1.4K reactions · 323 shares | Five of the projects our donors are funding in 2016 are focused on protecting animals in Yosemite, from studying the endangered Sierra Nevada red fox in the park's remote northern wilderness to restoring populations of rare frogs and turtles in the Valley. Watch this video to see how donors have made a difference for Yosemite's wildlife, and visit yosemiteconservancy.org/wildlife-management to learn about this year's projects! | Yosemite Conservancy | Facebook

Turn the volume up for waterfall and bird sounds! With a quiet valley and the arrival of spring, Yosemite's wildlife had a busy weekend! We identified a variety of birds, spotted several coyotes, watched entertaining squirrels, and even found a bear, recently awoken from hibernation, grazing on fresh spring grass. Yosemite is home (at least part of the year) to about 90 species of mammals and over 200 species of birds, not to mention amphibians, reptiles, insects, and other small critters! Explo