Taking Care of the Oasis
Oasis Elementary School grades TK-6th studied pollination processes, including hatching and releasing ladybugs and butterflies, planting native seeds and creating red worm compost during one school activity.
Student Solar Art
JTREE displays “Science Meets Art” at the City of 29 Palms Visitors Center and the Freedom Plaza Community Center. The artworks are a collaborative led by JTREE staff and Diana Shay Diehl, artist/owner of Mojave Light Studio.
Fundraising Event
Join Diana Shay Diehl on September 30 to create your own cyanotype prints and support youth outdoor education. Thanks to Diana for donating her proceeds to JTREE!
Field Instructors Wanted
Joshua Tree Residential Education Experience (JTREE) is currently accepting applications for Field Instructors and Interns. For details and to submit your application visit Job Opportunities.
Students to Design Campus
JTREE partners with CalPoly Pomona Professor of Architecture, Michael Fox and his design studio students in Fall 2022 to design a JTREE Campus.
Adventure Calling Oasis
JTREE receives California State Parks & Rec Outdoor Equity Program grant award for a day program titled “Adventure Calling Oasis Elementary School.”
Serious About Educating
Who better to engage in the formative stages of JTREE’s mission than university students who have been to an outdoor ed camp in their youth, and are currently…
Philanthropic Partnership
David Smith, Superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park, and Lori Rennie of JTREE sign a new Partnership agreement as JTREE officially moves to Phase I in the development of a youth outdoor ed camp.
A Student’s View Point
After years living within 2 hours of Joshua Tree National Park I visit the futuristic landscape that grasps the imagination of visitors each year…I’m hooked.
University Student Interns
Yucca Valley native & University of Washington senior, Aubrey Diehl comes to JTREE as an intern with a passion to protect the California Desert.