Yosemite’s Great Gray Owls $67,015 Recovery of the Rare Pacific Fisher $116,263 Saving the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Your support enables park visitors to respectfully commemorate our ancestors Frogs from Extinction $100,891 and their efforts in building Yosemite National Park. TOTAL $5,769,147 *Total project funding is included for multi-year projects. Thank you to Tauck, Inc., and The Heller Foundation of San Diego for generously Color represents 2013 Youth in Yosemite Programs. providing funds in support of this project.

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IMPROVING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL

RESTORING HABITAT FOR VISITORS AND WILDLIFE

magine hiking under a clear blue sky, taking in the majestic peaks and rolling meadows of Yosemite’s backcountry, when, suddenly, the trail leads you into the middle of a muddy trench. Unfortunately, many visitors have this experience along the popular John Muir Trail in Lyell Canyon. A series of trail ruts are disrupting hikers and affecting the overall health of the meadow and wildlife habitat.

Over time, these ruts have multiplied, as hikers and stock animals attempt to avoid the trail’s deteriorated sections. The deep ruts have affected the meadow’s natural hydrology, drying out native vegetation and leading to changes in plant and TOP View from Lyell Canyon looking south toward Mt. Lyell, the Lyell animal communities. Glacier, and Mt. Maclure. BOTTOM Trail ruts in the John Muir Trail in Lyell Canyon disrupt natural hydrology Your support makes it possible to reroute the trail out of sensitive wetland habitat. and make visitor access difficult. Trail crews will move several sections to more sustainable areas, while restoration crews will restore the meadow. When this project concludes at the end of 2013, visitors will experience a healthier ecosystem while hiking on an improved trail.

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SAVING A KEYSTONE SPECIES

PROTECTING THE SIERRA NEVADA

YELLOW-LEGGED FROG

ABOVE Middle-school students learn about field science and conservation efforts for Yosemite’s amphibian species.

isitors hiking along Yosemite’s montane lakeshores used to encounter Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs by the hundreds. Sadly, this species is now in decline and in danger of extinction due to the introduction of non-native fish, the spread of disease and other environmental factors.

Yosemite Conservancy donors are funding project grants that provide for the reintroduction of three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog populations to encourage greater genetic diversity of this keystone species. By encouraging diversity, frog populations can better respond to changing conditions ABOVE Efforts to protect the such as climate change and disease. Donor funding is also allowing middle-school Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog are aimed at increasing genetic students to participate in a weeklong field-science program during which they diversity within Yosemite. assist park scientists in conducting frog surveys. Youth learn about amphibian conservation while collecting essential data about this endangered species.

Thanks to you, we are taking important steps to ensure this species survives well into the future.

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ENGAGING YOSEMITE’S FUTURE STEWARDS

ncouraging young children to explore the natural world is one of the best ways to forge a deep connection with Yosemite National Park. The Junior Ranger program inspires kids to discover the magic of national parks by completing a series of outdoor activities. With a responsible stewardship ethic, more youth will grow up knowing beautiful places, such as Yosemite, need preservation.

Donor support allows for an expanded Junior Ranger program in 2013, so children and families have the opportunity to learn about nature. In addition to the programs that have been taking place in Yosemite Valley, new programs will be added in Tuolumne Meadows, as well as in Wawona and Glacier Point, during the busy summer season. Plastic junior ranger badges will be replaced with new sustainable wood badges that will serve as a model for other national parks.

ABOVE A park ranger shares wildlife By engaging in interactive nature walks and completing specimens with a junior ranger on a nature walk environmental-activity workbooks, kids are inspired in Yosemite Valley. to participate in park stewardship from an early age. RIGHT A newly minted They develop an appreciation for protecting natural junior ranger shows off his junior ranger patch. resources – lessons they carry on into adulthood. Your continued support means young children in Yosemite will have more opportunities to explore and learn about nature.

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A RELIABLE SOURCE

PARTNERING FOR SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION EFFORTS

ABOVE These plants from the Four Seasons Native Plant Nursery will be used to enhance trail and habitat-restoration projects throughout the park.

osemite’s habitat-restoration projects are crucial to preserving and protecting the park, while maintaining its beautiful scenic quality. Many of these restoration projects would not be successful without the use of native plant material to ensure the health of the natural ecosystems. ABOVE The Four Seasons Native Plant Nursery provides a reliable source of native plant material to Native plants are adapted to the park’s climate and soil conditions, sustain park-restoration projects. and they require less water than non-natives, which is why restoration projects are so dependent on their availability. To ensure a reliable source of plant material, Yosemite Conservancy is providing a grant to help nurture a relationship with the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians and the Four Seasons Native Plant Nursery to propagate native materials. Tribal youth are encouraged to participate, so elders can pass down traditional plant-use knowledge to the younger generation.

Thanks to your support, these important partnerships are emphasizing the connection between Yosemite’s cultural and natural resources.

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YOSEMITE THEATER

LIVE SHOWS SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK

ABOVE During Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir, the audience is transported to John Muir’s study, as he intimately recounts the last great battle of his life as a conservationist.

his summer, take in a live theater performance, and revel as the park’s cultural history comes to life before your eyes! History and adventure are featured seven nights a week from April through early November at the Yosemite Theater.

