Impact Stories

After the Woolsey Fire severely damaged NatureBridge's program sites in the Santa Monica Mountains, NatureBridge worked with many Southern California schools to transfer their program to our Yosemite campus. This is the success story of one of those schools.

Learn more about NatureBridge educator Lawrence.

NatureBridge alum Joni Gore recounts her time in Yosemite and how it led to a career in environmental stewardship.

Growing up in downtown LA and Pasadena, Siara Edwards didn’t experience much diversity in the outdoor environments she visited. The nature she discovered in Olympic—forested, green and dewey—was unlike anything she had ever seen.

Learn about Elijah Kirkwood, our 2018 Southern California Student of the Year!

One Washington D.C. school's experience at NatureBridge as told by NatureBridge educator Rachel.

Each year, NatureBridge honors a student who has demonstrated leadership, growth, and a commitment to protecting our natural world as a result of a NatureBridge program. We are elated to announce our 2018 Student of the Year, high school senior Marisa Granados.

NatureBridge student Selma shares her experiences while on a NatureBridge trip to the Santa Monica Mountains.

13-year-old Eleanor, a student of Ocean Shore School, shares her NatureBridge Yosemite experience.