Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center

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Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center
Photo courtesy I-Ting Chiang

The Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center (formerly LeConte Memorial Lodge), a National Historic Landmark, was built by Sierra Club volunteers in 1903-04. For over 110 years, a curator and Sierra Club volunteers have provided information to park visitors about Yosemite, the Sierra Nevada, and the national parks. Read more.

Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center

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Meet people from around the world and help them experience Yosemite's natural and human history.

 

 

 

 

Help Keep The Center Open for the Future!

In November 2016, the Sierra Club board of directors adopted the following resolution:
The Sierra Club will allocate an additional $50,000 in the 2017 budget which, in conjunction with the $40,000 that has been raised in the Foundation, will support the operations of the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center (YCHC) through 2017.

The Board Executive Committee will appoint a small task force to supervise and manage the YCHC volunteer committee during 2017 (1) to evaluate how to make YCHC more effective in advancing the Club’s environmental programs, and (2) (a) to develop and implement a long-term strategy to fund YCHC operations with a dedicated fuding source or (b) plan to transition the YCHC to the most appropriate non-Sierra-Club management before it opens for the 2018 season.

 

Our volunteer team is working with a 4 member task force from the board of directors on implementing this effort, with the goal of (2) (a) being our primary aim.  Remember, nothing in the Sierra Club is done without many volunteers lending a hand. Please contact us to help!