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Press Releases

Crissy Field Center: Building A Bright Future

Crissy Field Center marks first decade of connecting communities with their national parks with release of its 10-year report, and celebration of two recent national awards.

Crissy Field: A National Treasure at the Golden Gate National Parks

Crissy Field and the Crissy Field Center celebrate 10 years of connecting communities with their national parks.

Healthy Parks Healthy People US

National Park Service (NPS) Director Jon Jarvis today announced a major new service-wide Healthy Foods Strategy, to provide healthy food options to all national park visitors.

Healthy Parks Healthy People US

The connection between parks, public lands and health takes the national spotlight next week as National Park Service (NPS) Director Jon Jarvis hosts a cross-sector Healthy Parks Healthy People US forum in the Golden Gate National Parks.

Bill McKibben Joins Sustainable Food Experts In Discussing "Food For The Parks" at the Institute at the Golden Gate

Environmentalist, educator, 350.org co-founder and author Bill McKibben will be at Fort Baker in the Golden Gate National Parks on Sunday, November 7, 2010, to discuss “Food for the Parks,” the latest environmental initiative of the Institute at the Golden Gate.

Tis The Season To Be Environmentally Savvy

Why worry about the impact on the environment if you can’t do something substantial for your loved ones—and the planet—this year?

Press Coverage

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Secretary Haaland addressing the press on Alcatraz Island.

Alcatraz occupation commemorated by first Native American Cabinet secretary

San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a U.S. Cabinet secretary, visited Alcatraz Island to highlight the progress made over the past five decades by Indigenous peoples.

6 of the best national parks for persons with disabilities

Lonely Planet

It’s not technically a national park, but Golden Gate National Recreation Area is doing such cool accessibility work –...

Is bird-watching the antidote to the pandemic? S.F. high school pushes passion projects

San Francisco Chronicle

“Raptors are a gateway drug into bird-watching,” Allen Fish, Director of the Parks Conservancy's Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, said, explaining his 40-year obsession with birds of prey. “And bird-watching is a gateway drug into giving a damn about the environment.”