Friends Group · San Francisco, CA
Yosemite Conservancy
A nonprofit partner of Yosemite National Park.
105 staff + 362 volunteers70¢ to the workFounded 1923
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Yosemite?
1 group has it in their care
National park in California, 761,748 acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1890.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
One group is on the record for Yosemite, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other one is likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying it to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight
Friends Group · Bishop, CA
Friends of the Inyo
Yosemite is written into their mission
15 staff + 300 volunteers73¢ to the workFounded 1986
18 more work nearby but are not tied to Yosemite on the record
On the ground in California
Channel Islands Park FoundationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupLassen AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupPoint Reyes National Seashore AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupSave the Redwoods LeagueThey work only in CaliforniaLand TrustCalifornia Wilderness CoalitionThey work only in CaliforniaGrassrootsKlamath Forest AllianceCalifornia is one of the 2 states they work inFriends Group
More ways in
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's AssociationsThey work only in CaliforniaCoalitionSierra Forest LegacyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupVentana Wilderness AllianceThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupRecreational Boaters of CaliforniaThey work only in CaliforniaRecreationPacific Crest Trail AssociationCalifornia is one of the 3 states they work inTrailsLassen Park FoundationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupTahoe Rim Trail AssociationCalifornia is one of the 2 states they work inTrailsGolden Gate National Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupRedwood Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupSequoia Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupFriends of the Desert MountainsThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupWestern National Parks AssociationWorking this regionFriends Group
The situation
What’s happening to Yosemite
Where John Muir looked up at granite walls and decided some places belonged to everyone. Yosemite’s waterfalls, sequoia groves, and alpine meadows draw four million visitors a year. NPS staffing cuts now threaten to leave the birthplace of the conservation movement without enough rangers to protect it.
- 1890Established as national park
Staffing cuts threaten park management
Source: National Parks Traveler
No public comment window is open on Yosemite right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
How to stand for Yosemite
GiveGive to Yosemite Conservancy
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Yosemite, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Yosemite: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Yosemite has defenders. It needs more.
1 group on the record, 1 more likely to care, Yosemite Conservancy with 105 staff + 362 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.