Press Releases

Find the latest press releases from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy below. We have more info for the media in our Press Room. For media inquiries, please contact the Parks Conservancy media team at media@parksconservancy.org.

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Alcatraz Gardens
July 17, 2025
“Protecting Alcatraz means protecting a global site of reflection, where people come to learn and grow,” said Christine Lehnertz, President & CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. “If we lose that, we lose more than a landmark—we lose an opportunity to do better.”
A group of hikers on a trail at Roy's Redwoods
March 21, 2025
As California faces increasingly severe wildfires, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and its One Tam partners are leading the charge in wildfire resilience and forest health.
Rendering shows people enjoying the Alcatraz Embarkation Plaza

Parks Conservancy taps Maven for project at Alcatraz pier on San Francisco waterfront

September 16, 2024
Rendering courtesy Heller Manus Architects and Alcatraz City Cruises San Francisco (September 16, 2024) – The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, in collaboration with Maven Commercial, is seeking a café or restaurant partner for Pier 31 along San Francisco’s waterfront. This exciting opportunity will reach 1.5 million annual visitors to...
Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials

The rare San Francisco leaf-cutter bee, which is endemic to the Bay Area, had not been seen since 1980.

August 6, 2024
SAN RAFAEL, CA—(August 6, 2024)—The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy working with the National Park Service, California State Parks, Marin Water, and Marin County Parks as the One Tam partnership, announces the finding of the rare San Francisco leaf-cutter bee ( Trachusa gummifera ) in Marin County. Scientists have documented...
The Mill Valley-Sausalito multi-use path runs through Bothin Marsh
May 22, 2024
The project presents a nature-based approach to responding to sea level rise and climate change at Bothin Marsh Open Space Preserve and the Mill Valley-Sausalito Pathway, part of the Bay Trail, one of Marin County Parks’ most visited park units and the most vulnerable to sea level rise.
Sunlight shines through canopy at Muir Woods
February 23, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO—(February 23, 2024)—The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, working with the National Park Service, California State Parks and Marin Water as the One Tam partnership, was recently awarded $4.26 million in grant funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) to support forest conservation programs in Marin County. The One...