1.0The Living Desert Zoo and Gardenshttps://www.livingdesert.orgLT Dev Teamhttps://www.livingdesert.org/author/ltdevteam/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JCCuCUVShp"><a href="https://www.livingdesert.org/zoo-news/community-outreach/torres-martinez-tribal-youth-restoring-california-deserts/">Torres Martinez Tribal Youth Restoring California Deserts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.livingdesert.org/zoo-news/community-outreach/torres-martinez-tribal-youth-restoring-california-deserts/embed/#?secret=JCCuCUVShp" width="600" height="338" title="“Torres Martinez Tribal Youth Restoring California Deserts” — The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens" data-secret="JCCuCUVShp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.livingdesert.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.livingdesert.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/desert.jpg500375Caring for the environment requires all of us. Unfortunately, some of the most important members of our community lack the necessary resources, materials, and experience. This is particularly the case among young Tribal community members, an important group of people who will be at the forefront of caring for nature on their own lands and across the California Desert in the future.  The Living Desert partners with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (TMDCI) to offer the Torres Martinez Youth Environmental Ambassador (TM-YEA) program. This program aims to reconnect Indigenous youth with their ancestral homelands, their traditional ecological knowledge, and introduce participants to various fields of conservation. Our goal has been to stimulate a passion for wildlife and wild places among these young environmental leaders. Ideally, all of them will become passionate advocates for the environment, and some, hopefully, will go into conservation as a discipline.