Park ranger Shelton Johnson reprises his role as an African-American cavalryman in The Forgotten Yosemite: A Buffalo Soldier Remembers. This moving story follows one soldier’s experience patrolling Yosemite’s wilderness in the early 20th century. The once-forgotten cultural legacy is revived and brought to life through a captivating historic portrayal that evokes the spirit of a Buffalo Soldier.

For another live offering, see veteran performer Lee Stetson take the stage as Yosemite champion John Muir in two separate performances depicting events inspired by Muir’s writings. In Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir, you will ABOVE Park ranger Shelton be drawn into the dramatic battle for Hetch Hetchy Valley. In John Muir Among the Johnson depicts the experiences of an African-American cavalryman Animals, you can accompany Muir on his thrilling adventures through Yosemite, stationed in Yosemite in the early including encounters with wild creatures. 20th century.

Join us this summer for an unforgettable live performance. Learn more about arts in Yosemite on our website yosemiteconservancy.org

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THE STORY OF YOSEMITE

REVEALED BY EXPERT HISTORIANS, PHOTOGRAPHERS,

CULTURAL DEMONSTRATORS AND NATURALISTS

“I want visitors to feel a connection to this place.”

— DAVID LUKAS Outdoor Adventures Naturalist & Author

want visitors to feel a connection to this place,” says David Lukas, Outdoor Adventures naturalist and author of multiple books on the natural history of the Sierra Nevada. “Wandering among the peaks and valleys of Yosemite, I feel the wonder of this place never stops. I want to share that feeling with others.”

Yosemite National Park is rich with cultural and natural histories waiting to be revealed during Yosemite Conservancy Outdoor Adventures. These programs give visitors a rare opportunity to experience Yosemite’s wilderness, geology, history and culture in small groups led by experts.

“Yosemite Conservancy’s Outdoor Adventures create a deeper connection between visitors and the park, which encourages stewardship of this one-of-

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LEFT A proud participant shows off her handmade basket during an Outdoor Adventures basket-weaving program. MIDDLE An Outdoor Adventures participant admires Nevada Fall and Liberty Cap from the John Muir Trail. RIGHT Outdoor Adventures geologists lead programs in Tuolumne Meadows.

PHOTOS: (LEFT) © YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY. (MIDDLE & RIGHT) © KEITH WALKLET. kind natural treasure,” says Don Neubacher, superintendent not only beautiful scenery, but intimate details about the very of Yosemite National Park. forces that shaped Yosemite.

To see Yosemite through the eyes of a naturalist is to see a living Yosemite Conservancy is offering more than 45 unique symphony, formed slowly through the ages. A naturalist can adventures to explore the park. Outdoor Adventures are guided transform geology into poetry, such as when Muir personified by expert naturalists, American Indian cultural demonstrators the effect of Yosemite glaciers on the landscape: “Brooding and Yosemite historians who are passionate about sharing above predestined rocks unknown to light … working on their knowledge and experience with you. Each program has unwearied through unmeasured times, unhalting as the stars, a maximum capacity of 15 participants and will often sell out, until at length … their mountains brought forth, homes so register early for one of these adventures today, and deepen made for the meadows … calm as when they came as crystals your understanding of this remarkable place. from the sky, they depart.” Backpacking to Lyell Glacier or summiting Mt. Conness with a Conservancy naturalist reveals Register online at yosemiteconservancy.org/adventures

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THANK YOU

Yosemite Conservancy Supporters Yosemite Conservancy is extremely grateful to acknowledge the John Muir Heritage Society and Joseph Le Conte Legacy Society donors, foundations, corporations and volunteers that supported our work from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012. Donors of $25 or more are listed in the Honor Register at the Valley Visitor Center at Yosemite National Park. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to fulfill our mission to preserve and protect Yosemite National Park and enrich the visitor experience — today and for future generations.

