Park E-ventures Newsletter Archive

What Bird Personality Fits Your Bill?

What kind of bird are you? Find out with our scientifically dubious but finely feathered personality quiz, based on distinct avian phenotypes!

Pollution Palooza: Good, Clean Fun!

The Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders (I-YEL) are a diverse group of high school youth committed to raising awareness about environmental and social issues. Pollution Palooza, a grand obstacle course hosted by I-YEL, invites families and youth to take action against pollution through a series of fun physical challenges at Crissy... more >>

This Celebration’s For the Birds

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) was created by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in the early 1990s and is now coordinated by Environment for the Americas, a nonprofit dedicated to bird conservation. This celebration of migratory birds spans from South America to Canada, and enables... more >>

Golden Gate National Parks BioBlitz Reaches New Heights

Thousands of Scientists, Students, and Community Members Converge on Parks For Scientific Exploration and Discovery 

After two intensive days of exploration and documentation, the Golden Gate National Parks BioBlitz (March 28–29) captured a vivid snapshot of the unique biodiversity in the parks. Led by more than 320 volunteer scientists from across... more >>

Wing-Wing Proposition: See Raptors, Advance Science as a GGRO Volunteer

The Bay Area is home to the biggest migration site for hawks, eagles, kites, falcons, harriers, and vultures—collectively known as raptors—in the Pacific States.

“Raptors migrate?” you might ask.

They do! Or rather, some do. We see Osprey and Peregrine Falcons each autumn that may be winging their way to the far... more >>

Did You Know: Start Your Engines!

With “Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field” soon disappearing in our rearview mirror (the successful exhibition closes May 26), the Conservancy is revving up an exciting new attraction on the grassy meadow at the west end of Crissy Field.

In the coming months, the eight steel sculptures that have graced the... more >>

Listen to the Spin of the Parks’ Restoration Cycle

In this premiere episode of the Parks Conservancy’s new podcast*, “From Seed to Ecosystem,” correspondent Sami Fink explores how we choose project sites, explains how they become “stewardship sites,” and checks on the progress of the Mountain Lake restoration work, in interviews with Eric Klein (Parks Conservancy Restoration... more >>

Two Ways “TLC” Brightens the Future for Mount Tam

“Tamalpais beckons with the mystery and delight that high places evoke…Just a mountain, but fixed in the imagination of a city.”
—Tom Killion artist and co-author of Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Poems. 

This year Mount Tamalpais State Park will not celebrate Earth Day alone. On Saturday, April 26 the agencies... more >>

One Finch, Two Firs, Red Fox, Blue Fish

A flash of silver in the creek. A whir of wings from the branches above. A bushy tail disappearing into a tangle of undergrowth.

For most of us, encounters with wildlife in the Golden Gate National Parks are fleeting. Rarely do we have the opportunity to document, share, and fully appreciate... more >>

Feeling Proactive in a Time of Drought: Don’t Panic, Plant Natives!

Even though Mother Nature was kind enough to turn the waterworks on in mid-February, California continues to be affected by a severe drought and the recent rains may not be enough to reverse the trend.

According to dendrochronology, or the dating of past (climactic) events by measuring tree ring growth, trees... more >>