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A group collects seed in a grassland. A volunteer holds a tray of seeds.
Marin Headlands Nursery
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Learn to grow and care for native plants while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

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A group collects seed in a grassland. A volunteer holds a tray of seeds.
Marin Headlands Nursery
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Learn to grow and care for native plants while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

Register Now
Seal Rocks seen in the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco's Lands End.
New Year's Planting Day
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Join us to greet the new year by planting thirteen species of plants native to the sand dunes into their new home.

Registration Required
Having fun with sand on the beach.
Ocean Beach Noticing Lab
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Join us for a drop-in, hands-on exploration of Ocean Beach! 

Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
What's New
Redwood fog globe, available at Parks Conservancy stores and online.
Article
Celebrate San Francisco's beloved fog this holiday season with an award-winning fog globe
Fort Mason's Great Meadow during a sunset
Gateways Article
Hit the Trail: Fort Mason
Stairs down to Black Sands Beach
Gateways Article
Hidden gems of the GGNRA you have to see to believe
Alcatraz Island
Article
Best moments from the Alcatraz Canoe Journey 2019
Colorful dyed fabric.
Marin Parks Stewardship Newsletter Article
California native plants to dye for
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory intern Kirsti Carr.
Park E-Ventures Article
On life and raptors: Intern's lessons learned in a year atop Hawk Hill
A banded juvenile Red-tailed Hawk takes flight after release.
Park E-Ventures Article
Fall 2019 Guide to the Golden Gate National Parks
Lands End overlook with views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Park E-Ventures Article
New San Francisco Crosstown Trail: Tips for making beautiful connections
Close up of red moth, the buckwheat root borer, crawling in the grass.
Article
Reflections and new directions for park BioBlitzes
Small blue butterfly with two rows of white-rimmed black dots on the underside of its wings, drinking from a flower
Article
Lupine and butterfly nets: Step-by-step on how we're helping save endangered Mission blue butterfly
Waving with pride
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Pride month blooms in San Francisco and Bay Area parks
Pole surrounded by a knitted American flag at Fort Point National Historic Site
Article
Immigrant Yarn Project reminds us why we make programs ‘For All’
The Alcatraz Historic Gardens with the Rock's famed water tower in the background.
Gateways Article
'Historic' water once meant for laundry now helps Alcatraz Gardens thrive
Ocean Beach
Park E-Ventures Article
Hidden dangers of Ocean Beach
A small group of people focus on individual tasks while working outside on a trail overlook a body of water
Article
The story of a trail: Impressive work goes into rebuilding trails, saving species
Redwood Fog Globe
Article
Award-Winning Redwood Fog Globe Raises Climate Change Awareness
Women's Trail Day volunteers at a past event in the Golden Gate National Parks.
Article
Why do we need a Women’s Trail Day?
Man holding fishing net with juvenile coho salmon in it. He's about to hand it over to a research to re-release it in Redwood Creek.
Marin Parks Stewardship Newsletter Article
Coho salmon: [Co]ming [ho]me to Redwood Creek
Bruce Fowler's Future ID is on display with others at Alcatraz through October.
Gateways Article
Q&A: How a 'Future ID' helps Bruce Fowler envision a life after prison
Black and white photo of people posing on Fieldbrook Stump, one of the largest trees in the world.
Park E-Ventures Article
Redwood tree clones form Presidio ‘supergrove’

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