Diversity in EE:
“A Gift Unto the Giver; A Random Act of Love”

With Keynote Speaker, Running Grass

October 3-5, 2003

Do you love to teach? Do you love kids? Do you love nature? If the answer is YES!! then Yosemite is where you will want to be on the 3rd - 5th. You’ll be in the company of many experienced and beginner naturalists, teachers, nature lovers, and park interpreters. Let’s have a celebration of our passion for what we do. It’s time to come together to learn, to play, to sing..

Your conference fee of $30 (if registered before 9/26) includes two nights camping, Saturday night dinner, bagels and fruit & tea and coffee both mornings, wine and cheese on Friday night, plus all workshops and excursions--Wow! Your conference fee does not include entrance into Yosemite National Park. Entrance fees are $20 per car/van. Plan to carpool, please. For registration form, click here.

Conference Location and Directions: Tamarack Flat Campground. Tamarack Flat is closer to most outdoor schools than Yosemite Valley, and it is reserved exclusively for this AEOE conference!

• Via Hwy 120: after the Big Oak Flat Entrance Station (approx. 6 miles) turn left (East) onto Tioga Road (Hwy 120 East). In a couple of miles you’ll pass Yosemite Institute’s Crane Flat campus on the left. Just 3 miles later look for the campground road entrance on the right (it’s hard to see...) Follow the road a couple miles down to the registration table.
• Via Hwy 140: turn left (West) onto Big Oak Flat Road instead of continuing on into the Valley. In approx. 8 miles turn right (East) onto Tioga Road (Hwy 120 E.) and follow the directions in italics above.
• Via Hwy 41: turn left after the tunnel, and left again onto Big Oak Flat Road. In approx. 8 miles turn right (East) onto Tioga Road (Hwy 120 E.) and follow the directions in italics above.
• Via Hwy 395: from south, turn left (West) onto Hwy 120 (Tioga Road). About 10 miles after White Wolf, look for the campground entrance road on the left. Follow the road down to the registration table.

If you are arriving after dark please drive slowly on park roads, and watch for wildlife.

What to Bring: Tamarack Flat is at 6300’ so bring cool weather gear for nights and mornings, but days will probably be warm. Bring all your camping gear plus plates and utensils. Food: bring your own breakfasts (if you need more than a bagel to get going) and lunches. Bring your camera, instruments, firewood to share, binoculars, flashlight, and other natty accoutrement. Tamarack Flat is a primitive campground which means there are no flush toilets or running water (except for Tamarack Creek...maybe). Also click here for more information on participating in the theme!

Water: please bring more than you’ll need and a water filter if you have one. Low Impact Camping: no soap or food scraps in the creek! We pack everything out. Our goal is to leave the area cleaner than we find it.

Bears: Yosemite is prime habitat for Ursus Americanus. Car break-ins are common if there is food or food odors in cars. Keep your car food free! Store ALL food, soap, toothpaste, etc. in the bear boxes. Unfortunately, “A fed bear is a dead bear.”

Weather: get a forecast before you come (http://www.nps.gov/yose/). For best results, prepare for the worst. Bring your car chains if you have some.

Conference Contact: Rikki Shackleford,

adarkershadeyahoo.com, 831-684-0148.

Information (pdf)

Registration (pdf)

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