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2009 Day of Service: Help Grow Your National Park

January 7, 2009

Volunteer in the Golden Gate National Parks at your doorstep. It’s fun, it’s healthy, and it makes a difference—the perfect way to pitch in on a momentous day and an opportunity for people to give back to the park sites we all love and cherish.

Lands End Restoration Moves Full Steam Ahead

October 14, 2008

Lands End— historic place of steam trains, recreation, and scenic beauty—will unveil its newly rehabilitated Merrie Way overlook, trailhead, and parking area to the public on Saturday, October 18, 2008.

Holiday Gift Ideas Abound in the Golden Gate National Parks

September 3, 2008

Go easy on the planet—and your wallet—this year with eco-friendly gifts.

Golden Gate National Parks Celebrates Fort Baker Transformation

July 12, 2008

A ceremony on June 14, 2008, at Fort Baker will tie an historic past to a brilliant new future and mark a milestone for California and the National Park Service.

Community Celebrates Restoration at Mori Point, Coastal National Park Site in Pacifica

April 15, 2008

The spectacular coastal promontory of Mori Point, one of the newest sites in the Golden Gate National Parks, will host a celebration on April 26, 10 am to 1 pm, honoring the ongoing trail work and habitat restoration.

Marin Golden Gate Raptor Observatory going strong after three decades

Marin Independent Journal

Peering through binoculars, a flock of volunteer raptor watchers perched high in the Marin Headlands reacts excitedly to a pair of peregrine falcons swooping through the Golden Gate.

New vista opens views of Marin, military past

Marin Independent Journal

The best view of the Marin Headlands may be from across the Golden Gate at Battery East, which was revamped and unveiled to the public this week.

Marin students help Mount Tamalpais, themselves in new summer program

Marin Independent Journal

Six-week program for Linking Individuals to their Natural Environment (LINC) in Marin, a summer internship for high school students run by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. where students help with service projects, gain career and leadership skills and take work trips to park sites.

What Ai Weiwei’s New Passport Means for the Artist’s Career

KQED Arts

After being jailed by the Chinese government in 2011, and his work censored in the country, the dissident artist Ai Weiwei received his passport back this week.

The Golden Gate Bridge Round House Serves Food Now

SF Weekly

The Golden Gate Bridge’s Round House has been the focal point for the icon’s southern edge. Long a gathering place for miserable out-of-towners in shorts pointing helplessly at impenetrable fog and the spot where Lycra-clad, Sausalito-bound cyclists dodge the 29-Sunset buses, it’s now serving food.