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Hemler Larry & Karen Veysada Edward Abbott Ruth Camaraota Abigail Ann Fahrner Rick Hemminger Diane Vincent Max Abramson Ryan Cameron Bernard & Jeanne Favaro John A. Heney Jim L. Vironda Rudy Aguilar William G. Camp Robyn C. Feeback Candace Henry Sylvia M. Volkman Debbie Lynn Ajini Matt Cannon David Feiling Angel Hernandez Sue Volpe Maxine S. Akin Vincent A. Capuano Lynn Lee Ferrin Hugo Herrera David Hart Wagner Richard A. Alter Jeanne Carevic Jack Finch James Kenneth Hess John & Bella Wagner Angelo Ambrosio Alice Jean Carr Lavone L. Fineday Dennis Hewett Judy L. Walker Anne Anderson David Castellano Frances Finocchiaro Thomas Robert Higelin Gary A. & Deborah Wallace Iaan Anderson Elliott Chamberlain Richard C. Fletcher Ryan Hiller Loraine L. Walsh Milton Anderson Charles Chapman Mary Bell Floyd Loralee Hiramoto Jeanne A. Walt Ward Richard Anderson Valentine J. Charn Gerard & Betty Fondse Judy Hocking James L. Washburn II Tom Andrew Doris Chesley Chris Alex Fong Eugene Holahan Lynne Wasserman – Carol Antoine John C. Cheslock Bertha Forrest Gerry Holcomb The Wasserman Foundation Fausto Araujo John W. Childs Robert Eugene Frederick Winston Holmes Chelly & George Wathen Rosasco F. Araya Karen Louise Chin True Nash French Dave & Dorothy Holton Robin & Kathryn Weber Barbara Arnold Tess Christensen Barbara Fromm Frederick R. Hook, III Toni K. Weingarten Albert C. Oetting, Jr. Sam & Jean Ciccarella Nancy Lee Fry Emil Hoppe, Jr. Barbara Weitz Jean & Chuck Atthowe Leonard Cipriano Robert L. Fry Ernest E. Horn, Jr. Patty F. Welch Joseph P. Augustyn Frank Cirari Robert W. Gagnier Susan Houghton Julie & Dave West Terry Badal Dave, Peggy & Rebecca Clark Robert M. Gale Alice Q. Howard Herb & Jan West Barbara Baer Doris Cleary Patrick Gallagher N. King Huber Janet Gerhart Westbrook Charles David Ballard Carol Clemensen Margaret Galli Rusty Huckabey Dick & Michelle Westrum Mary V. Barmettler Eleanor Clements Bellinger Osa Middleton Galloway John Huenneke Marilyn P. & Howard Whelan Elton Barnett Robert L. Cochrane Lorine W. Gamlen Jeffrey Huffaker Lynn & John Wiese Davide Bartoletti Rod Collier Xabier Garaizar Harry & Mable Hull Jack & Jan Willey Mary Bauman Henry Eaton Collins, III Daisee Dawg Garber Donna Hurley Paul Williams John H. Bees Sharon Elaine Collins Bob & Pat Gardner Frederick Ilchert & Kurt Wroble Stefan Williams Charlotte E. Bell Harold & Dorothy Comins Eileen Gardner Francis & Margaret Infalt Mr. & Mrs. Milton Wilson Jr. Jim Benedict Amelia N. Coney Bill Gaugh Robert L. Irvine Kathleen E. Winkelman Seymour Berek Judi Conner William “Bud” Gawlik Nobi Ishibashi Patricia F. Winter James Dana Bernier Lillie Conner Leland F. Gerber Alice L. Jackson Barry Wolf Pastor Dale Bethel Francis R. Connett Jack Gianelli Topsy Jackson-Araya David & Holly Wolff Dorothy T. Biddick Barbara J. Cook Karen Ann Gibson Eleanor M. Jacobs Fern J. Wollrich Edward A. Bielfelt Harold Cooper Patricia G. Gibson James A. Janigan Weyman W. & Yvonne M. Wong Stan Bielfelt Phyllis Ann Cope David & Gregory Gilbert William & Margaret Janson Larry & Diane Wren Jean McLoughlin Bigelow Andrew Roy Cox Mike Gilbert Henry Charles Joerger Mary R. Wright Robert C. Bilek Ruth D. Crawford Edwin P. Gills Daniel M. Johnson Kenneth & Suzanne Wurtemberg Ned Birdsall James Crichton Anita Gilpeer Marian Leva Johnson Laurence Wydro Victor Birnberg Thomas Crites Keith Glover Martin L. Johnson Susan D. & Adonis Yap Barry Biscombe Sunnie Cullings Rich Gnagy Samuel Johnson F. C. & Ann Young Jr. Vivian Marie Bishop Christopher Curatalo Matt Goettsch Virginia Johnson Gary & Christine Younger Betty Kay Bissell Scott Cuthbert David W. Goldman Toni Johnston Robert Schwalbe & Daniel K. Blair Pierre d’Albert Michael D. Goldman Larry Johsens Linda Zazzara Harold Blanchette L. Eston & Ethel O. Davis Richard N. Goldman Barry Jones Kristine Zeigler James Bleak Charles E. Morrish, Jr. Keith Goodin Morgan “Chuck” Jones Laura & Aaron Zoerner Sylvia Bleiweiss Brian Dessin Day William & Dorothy Gracie Charles M. Jones Linda Zukowski George R. Blitch Katherine S. DeBrecht Anna, Thomas & Vernon Grady Daniel L. Jones Jessica Bloom Jim Deckard Sue Ann Graf Don Jones ESTATE GIFTS Alan Bodine Emma Delgado Daniel R. Gravelyn Lowell E. Jones Yosemite Conservancy gratefully Ralph Bolin Gladys Deming David Gray Russ Jones remembers these thoughtful donors Matthew Bolton Helen Dewit Rachel Anne Gray Jim Juhler whose legacy gifts ensure Yosemite Joe Borruso Lewis & Avis Jean Dickerson Georgia Unnewehr Griffith John G. Kamena will be preserved and protected for Patricia Boyd Julianne Dicus Eugenia Grinwaldt Robert Kangas Howard Kayton future generations. Douglas Bradford Marie Dicus Fortunato Guerra Pete Bradley Richard A. Diebert George Guntermann Gregory Keenberg Sara Betty Berenson Sally Brennan Ruth Dillon Larry Gutierrez John “Chick” Kelly Raymond Bright Roger Brett Edward B. Doolittle Michael E. Hade Janet Kilmer Bernice A. Brownson Olga & Edgar Brewer Ismael & Pauline Duarte Wesley Halbruner Barry S. King Natalie Cobby Richard G. Brewer Lorene Dumas Sharon Joy Hale John & Kathryn King Lois & David DeMille Patricia Brien Donald F. Duncan Thomas L. Hall Cathy Lee Kingery Dorothy M. Engle Alvin Edmund Brown Marilyn Duncan William A. Halliday Ruth Kingsland Thomas F. Faria Bernelda Brown Sam & Connie Dunham Bill Hammaker Donald & Jean Knowlton Lynn Lee Ferrin Dolly Dunitz Brown Robert Dunn Caleb A. Hannink Evan Andrew Kopp Heather MacMaster Eleanor Stolich Brown Jack Dupuis Edward Hansen Henry Kuropat Thomas & Cynthia Mikkelsen Sandra Brown Anthony Duran Laura M. Hansen Joan E. Lackey Patricia Mincks Duncan Buchanan John Ansley Edwards Mary Jane Happ Haley LaFlamme Schuyler Parsons Bill & Lois Budd Steve Edwards June Hardie Thelma Lambert

