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Yosemite Fund Contribution Goes To Trail Repair, Visitor Service Improvements & Habitat Restoration https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/fund0929.htm

Yosemite National Park’s meadows, trails and wildlife are better off thanks to a $ 5.8 million contribution by the nonprofit Yosemite Fund. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yf10.htm

Yosemite National Park received 3,866,970 visitors in 2009. This marks the highest level of visitation in the park since 1996. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/2009visitation.htm

The Yosemite Fund is seeking $ 1 million for youth programs to cultivate future park stewards through hands-on experience in Yosemite National Park. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yf-yiy.htm

Yosemite National Park received $ 1.3 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve the transportation system within the park. This funding is a portion of the $ 24.8 million announced by the FTA for improvement of the public transportation in America’s national parks, national forests, and wildlife refuges.  …

With Giant Sequoias keeping watch nearby, Yosemite Conservancy donated $ 5.9 million to Yosemite National Park to preserve and protect park resources and enrich the visitor experience. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yc2010.htm

To cultivate thousands of future environmental stewards, young people will learn about wildlife, experience their first wilderness overnight trip, or become accomplished in trail repair by participating in one of 11 Youth in Yosemite programs to be funded with $ 1.3 million by Yosemite Conservancy. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/ycyouth2011.htm

Yosemite Conservancy provided $ 9.3 million in support to Yosemite National Park during the last year to fund projects and programs ranging from trail restoration and wildlife protection to art, youth, and educational programming. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yc11.htm

An innovative program that inspires underserved children to care for the outdoors using photography as a teaching tool and another that encourages teenagers to seek careers as environmental stewards though hands-on internships are among nine new and established Youth in Yosemite programs that will benefit from $ 1.3 million provided …

A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that over four million visitors to Yosemite National Park spent over $ 379 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 5,057 jobs in the local area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/localbenefits13.htm

Yosemite Conservancy is contributing $ 1.8 million to 12 Youth in Yosemite programs so that young children learn about nature through the Junior Ranger program, underserved high school students experience the wilderness for the first time, and college interns work side-by-side with park staff to repair trails and preserve habitat. …

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,853,404 visitors to Yosemite National Park in 2012 spent $ 378,757.7 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 5,162 jobs in the local area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/tourism-to-yosemite-national-park-creates-over-378-million-in-economic-benefit.htm

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,691,192 visitors to Yosemite National Park in 2013 spent $ 373,269,800 in communities near the park. That spending supported 5,033 jobs in the local area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/tourism-to-yosemite-national-park-creates-373-million-in-economic-benefit.htm