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The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy is in the news! Read the latest coverage about the Parks Conservancy and our work below. Check out our Press Room for press releases and more about the Parks Conservancy, or contact us directly at media@parksconservancy.org .

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Rendering of Presidio Tunnel Tops
Presidio Tunnel Tops park in S.F. has an opening date after $118 million investment
San Francisco Chronicle

Presidio Tunnel Tops, the long-awaited public park connecting the Main Post at the Presidio of San Francisco to Crissy Field and the Bayfront, will open on July 17.

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

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Parks Conservancy's founding, the Bay Area Reporter chatted with Parks Conservancy CEO Chris Lehnertz.

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

The two-year, $20 million China Beach project is the marquee improvement planned as part of the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s founding.

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Marin Headlands military site conversion nears final stage
Marin Independent Journal

Nearly a decade in the making, the $7 million National Park Service project on Hawk Hill is restoring the former World War II gun batteries and Cold War radar pads and converting them into lookouts and paths for bicyclists, hikers and raptor researchers alike.

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.

Muir Beach
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.”

Press interview NPS and Parks Conservancy staff at the opening of Black Point historic gardens.
Black Point Historic Gardens Open
NBC Bay Area

For the first time in 100 years, Black Point Historic Gardens are open to the public. Military families planted the...

An image of a walking path in the midst of a tiered garden.
San Francisco's Black Point Historic Gardens to open to the public for the first time ever
SF Gate

More than one acre of land, the Black Point Historic Gardens, connecting Aquatic Park to Fort Mason, will open Aug. 25...

Habitat restoration volunteers work on Alta Ridge
Población de mariposas monarcas afectada por la sequía y las altas temperaturas
Telemundo 48

Dr. Lisette Arellano, Community Science Program Manager at One Tam, talks about monarch butterflies, climate change, and...

boardwalk to a Muir Beach overlook
Discover These Scenic Hiking And Walking Trails
Forbes

There are close to 50 million regular hikers in the U.S. The Forest Service reports more than 165 million visitors to...

Sunset over salt marsh, Crissy Field
San Francisco's 20 best parks to relax in
Lonely Planet

Crissy Field is a military airstrip turned waterfront nature preserve with knockout Golden Gate views. Where military...