A new consortium, dubbed the 'Tamalpais Lands Collaborative" or TLC, will see the National Park Service, California State Parks, the Marin Municipal Water District and Marin County join forces to nurture and help restore Mount Tamalpais in the coming years.
Four government agencies and a nonprofit support group--the National Park Service, California State Parks, the Marin Municipal Water District and the county of Marin--have bonded together in an unusual agreement to help preserve and protect Mount Tamalpais, Marin County's signature mountain.
Muir Beach will be once again open to the public after undergoing a six-month, $4 million revamp.
The Marin County beach reopened Saturday after getting a $4 million facelift that includes a new parking lot, new restrooms, restored wetlands and an extended bridge overlooking the wetlands, according to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
The Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei was one of the most famous prisoners in recent history. Now he’s taking on one of the most infamous prisons of all time, using Alcatraz as the inspiration and site for a series of new artworks to debut next September.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell outlined a major push Thursday to inspire children and teenagers to enjoy the outdoors and chose to announce the campaign at Crissy Field because the nearly 80,000-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area is the nation's youth programs leader
This week, park-loving San Franciscans should be turning out in force when the board of the Presidio Trust meets to hear public comments on the three development proposals in play for Crissy Field.
Conservation Corps North Bay’s Environmental Stewardship Award Honors Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy President & CEO Greg Moore
San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy just landed the largest cash gift ever given to a national park — putting it halfway towards the money it needs to transform the Presidio.
The largest cash gift in national parks history is intended to be the catalyst to create 10 acres of parkland connecting the heart of the Presidio to Crissy Field and the bay.
Ten years ago, the Garden Conservancy, whose mission is to preserve exceptional American gardens, in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service, decided to restore the Alcatraz gardens after decades of neglect.
Abandoned after the prison closed in the early 1960s, the Gardens of Alcatraz are a study in survival.
