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The Alcatraz Historic Gardens with the Power Plant seen in the background.
Events

Celebrate Earth Day on Alcatraz

Tue, Apr 22 10:00am-4:30pm
Alcatraz Island
Join us for a special Earth Day experience on Alcatraz Island, where history meets nature. Explore the island’s stunning gardens, discover sustainable gardening practices, and participate in a hands-on marine science activity that connects us to the health of San Francisco Bay.
Sign saying "Women Working" with a trail crew in the background.
Volunteer

Women's Spring Trail Day

Tennessee Valley Parking Lot
Come work alongside members of the NPS Trail Crew to help improve the trail systems of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. This space is designed to connect all women and their allies to nature.
Discovering local flora and fauna during the City Nature Challenge.
Events

City Nature Challenge: Bioblitz at Lands End

Sat, Apr 26 10:00am-1:00pm
Lands End Lookout Visitor Center
Join us for the City Nature Challenge at Lands End!
Discovering local flora and fauna during the City Nature Challenge.
Stories

Nature Quest: Explore, Engage, and Discover the Coastside Parks!

TBD
Come learn about your local parks and libraries!
A historic black-and-white photograph of a group of incarcerated musicians at Alcatraz Island playing in a prison band.
Events

Black History Day on Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island
On Feb. 27, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will be highlighting untold stories of Black history on Alcatraz Island.
Volunteers work with manzanita cuttings
Volunteer

Belonging in Nature: Queer and Trans Community Day

Presidio Native Plant Nursery
Join us for a transformative and restorative day at the Presidio Nursery!
Two Turkey Vultures, one bearing the GGRO blue wing-tag 368R, bask on the outcropping below Hawk Hill

Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update

By: Teresa Ely

Conservation

Vulture Illustration 2

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Vulture Illustration 1

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Press interview NPS and Parks Conservancy staff at the opening of Black Point historic gardens.

Black Point Historic Gardens Open

NBC Bay Area
August 26, 2021
Amy Meyer at National Trails Day, 2014

Amy Meyer Slideshow

Stories
Kite flying at Crissy Field

This Mother's Day

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The main entrance to Muir Woods National Monument.

Redwood Renewal: Full project info

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Volunteers at Work

Invasive Plant Patrol

Homestead Valley - Fire Road Gate on Panoramic Hwy
Events
Volunteers at Work

Invasive Plant Patrol

Oakwood Valley Trail Trailhead
Events
Volunteers at Work

Invasive Plant Patrol

Coyote Ridge - Vista de Valle
Events
Habitat Restoration in Tennessee Valley

Habitat Restoration Team

Bolinas Ridge at Fairfax - Bolinas Rd
Volunteer
Habitat Restoration in Tennessee Valley

Habitat Restoration Team

Kirby Cove Gate
Volunteer
Green sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) on flower

Tamalpais Bee Lab Event

Sky Oaks Watershed Headquarters
Event
Volunteer at work in Lands End

San Francisco Habitat Stewards

Volunteer

Marin Headlands military site conversion nears final stage

Marin Independent Journal
December 9, 2021
A couple stops to take in a Golden Gate Bridge view at Crissy Field East Beach

Valentine's Day in the Parks

Event
Christine Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, stood at Black Point Historic Gardens in Fort Mason December 10

Bay Area national parks group marks 40 years of transformations

Bay Area Reporter
December 29, 2021
Sunlight peeks between the palm trees

Here’s what S.F.’s China Beach bathhouse will look like after a $20 million renovation that starts in 2022

San Francisco Chronicle
December 22, 2021
Secretary Haaland addressing the press on Alcatraz Island.

Alcatraz occupation commemorated by first Native American Cabinet secretary

San Francisco Chronicle
November 20, 2021
Volunteer at work in Lands End

San Francisco Habitat Stewards

Volunteer

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