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Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Trace exhibit

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Press Releases

It's Easy Being Green

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

Creating Better Parklands

The Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach is beginning an initial phase of work that will restore natural function to the creek and wetland system at this well known Marin County visitor destination.

Greg Moore speaks at a Presidio Gateways event, May 6, 2014.

Alcatraz Spokespersons: Biographies

Learn more about Alcatraz spokespersons.

Flight of Dedication: Volunteers Devote 25 Years of Service

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory celebrates citizen science at California’s major raptor migration site.

Crissy Field Center is on the Move

The Crissy Field Center will be relocating in September 2009 due to the acceleration of the Doyle Drive replacement project.

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The Alcatraz Historic Gardens with the Power Plant seen in the background.

50th anniversary of Alcatraz island as national park

KTVU

The former federal prison at Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay marks 50 years as part of the National Park System on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

John Cantwell talks to reporters on Alcatraz Island.

Alcatraz Island marks 50 years of being open to the public

New York Times

To mark 50 years of Alcatraz Island being opened to the public, the National Park Service with the Parks Conservancy and Alcatraz City Cruises hosted a celebration on the island.

View of wind turbines and solar panels from atop an Alcatraz cruises boat.

Prison, Military Base, Bird Sanctuary: Alcatraz Still Fascinates Tourists 50 Years On

The San Francisco Standard

Alcatraz has so many layers of history: military base, federal prison, site of Native resistance, bird sanctuary. The 22-acre island in the San Francisco Bay continues to generate speculation and ink, creativity and reflection.

A Ferruginous Hawk is captured flying past Hawk Hill in November of 2016.

Fall migration season underway for birds of prey in Marin County

KALW Local Public Radio

For nearly 40 years, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory at the Parks Conservancy has collaborated with the National Parks Service to track the migratory patterns of these birds – collectively known as raptors – with the mission of inspiring their preservation throughout California.

A sunset view overlooking Lands End, the ruins of Sutro Baths, and the ocean.

San Francisco’s Cliff House Will Reopen as New Restaurant in 2024

The San Francisco Standard

Sutro Lands End Partners, LLC has been awarded a 20-year lease for the former Cliff House restaurant space, which is inside Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The partners will revive the space as well as the café inside the Lands End Visitors Center operated by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.