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GIFT IN MEMORY CONT. Louise Kirtley Nichols Don H. Schellinger George Vuoso Hewlett Packard Company Ted Nicholson Johanna E. Scheuler William A. Wahler Foundation Baldwin G. Lamson Gil Nickel Lois B. Schilder Don Walden Institute for Law & James R. Lane Frank Niedermeier Jim Schimandle Darlene Walker Systems Research Roy E. Laubscher Doris Nield William Schneider Harold Wallace JL Foundation Sharron Law David L. Normandin Leonard R. Schoue Ellen Warburton John & Jeani Ferrari Family Lloyd Ledbetter Manuel Ruben Tamayo, Jr. Fred Schremp Len Ward Foundation Wallace Lee Paul & Elizabeth Offermann Hildie Schrette Kendall Webb John & Marcia Goldman Scott Allan Lehmann Gail Ohyama Alta & Ray Schulz Sara Jackie Weigel Foundation Virginia N. Leichtfuss Jim O’Loughlin Katharine Schwarz Jim Weston Johnson & Johnson Robert Lemos Dean Olsen Byron Schweigert Curtis Wetter Family of Companies Stephen Alan Leventhal Russell Bryan O’Neal Richard W. Scott Burdette White Joseph & Vera Long Foundation Mark “Lewy” Lewis Mercedes Orantes Leigh F. Selig John Whitson Kaiser Permanente Raymond Arthur Lewis Andrew C. Orozco Winifred Diane Sequin Alice Wilder-Hall Kenneth Glenn Family Paul & Michelle L’Heureux Kathleen Orr Mr. & Mrs. Sheely Laura Wilkinson Foundation Lila Pearl Saffell Little W. F. Ostrander Ann Shepherd Arthur Williams Lakeside Foundation Donald R. Loeb Mary Sheppard Oswald Harold Shepherd Robert C. Davis Jr. Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund Eileen Cunningham Lohkamp Kyle Otsuji Wilson Eliot Driver Shepherd Amylita Talbot Wilson MacDonald Family Foundation Jon B. Lovelace Sibyl Ann Otter John Robert Shuman Otto L. Wilson Mammoth Mountain Charlotte M. Lundberg Timothy Michael Owens Laing Sibbet Ken Winkleblack MBK Foundation Jeanne & Robert Maclean Charles H. Palmer Ruby Simmons Keith Winter Mel & Geri Hoven Foundation John Macomber Donald Papp Susan Aitken Simón Jane E. Witner Michael Osborne Design Marion Mages Fess Parker Steven Robert Simons Par Wohlers Morgan Family Foundation Al & Dorothy Maggio Don Patterson Warren N. & Millicent A. Wollenweber Morgan Stanley Jean Malerbi Rosemary Patton Shirley G. L. Sizoo Mara Wolper National Park Foundation Paul Malyj Kenneth Paulin Gwen Skillin Jim Wood National Parks Revealed Mildred S. Mann John & Elrose Pearson Eileen Sloan Isabel Woodford Olander Family Foundation Michael E. Manning Daniel Perez Cay Smith Betsy & Bruce Woolpert PACCAR, Inc. Ellis Marek Theodore Petersen Clyde Smith Ed & Betty Lee Wrahtz Pace Marketing Communications Felix F. Marinaro Elmer B. Phillips Gay Smith Charlotte Virginia & Paws Up Foundation Ennio Marotto Lorraine & Russell Philpott Marilyn Smith Harvey Stewart Wright Planet Granite William Martin Dana Pierce Leo Snowiss Russ Wright Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Jeff Maurer Edward Post John E. Soares Carl Otto Wulf REI Joseph R. McBride Richard Poulsen Madeline Soder Bernard Wydra S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Caroline Rush McDonald Kris Poyhonen U. Soe Nyun Jessie Eiko Yasaki Saxton Family Foundation Roger G. McGuire Judy L. Pratt Donald Sorenson Lawrence Young Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Wayne McKillip Robert Prechtl Allen Spannuth David E. Yount Stanford University Mary Tinley & Robert Michael Prior Arnold Spear Ningsen Yu TA Associates Management LP Charles Lachlan