NatureBridge

Motto	Connecting Youth to the Natural World
Established	1971
President and CEO	Susan Smartt
Board Chair	Stephen Lockhart, M.D, Ph.D.
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, USA
Campuses	Yosemite Institute, Headlands Institute, Olympic Park Institute, Santa Monica Mountains Institute
Homepage	www.naturebridge.org

NatureBridge, formerly Yosemite National Institutes, was formed in 1971 as Yosemite Institute, and has since grown to have four campuses: Headlands Institute in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Olympic Park Institute in Olympic National Park, Santa Monica Mountains Institute in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and Yosemite Institute in Yosemite National Park.

Serving over 40,000 participants annually, NatureBridge is the largest nonprofit residential environmental education partner of the National Park Service. Since 1971 it have introduced almost one million students to national parks through field science education programs for schools and youth leadership programs.

This nonprofit organization provides residential field science and environmental education programs for high school and elementary school students in the National Parks.

Mission

NatureBridge's mission is: NatureBridge is dedicated to teaching science and environmental education in nature's classroom to inspire a personal connection to the natural world and responsible actions to sustain it.

The Four Campuses of NatureBridge

== Yosemite Institute ==

Yosemite Institute partners with the National Park Service to inspire personal connections to the natural world through environmental education in Yosemite National Park. For almost four decades its residential education programs have provided students from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds with the opportunity to actively experience nature’s classroom, often for the first time.

By tapping into students sense of wonder through adventure and exploration, Yosemite Institute:

- builds scientific understanding and effective connections - forges cooperation, problem-solving, and leadership skills - teachs the skills needed for informed decision-making, active citizenship, and stewardship.

Yosemite Institute is dedicated to serving culturally and economically diverse youth. It strives to make the programs culturally relevant and available to participants regardless of economic status.

Headlands Institute

Headlands Institute inspires youth with passion for nature and the desire to care for the environment. It partners with the National Park Service to offer hands-on, field-based science programs in the Marin Headlands. Over the past 31 years, Headlands Institute has served more than a quarter of a million children from through out the Bay Area and beyond.

Headlands Institute is dedicated to serving culturally and economically diverse youth. It strives to make its programs culturally relevant and available to participants regardless of economic status.

References

www.naturebridge.org