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Be A Junior Ranger
Junior Ranger handbook

Kids (ages 7-13)!
You can become a Yosemite Junior Ranger by purchasing a self-guided booklet published by the Yosemite Association. This booklet is sold for $3.50 plus tax at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, Nature Center at Happy Isles (May through September), and Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center (June through September), and Wawona and Big Oak Flat Information Stations (May through September). In order to earn a Junior Ranger patch, the booklet must be completed, a bag of trash collected, and a guided program attended.

 
Little Cub handbook
Are you between the ages of 3 and 6? Yosemite has a program for YOU! Little Cubs is a self-guided booklet that encourages our young visitors and their families to discover Yosemite ’s wonders and to earn a Little Cubs button.This booklet (published by the Yosemite Association) is sold for $3 plus tax in the Nature Center at Happy Isles,Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Centers, and Wawona and Big Oak Flat Information Stations.
 
Junior Ranger Logo: Explore, Learn, Protect

Other Junior Ranger Activities to do From Home
If you want to learn more about national parks and how you can help protect them, check out these offerings from the National Park Service:

WebRanger - Become a WebRanger online. Enjoy this fun national web-based program where you can learn about national parks all over the country!

Junior Ranger Gazette - This journal includes fun facts, activities, and stories about the national parks.

Online Climate Change Activities for Kids: 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html

http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/index.html

http://www.energy.gov/forstudentsandkids.htm

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov

Riparian area in Tuolumne Meadows  

Did You Know?
Riparian communities are adjacent to the river channel and tributaries; they are the interface between the river and surrounding meadow and upland communities. They provide specialized habitat and important nutrients to the meadow and river systems.

Last Updated: September 23, 2008 at 14:07 EST