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Yosemite National Park
Special Programs
Parsons Lodge. Photo by Doug Harnsberger.

Parsons Memorial Lodge
Tuolumne Meadows

2010 Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series

Schedule [143 kb PDF]
Poetry festival [137 kb PDF]


 
Volunteers working in a meadow
Join the Habitat Protectors of Yosemite (HaPY) at our weekly drop-in program! Every Wednesday from June 2 to September 1, 2010, we’ll be removing invasive plants, monitoring water levels, tracking conifer growth, and much more! Learn more...
 

 

Yosemite Facelift, September 22-26, 2010

The Yosemite Facelift is sponsored by the Yosemite Climbing Association and is the park’s biggest volunteer event of the year. Volunteers come from all over the world to help clean up Yosemite near the end of the busy season, removing tens of thousands of pounds of debris each year. Visit the Yosemite Climbing Association website for more information.

 

Yosemite Forum
Yosemite Valley

An interactive lecture series designed to bring evolving knowledge of the Sierra Nevada to the public and the park. Sponsored by the Yosemite National Park Division of Resources Management and Science.

 
Artwork

Alan Work, Winter Shadows, serigraph.


Yosemite Renaissance XXV
Contemporary fine-art interpretations of the human and natural landscape of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada are featured in this competitive exhibition sponsored for 25 years by Yosemite Renaissance, a nonprofit organization supporting the arts of Yosemite.

The exhibit is open February 27 through May 2, 2010, Friday through Monday 10 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm.

Rockfall area and talus slope at base of Three Brothers in Yosemite Valley.

Did You Know?
In March 1987, the largest historical rockfall in Yosemite National Park deposited an estimated 1.5 million tons of debris at the base of Three Brothers, closing Northside Drive for several months.