Stories from the Field

At the close of last week's Yosemite Alcoa Scholars program, our Scholars greeted Yosemite Visitors, National Park Service Staff and NatureBridge guests as they showcased their Fire Ecology modules at a Science Symposium held in the Yosemite Valley.

On Tuesday afternoon, our 33 Yosemite Alcoa Scholars and their six NatureBridge educators returned to Crane Flat campus after six exciting days in the backcountry. Though their routes were all different, each trail group hiked through beautiful areas of the Yosemite Wilderness.

A Bay area native, NatureBridge alum and avid hiker, board member Meredith Delich has always had a love and appreciation for nature. Today, her educational background and personal passion in sustainability and issues of resource management and climate change have led her to a career in social impact.

While in the backcountry, Alcoa Scholars collaborated to design and implement a science investigation. As a part of the closing celebrations, each group shared the results of their research in a short presentation. 

This week we welcomed 33 Alcoa Scholars to our Crane Flat Campus in Yosemite National Park. Read about what they've been up to as they prepare for backpacking and science investigations in the backcountry!

On Tuesday afternoon, the second session of Olympic Alcoa Scholars returned to Lake Crescent ready to take a shower and share their stories from the backcountry. Discover what they learned!

On Sunday we welcomed another 10 Alcoa Scholars to our Lake Crescent campus in Olympic! Read all about what session two of Olympic Alcoa Scholars have been up to at Barnes Point.

In late June, our Student of the Year Kinzie Klein was invited to speak at our annual summer board retreat in Yosemite. Read her inspiring words from the weekend.

While in the backcountry, Alcoa Scholars collaborated to design and implement a science investigation. As a part of the closing celebrations, each group shared the results of their research in a short presentation.