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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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Deal signed to help steward Mount Tamalpais
Marin Independent Journal

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.

Beloved Mt. Tamalpais to get new resources in team effort
San Francisco Chronicle

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 Reopens Saturday After 6-Month Closure
San Jose Mercury News

Muir Beach will be once again open to the public after undergoing a six-month, $4 million revamp.

Muir Beach Reopens to Public After 6-month Restoration Project
ABC Local

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.

Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei to Take His Art to Alcatraz
New York Times

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.

Public-private partnership campaign to boost parks
San Francisco Chronicle

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

At the Presidio, A Field of Schemes
Landscape Architecture Magazine

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.

Greg Moore Receives Conservation Corps North Bay's Environmental Stewardship Award
Novato Patch

Conservation Corps North Bay’s Environmental Stewardship Award Honors Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy President & CEO Greg Moore

Greg Moore: $25 million gift will build park with global appeal
San Francisco Business Times

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.

Bechtel Gift to Help Transform Presidio
San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Fine Living: An artistic look at the flora of Alcatraz
Marin Independent Journal

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.

Escape to Alcatraz: Go Directly to Jail to Tour the Gardens
Gardenista

Abandoned after the prison closed in the early 1960s, the Gardens of Alcatraz are a study in survival.