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Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Trace exhibit
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Trace exhibit

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Press Releases

Lands End overlook with views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Lands End Improvements Advance With New Major Gift

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has received a new $5 million grant from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund to support restoration efforts at Lands End—bringing the Fund’s total support of the Lands End project to $8.6 million. 

View of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands from the Presidio batteries
Major Gift Completes Challenge Grant for Presidio Trails

The generous support from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation will help fulfill a $17 million funding goal to complete a 24-mile system of classic and high-quality trails, bikeways and overlooks in the Presidio—creating a dynamic and enduring new public resource for the residents of San Francisco Bay Area and visitors from around the world.

2009 Turning the Tide
Institute at the Golden Gate Unites Diverse Cross-Sector Leaders at Signature Environmental Forum

Turning the Tide returns to Fort Baker April 14-16, 2010, to explore creative solutions to global sustainability issues.

Crissy Field Center's "Green" Interim Modulars Showcase Sustainability for Students and Park Visitors

One of the nation’s greenest park-based buildings promises to be an outstanding model of sustainability for students and park visitors alike.

Warming Hut
It's Easy Being Green

Reward your family and friends—and the planet—this holiday season by creating an eco-conscious shopping list.

Press Coverage

Topic List - Press Coverage
Fog rolling over forest at Mount Tamalpais
California launches new map to track fire prevention, forest health projects
The Mercury News

A task force commissioned by Gov. Newsom has unveiled a new online tool that it says will provide a first-of-its-kind map showing all forest and fire prevention work completed in California. “The dashboard that the task force has developed is very much in line with the types of tools we’ve been developing regionally to support cross-jurisdictional and landscape-level projects,” Danny Franco, senior project manager with the Parks Conservancy, said.

Nicki Phelps stands on Alcatraz Island with a view of San Francisco behind her.
Parks Conservancy's VP of Visitor Programs and Services receives national award
National Park Service

Nicki Phelps, Vice President of Visitor Programs and Services at the Parks Conservancy, was the recepient of the 2022 James V. Murfin Award for Cooperating Associations and Partnerships which recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to improve and strengthen the 100-year partnership between the National Park Service and cooperating associations.

Fern Creek Trail
How to visit California's Muir Woods—and avoid the crowds
SF Gate

The main entrance to Muir Woods, which features the Muir Woods Visitor Center, is on Muir Woods Road — a winding road down to the valley floor from Panoramic Highway above. While you do need a Muir Woods parking reservation if you want to park your car in the lot at the entrance, you don't need a reservation to actually enter Muir Woods.

Staff and volunteers at the Presidio Native Plant Nursery.
Planners Rejuvenate Presidio Forest
ABC 7

At the Presidio Nursery, Parks Conservancy staff raise trees and other native plants from samples collected in the Presidio. When they grow, these plants provide natural habitat for local pollinators, making it possible for more insects to thrive and birds to nest, making the Presidio's ecosystem more resilient to climate change.

A grove in Roy's Redwoods.
Marin supervisors approve $3M Roy’s Redwoods trails project
Marin Independent Journal

Marin County is set to begin a $3 million project this summer to overhaul trails and repair environmental damage caused by decades of visitation at one of the country’s few remaining old-growth redwood groves. About half of the project funding is from a California State Parks grant. The project is part of the One Tam collaboration of public agencies with support from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nonprofit group.