McKinnon William E. Priore Jerry Spector Polly Chun Yun Tauck, Inc. Edouard McKnight Alfred Prommer Jeannette L. Spencer Ginger Zilisch The Redwoods in Yosemite Paul McLaughlin Dorothy Pyle Virginia Springer Tiger Baron Foundation Edward McMullen Jack & Daisy Quan Robert Stachecki CORPORATE & Time Capsule Press Bob McNair Carolyn Quinn James & Emily-Ann Standley FOUNDATION Topics Entertainment Lynn McNulty Andrew Ray Jeffrey Steach PARTNERS UBS Foundation Steve Medley Dan Ray The Stebbins Family Yosemite Conservancy is grateful Union Bank of California Maurice Melkonian Elizabeth Read Preston Stedman to have the support of corporations United Way Fred Merrifield George & Rose Reams Marilyn Steel and foundations through grants VISA Eric Metcalf Dennis Rehman Frederick L. & Rose C. Stein and matching gifts. Walt Disney Company Michael Metz James Reinitz Natalie Stets Foundation Charles & Harriett Meuel Paul Reiter Jeanne Stickney Anonymous (21) Wells Fargo Bank Foundation Samuel J. Migliazzo Brian C. Reynolds Timothy Stickney Applied Materials Wilderness Society Bill Miller Scott Rials Donald K. Stites Arkay Foundation Wollenberg Foundation Harold & Marie Miller Annabelle Richards Graig Straub Austin-Lehman Adventures Thomas P. Miller Warren Richards Edward & Marie Stulik Bank of America VOLUNTEERS Andrew Mirassou William C. Riddle Rudi Stun Bingham, Osborn & Linda E. Molyneux Wilfred T. Ridgway Steve Suddjian Scarborough Foundation Yosemite Conservancy relies on Robin G. Monaco Edward W. Rife Mary Sutliff Boeing corporate volunteer teams and Alma Moore Allen C. Riggle John L. Swanson Brayton Wilbur Foundation individuals who assist with visitor Woody & Olga Moore William Warren Roberts Shiro G. Takemoto Capital Group of Companies services, habitat restoration, office Angelo J. Moresco David G. Rodriguez Paul S. Williams, Jr. Charitable Foundation administration, event support and Gerald E. Morgan Ed Roman Debbie Terry Charles H. Leach, II Foundation many other areas to help us further Roger Morphey Rachel Rosenbach Bonnell Thompson Chevron our mission. James A. Sandell Jr. Robert N. & Betty L. Rosenthal Gary Thomsen Citrix John Herbert Charles Mosse L. Jay Rossi Peggy E. Tieche City National Bank Corporate Teams Lewis Mudge David D. Roybal James R. Tijerina Clorox Company Capital Group of Companies Ragnwald Muller Arthur B. & Dorothy L. Rozell Anthony J. Tocco CPC International, Inc. Chevron Ralph Thomas Mulroy James J. Rulec Wayne Todd DNC Parks & Resorts REI W. Joseph Mundy David & Marie Russell Todd Troyer at Yosemite Wells Fargo Bank Max Muralt Lorene Russell Victoria Trumbly Elisha-Bolton Foundation Elda Murphy Mark C. Russell Frank Usher ERM Foundation Individuals Anneliese Nagel Jack Ryan Fran Utton Flora L. Thornton Foundation Gale Marie Nahm Ann Rytting Lena & Erle Van Buskirk Floyd Family Foundation Alexis Akridge Barbara Najarian Don & Mildred Saale Robert McKinley “Bob” Vaughan The Gaea Foundation Emanuel Alfaro Walter Nakano Ed, Alicie & Raymond Saatjian Lorraine Venezia Genentech Carol Allen Robert S. Naramore Edward Salvatore Casey Russell Vesely Ginn Family Foundation Summer Almanza Steve Nemeth Marshall Arnold Jr. Barbara A. Villiotti Good Works Foundation Raquel Almanza Peggy & John Newman Edwin R. Sanders Richard E. Voll Hamill Family Foundation Al Andrade Victoria M. Newton Luanne Sarconi Garudamangalam Vridhachalam Heller Foundation of San Diego Sanjay Apte

