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by Ken McAlpine
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(209) 379-2321, www.yosemite.org. $120-$515. ranges from adventures in eagle watching to keeping a john muir-worthy naturalist journal.


other national parks field institutes


canyonlands field institute, utah
(800) 860-5262, www.canyonlandsfieldinst.org. $50-$1,100. river-rafting trips, summer camps for kids, and more.

great smoky mountains institute, tennessee
(865) 448-6709, www.gsmit.org. $275-$410. everything from photography workshops to wilderness refresher courses.

olympic park institute, washington
(360) 928-3720, www.yni.org/opi. $145-$725. study sea otters, probe petroglyphs, examine the remains of shipwrecks, and more. — k.m.

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