Adventure Ready! Preparing for Outdoor Adventures With the Whole Family

Name: Adventure Ready! Preparing for Outdoor Adventures With the Whole Family
Start: 2025-03-22T09:00:00-0700
End: 2025-03-22T11:00:00-0700
Location: Black Rock Education Room

Sat, Mar 22, 9am - 11am PDT

Black Rock Education Room

yucca valley, united states

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Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park Association

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Discover safety, survival skills, and outdoor fun for the whole family! This course reveals how people survive in the desert’s weather extremes. Take a short hike, build your own survival kit, and learn the fundamentals of map reading, first aid, and more!

This class is held at Black Rock, with the classroom portion taking place in the Black Rock Nature Center education room.
This youth and family activity is suitable for ages 5 and older. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Anyone may attend! No expertise or experience is required.
No park pass is required.
Materials for a build-your-own survival kit are provided.
No meals or equipment are provided.

The indoor portion of this class is ADA accessible. It requires very little travel with ADA accommodations, such as accessible parking, available.

The outdoor portion is leisurely and can be modified to accommodate participants. It requires less than 2 miles of walking with shade, seating, consistent terrain, and little to no elevation gain. Please email desertinstitute@joshuatree.org if you need specific accommodations.

BOGO & Student Discount
Get a second ticket for free when you register for Adventure Ready! or Hit the Trail! Use the discount to bring a fellow adventurer or to attend both classes yourself. You'll receive the BOGO code at the email you use to register.

Current students get 20% off all Desert Institute classes. Combine the BOGO and student discount for extra savings! Email desertinstitute@joshuatree.org to claim a student discount.

Instructor Mike Medina: Mike Medina has 40 years of experience as a field biologist, natural resource specialist, and instructor/lecturer. In 2022, he retired from the Navy and began volunteering and teaching with the Desert Institute, as well as being a staff naturalist. Mike is also a Joshua Tree National Park volunteer field and nursery / herbarium technician for the Vegetation Management branch and Preventative Search and Rescue team member.

Photo credit: NPS/Jesmira Bonoan

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Desert Institute is the educational branch of JTNPA, Joshua Tree National Park’s primary non-profit partner and offers field classes, recreational adventures, weekend excursions, and social events that span a wide spectrum of disciplines and formats. Our programming works to articulate and animate the rich resources of not only the national park but also the surrounding desert environment and the community of people who make Joshua Tree so unique. Our vision is to provide a rich, inclusive learning environment that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to recreate together and help steward this beautiful place for years to come.

Desert Institute (DI) was established in 1999 by the former Chief of Interpretation and current Vice President of JTNPA’s Board of Directors, Joe Zarki. DI was operated by the National Park Service in its first year thanks to a grant from the Parks as Classrooms program. After the first year, the Institute program was absorbed by JTNPA as part of its educational operations.

JTNPA has provided support to the park for over 60 years through educational programming, cash aid, in-kind aid, and visitor center operations. We work in partnership with Joshua Tree National Park to help achieve programming goals in education and interpretation, along with scientific and historical research and activities.

Learn more about our work and how you can get involved: (760) 820-1103 | desertinstitute@joshuatree.org