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INDIVIDUALS CONT. Corey Doolin James Horstman Bill Milliken Dawn Sheretz Paul Doyle Peter Howkinson Russ Mills Allan Shrafman Juan Arriola Wendy Drey Satoru Hozumi Alec Mohammed Jeannette Skaff RJ Arseculartne Martha Dundon Ken Izzo Shak Mohammed Thomas Sklodoski George Artemoff Pat Dusterhoft Larry Jansen Paul Moore Mary Jane Slavin Denice Azevedo Kirsten Dyer Natalie Javid Russell Morimoto Thomas Slickelman Ricardo Azucena Jeff Eagle Peggy Jester Louise Morris Anne Badaci David Smith Omid Ebrahimi Samantha Jimenez Carissa Morrison Patrick Snyder Randy Bales Anne Ehret Rosalyn Jirge John Mullen Julie Sornberger Richard Banks David Eichorn Clarissa Johnson Richard Navarro Renee Specht Erin Bardonnay Erene Elaiho Judy Johnson Jed Nellis Simon Stahl Emily Bauska Candy Elder MaryJane Johnson Christina Nelson David Stanek Phil Bavender Chris Elder Megan Johnson Claudia Newbold Teresa Bavender Tom Elder Robert Johnson Tommy Nguyen Susan Steach Ann Bennett Don Endicott Vern Johnson Ron Nichols Jerel Steckling Alan Bernikoff Donna Engleman Kendra Jones Brooke Northrop Gwen Stephens Stephen Bicknese Alice Ensley Adrienne Kalmick Ralph Occhipinti Allison Sterley Steve Blackmer Lara Estaris Jerry Kaplan Janis O’Connor Lloyd Strong Michelle Blas Susan Evans Susan Kaplan Susanna Odry Ruth Stroud Greg Bodin Susan Feist Mary Kavonian Ken Olivier Patti Summers Darrell Bollock Leslie Felpel Jennifer Kearns Johanna Olson George Sutliff Jeannette Bonifas Vivian Felpel Kathleen Keller Nancy Ornee Michael Svehla Deidre Boone Kelly Fiock Karinn Kelley-Bateman Jackie Oyer Nancy Svehla Jacqueline Borean Judy Fisher Len Kenyon Ken Oyer Brenda Svoboda RoxAnne Borean Marshall Fisher Allan Keown Shunji Ozaki Susan Swanson R.J. Bragg Kyle Fleming Jennifer Kim Tom Patterson Yukiko Takagi Josephine Brillante Jolen Flores Mona Knight Venus Paxton Andrea Tatum Helen Brohm JoAnn Peca Jill Foley Yolanda Koch Bruce Taylor Alan Brown Sandy Follett Ann Krabach Donna Peoples Lynn Taylor Jill Brown Jeri Fontaine Toby Kraft Delilah Perea Caecilia Ten Hoope Tammy Brown Paula Friedman Brajesh Kumar Brian Person Leslie Thompson Timothy Brown Mina Fung Nalini Kumar Judy Person Dix Bruce Jeanne Furukawa Ilona Kupecz Marueen Pettit Kimberly Tibbets Kathi Bruce Rowland Gaal James Lemaire Blair Philips Lasta Tomasavich Mary Burchmore Sharon Gaal Thomas Laraia Jan Philips Owen Turner Mike Burchmore Emily Gallagher Jeanette Larsen Susan Philips Diana Valle Anne Burns Frank Gallardo Joe Larson Casy Pickard Michele Van Epps Larry Burton Paul Gan Chris Lashmet Debbie Ploeger Pete Van Kuran Kris Byde Cathy Gardner Jeff Lashmet Ralph Ploeger Sylvia Versace Tom Byde Tom Gardner Amber Lawrence Stefanie Poon Mike Villalobos Gladys Callender Ballabh Garg Robert Lawrence Chris Ramirez Al Villanueva Gordon Callender Pablo Garcia Di Palma Janice Lawson Jovanny Rances Chris Villanueva Melanie Callaway Giedra Gershman Diana Lee Chris Randolph Greg Vinson Tianne Carey Tonyia Gibbons Janie Leifhelm Elizabeth Randolph Leanne Vinson Joan Carter Karen Gierlach Roger Lewis Vicki Randolph Jackie Wagoner Kathleen Cecere Paul Gierlach Priscilla Li Murali Rangachari James Walker Elese Childs Joe Giraud Rosa Liebl James Raveret Spring Walker Gary Childs Kathy Giraud Betty Mae Locke Brandon Reiser Archer Walters Ann Chmielewski Anne Gomes Jim Locke Peggy Renn Jo Wamser Don Christiansen Melissa Gonzalez Dave Lohse Faith Reynado Kara Warern Lisa Chu Rafael Gonzalez Maggie Lohse Gerald Ricker Mike Clifford Claire Gorfinkel Tyler Long Glen Rimbey Verle Waters Michael Cocco Jaime Grana Brianna Loughridge Anastasia Roark Sharon Weber Alice Cocke Joel Griffin William Love Lindsey Roberts Michael Webster Richard Cocke Brett Gutierrez Rachel Lucero-Ailworth Scott Roberts Dave Weller Beverly Combs Hannah Gutierrez Carole Mall Iris Rodriguez Brian Whitehead Bob Combs Ronnie Gutierrez Peter Mand Carlos Rojas Sebastian Witworth Caen Conte Kevin Hall Joanne Mandel Damon Rolnick Ethan Widner Clarence Cook Ann Hardeman Theodore Marsella Patricia Roque Dorothy Williams Maria Ines Cook Lynnette Harmon Patricia Mason Barbara Rosensimon Vick Williams John Corpos Tom Harmon Steven Matros Katherine Rossler Yvonne Williams Rosanna Coveyou Carol Harris Pauline Mauro John Rubbio Ken Williston Judoth Craig Kristy Hart Kate Mawdsley Marilyn Rubbio Traci Wilson Barbara Coulter Debbie Hartsog James May Richard Rudloff Jay Winkler Tim Cousino Jeff Hartson Barbara McCauley Peter Sabat Julice Winter Melanie Cross Karen Haworth Dennis McCauley Samie Sabat Jack Wong Rena Cutright Laura Haworth Michael McCauley James Sabin Melissa Wong Stephen Cutright John Heine John McClary George Sakelarios Anna Young Brady Dalet Claire Hess Bob McConnell Dean Sampson Michael Young Chris Dell Isola David Hess Joe McCrossen Joan Sanderson Betty Ysais Tony Demaio Bridgette Hicks Bautista Paula McNerney Katie Saunders Jan DeVocht Lisa Hill Karen McWhirter Roy Schachter Dani Zamudio Samuel Devore Marita Hills Meagan Mendoza Suzanne Schroeder Silvia Zamudio Brenda Diaz Laura Hodgson Jill Metz Richard Schuman Steph Zamudio Corliss Djan Aurora Hogden Carole Meylan Robert Schwalbe Linda Zazzara Toni Dolan Phillip Holt Lou Meylan Moulik Shah Janice Zeppa David Dold Kathy Hopkins Colleen Milani Randy Shannahan Sydney Zhang Nancy Donahoe Dawn Hopson-Powell Sharon Milligan Linda Shepler Scott Ziegler

