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Press Releases

Flight of Dedication: Volunteers Devote 25 Years of Service

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory celebrates citizen science at California’s major raptor migration site.

Crissy Field Center is on the Move

The Crissy Field Center will be relocating in September 2009 due to the acceleration of the Doyle Drive replacement project.

2009 Sumer Service Kick Off with Youth Service Day on June 25 at Golden Gate Nation Parks

Join us to officially kick off the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Summer Service Initiative and Outdoor Youth Mentoring Program, following the conclusion of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, on June 25 by volunteering in the Golden Gate National Parks.

HONORING OUR COMMUNITY HEROES: Crissy Field Center Marks Its Ninth Year of Celebrating Local Environmental Heroes

Crissy Field Center will honor four Bay Area individuals and collaborative groups with its annual Community Heroes Award on Saturday, May 2.

"TURNING THE TIDE" FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Institute at the Golden Gate Brings Together Diverse Cross Sector Leaders to Address Key Environmental Issues

An extraordinary gathering of environmentalists, Nobel Laureates, CEOs, philanthropists, venture capitalists, scientists, social entrepreneurs, youth activists and other leaders in their fields will come together at the gateway to the Pacific Rim April 2-3, 2009.

2009 Day of Service: Help Grow Your National Park

Volunteer in the Golden Gate National Parks at your doorstep. It’s fun, it’s healthy, and it makes a difference—the perfect way to pitch in on a momentous day and an opportunity for people to give back to the park sites we all love and cherish.

Press Coverage

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Hidden pianos are being installed at this SF landmark

SF Gate

You've seen pianos nestled in the flora at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, providing unassuming stages to any talented (or amateur) passerby. Now you can find them tucked away somewhere even more unusual: underneath the Golden Gate Bridge.

Roy's Redwoods restoration hopes to replenish aquifer

Point Reyes Light

“Slow it, spread it, sink it.” It’s the guiding concept for the restoration of Roy’s Redwoods Open Space Preserve, a project underway by the county with help from One Tam.

Crissy Field in SF’s Presidio next in line for changes as Tunnel Tops work proceeds

San Francisco Chronicle

What changes do you want to see to Crissy Field? The National Park Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and Presidio Trust want to know.

On the edge of SF’s Presidio, restoring a watershed will benefit nature and humans

San Francisco Chronicle

On the edge of SF’s Presidio, restoring a watershed will benefit nature and humans.

‘Future IDs at Alcatraz’ reveals a road to reintegration

San Francisco Examiner

Exhibit explores many stages of rehabilitation.

11 Alternatives to Crowded Outdoor Instagram Spots

Outside Magazine

Skip the masses at popular vistas and landmarks, and opt for these nearby (empty!) locales instead

Change of leaders at Bay Area parks conservancy signals view on the future

San Francisco Chronicle

Greg Moore took the helm of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in 1985 with three employees and no clear purpose...

Sarah Shourd takes another look at solitary confinement, this time on Alcatraz Island

San Francisco Chronicle Datebook

Sarah Shroud was one of three hikers arrested by Iranian authorities in 2009 while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and...

Hike Like a Local in San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Backpacker Magazine

Greater San Francisco’s most valuable treasure is its 80,000-acre necklace of wildflower-spotted hills, miles-long beaches, and oceanside bluffs. Stretching from Tomales Bay in the north to the redwood groves southwest of the Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge smack in the middle. See butterflies, redwoods, whales, and some of the most beautiful coastline any major metro area has to offer.

10 great outdoor things to do in Marin

San Francisco Chronicle

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which extends from the San Francisco Peninsula into the North Bay and...

Who says you can't camp in (or near) big cities?

Outside Magazine

Drive north over the Golden Gate Bridge and you can pitch a tent at Kirby Cove (from $30) in the Golden Gate National...

The Nature Cure: Inside the Health Revolution that Could Change Your Life

Outside Magazine

Health companies want to reward you for going outside. Spending time in nature is increasingly considered legitimate...