November 9th

Hi-Desert Youth Leadership Expedition (12+)

Name: Hi-Desert Youth Leadership Expedition (12+)
Start: 2024-11-09T10:00:00-0800
End: 2024-11-09T15:00:00-0800
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, Echo T

Price $45 USD + BF Register

Event description

This is a single-day field outing in Joshua Tree National Park that features a range of activities, including orientation, hiking, leave no trace, and community building.

Sarah is a grassroots educator, artist, and chef who values an exploratory, hands-on approach to perceiving and interacting with the world around us. Sarah moved to the high desert in 2016, and her natural curiosity about the environment sparked several projects that brought people together to explore our relationship to the land through botany, food, and hiking.

This youth leadership program is designed specifically for youth aged 12 and up. Students will be guided through fun and challenging outdoor activities and introduced to responsible recreation principles, wilderness safety and survival skills, and desert ecology. Participants will build a basic survival kit to bring with them on our afternoon hike, and we will learn how to build an improvised shelter with minimal materials. Participants will learn to use a map and compass and then practice navigation skills while scrambling through the Sheeps Pass campground. This entry-level adventure course is designed to provide students with a hands-on, experiential understanding of safe and responsible outdoor recreation. The activities will require students to flex critical thinking skills, exercise good judgment in a secure environment, and aim to build confidence and trust in oneself. Lunch will be provided.

All required items participants need to bring for your course: Students should wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts for our daytime activities and should come with adequate sun protection (sunscreen, sunglasses, brimmed hats). All participants will need to bring a sweater, a daypack or school backpack, and a water bottle. Any other pertinent information: This program is designed for youth aged 12-18. If the participant falls outside this age range, please get in touch with Desert Institute before enrolling. Please notify us of any allergies (including food allergies) or medical conditions.

Photo credit: Benazir Erdahl, Desert Institute Manager

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Desert Institute

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Desert Institute is the educational branch of JTNPA, Joshua Tree National Park’s primary non-profit partner.

Desert Institute 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

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