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The Birth of the National Park Idea

Yosemite Conservancy, ABOVE Gary and Christine at Half Dome Overlook, a vista that was restored through the along with corporate, support of Yosemite Conservancy donors. philanthropic and civic leaders commemorates the 150th anniversary of the signing of A Lasting Legacy the Yosemite Grant. Thank you to our “In Yosemite, you can renew your generous sponsors: spirit in a very short time.” Anniversary Sponsor — CHRISTINE YOUNGER Yosemite Conservancy Donor

our generations of the Younger family have enjoyed the park. For Gary and John Muir Sponsors Christine Younger, it is “the most beautiful church in the world,” the place where they bring their family together for renewal. Christine believes, “In Yosemite, you can renew your spirit in a very short time.”

Since Yosemite has played such a special role in their lives — from Gary’s mother reaching Yosemite Falls using a wheelchair-accessible trail, to their grandson hiking to the top of North Dome — Gary and Christine knew they David & Dana Dornsife wanted to ensure Yosemite’s future.

Back in the 1990s, they created a charitable remainder trust. “I did a lot of homework and decided it is a wonderful way to provide for Yosemite’s future — and it can provide a tax deduction,” Gary explains.

Through the Youngers’ Joseph Le Conte Legacy Society gift, Yosemite’s treasures will be protected and enjoyed, not only by their grandson, but for For corporate sponsorship opportunities, generations to come. please contact Patrick Heryford at 415.434.8446 x 328 or For more information about how your legacy gift can provide for Yosemite’s [email protected] future, please contact Darlene Bellucci at 415.434.8446 x 318 or email [email protected]

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fter spinal surgery at age 13, Christopher Dell Isola of Melrose, Mass., Mass., of Melrose, fter spinal surgery Isola at age 13, Christopher Dell person with young an active walk again. For was told he might never prognosis. in the outdoors, this was a potentially devastating an interest spent many Isola up camping and hiking, Dell not to give Determined

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in Tuolumne Meadows hosts an annual summer hosts Meadows in Tuolumne Conservancy by series made possible speaker donors. Thank you to Christopher Dell Isola and all the truly inspiring Yosemite Conservancy Yosemite and all the truly inspiring Isola to Christopher Dell Thank you Park. National who dedicate their time in serviceYosemite volunteers of WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT BEING A CONSERVANCY VOLUNTEER? ABOUT BEING A CONSERVANCY LIKE BEST DO YOU WHAT and preserve being part of an organization that raises money to improve I enjoy Park. National Yosemite the natural wonders of Ensuring visitors had an enjoyable and educational experience. For example, and educational experience. For visitors had an enjoyable Ensuring questions about the lodge’s I answered Lodge, Memorial at Parsons while working and the history Springs. Soda architecture of nearby WHAT WAS YOUR MAIN CONTRIBUTION DURING YOUR MONTH MONTH DURING YOUR MAIN CONTRIBUTION YOUR WAS WHAT My love for the outdoors. While researching volunteer opportunities, I discovered opportunities, volunteer I discovered While researching for the outdoors. love My the importance of their work I immediately recognized Conservancy. Yosemite and was eager to get involved. Yosemite in conservation within projects WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A CONSERVANCY VOLUNTEER? VOLUNTEER? A CONSERVANCY BECOME TO INSPIRED YOU WHAT IN YOSEMITE? VOLUNTEERING Conservancy Volunteer Conservancy Outdoors as aOutdoors Enjoy the Enjoy ABOVE volunteer campsite in Tuolumne Meadows. in Tuolumne campsite volunteer months in physical therapy to regain his abilities. Now, at age 22, Dell Isola is not Isola 22, Dell at age his abilities. Now, months in physical therapy to regain but he has rock climber and mountaineer, novice only a certified personal trainer, also participated as a monthlong Conservancy in his first summer volunteer.

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04 Stellar’s Jay in Yosemite PHOTO BY © LINDA MAYFIELD

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YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY Magazine of Yosemite Conservancy, published twice a year. It’s Easy to Connect EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Jennifer Miller with Yosemite ASSISTANT EDITOR Noel Morrison Conservancy CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Shelton Johnson Michelle Slocombe Noel Morrison Mike Tollefson Julia Parker CONTACT US Gifts of Stock DESIGN PRINT PRODUCTION Donor Services Make a significant contribution to Plumbline Studios TradeMark Graphics, Inc. preserve and protect Yosemite. Yosemite Conservancy STAFF :: San Francisco We want to thank you for your gift. 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1700 Mike Tollefson, President & CEO Please contact Darlene Bellucci at Jerry Edelbrock, Vice President, CFO & COO San Francisco, CA 94104 800-469-7275 x 318 or Darlene Bellucci, Associate Director of Planned 800-469-7275 or 415-434-1782 [email protected] & Major Gifts Fax: 415-434-0745 Sarah Campbell, Events Manager to notify us of your gift. Kim Coull, Development Director [email protected]. Edin Draper-Beard, Executive Affairs Manager Joseph Le Conte Legacy Society Patrick Heryford, Institutional Giving Officer STAY CONNECTED Leave a lasting legacy to Yosemite. Debra Holcomb, Associate Director of Annual Learn how your gifts have supported For more information about making Giving & Development Operations Yosemite. Visit our website and Sara Jones, Data Entry Assistant a legacy gift, contact Darlene Bellucci Holly Kuehn, Development & Donor Services Assistant sign up to receive our monthly at 800-469-7275 x 318 or Isabelle Luebbers, Campaign & Development enewsletter. [email protected]. Projects Manager Visit yosemiteconservancy.org. Jennifer Miller, Marketing & Communications Director Gifts in Honor Michelle Slocombe, Marketing & WAYS TO SUPPORT Communications Associate Inspirational gifts that help provide Kit Thomas, Controller Friends of Yosemite for Yosemite’s future. Christina Yu, Data & Donor Services Assistant Protecting the beauty and wonder of Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ STAFF :: Southern California Yosemite for future generations. gifts-honor, or for more information, Patti Johns Eisenberg, Major Gifts Officer Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ contact us at 800-469-7275 or STAFF :: Yosemite friends-yosemite. [email protected]. Aline Allen, Yosemite Art Center Coordinator Gifts in Memory 03 Paul Allen, Interim General Manager, El Portal Sequoia Society Nicole Brocchini, Museum Store Supervisor Making a monthly donation is an Recognize a loved one with a Kylie Chappell, Outdoor Adventure Coordinator special gift that protects and Teresa Ellis, Sales Information Assistant easy way to make a lasting difference. preserves Yosemite. Rachel Gibbons, Valley Complex Supervisor Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ Schuyler Greenleaf, Projects Director sequoia-society. Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/gifts- Michelle Hansen, Inventory Coordinator memory or for more information, Suzy Hasty, Volunteer Program Manager John Muir Heritage Society contact us at 800-469-7275 or Todd King, Retail and Publishing Director Investing in Yosemite’s future [email protected]. Michelle Kuchta, Accounting Assistant Olotumi Laizer, Sales Information Assistant with generous gifts of $1,000 or Belinda Lantz, Retail Operations Manager more annually. VOLUNTEER Denise Ludington, Accounting Supervisor Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ OPPORTUNITIES Noel Morrison, Communications Manager john-muir-heritage-society. Greet park visitors, restore meadows, Elvira Popken, Sales Coordinator or repair trails. John Samples, Warehouse Coordinator Foundations & Corporations Angie Sberna, Accounting Director Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ Shelly Stephens, Inventory Manager Learn about sponsorship opportunities volunteer, or call 209-379-2317. Laurie Stowe, Wilderness Programs Manager for your organization. Melinda Thomas, Valley Sales Supervisor Contact Patrick Heryford, institutional Spring.Summer 2013 :: Volume 04. Issue 01. ©2013 giving officer at 800-469-7275 x 328 Federal Tax Identification #94-3058041 or [email protected].

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Your Yosemite Legacy.

We all remember our first experience in Yosemite: how we marveled at the timeless beauty and watched the glow of sunset reflected on the Valley’s granite walls. Your legacy gift will ensure Yosemite remains the glorious treasure it is today.

To find out how you can leave your legacy to Yosemite, contact Darlene Bellucci at [email protected] or 415-434-8446 x 318.