Press Room

Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Trace exhibit

Alison Taggart-Barone/Parks Conservancy

Media inquiries

For media questions or photo and video requests, please contact us at zrqvn@cnexfpbafreinapl.betgro.ycnavresnocskrap@aidem .

Browse the latest press coverage, press releases, and announcements, from the Parks Conservancy below.

For more about the Parks Conservancy, visit our About Us page, see our mission and values, meet our executive team, and find out more about our long history of connecting people to parks. Contact the Parks Conservancy media team at zrqvn@cnexfpbafreinapl.betgro.ycnavresnocskrap@aidem .

Press Releases

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.

2009 Sumer Service Kick Off with Youth Service Day on June 25 at Golden Gate Nation Parks

Join us to officially kick off the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Summer Service Initiative and Outdoor Youth Mentoring Program, following the conclusion of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, on June 25 by volunteering in the Golden Gate National Parks.

HONORING OUR COMMUNITY HEROES: Crissy Field Center Marks Its Ninth Year of Celebrating Local Environmental Heroes

Crissy Field Center will honor four Bay Area individuals and collaborative groups with its annual Community Heroes Award on Saturday, May 2.

"TURNING THE TIDE" FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Institute at the Golden Gate Brings Together Diverse Cross Sector Leaders to Address Key Environmental Issues

An extraordinary gathering of environmentalists, Nobel Laureates, CEOs, philanthropists, venture capitalists, scientists, social entrepreneurs, youth activists and other leaders in their fields will come together at the gateway to the Pacific Rim April 2-3, 2009.

2009 Day of Service: Help Grow Your National Park

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.

Press Coverage

Alcatraz Tours Are Very Different Than They Used to Be. And That’s a Good Thing

Fodor's Travel

Tours of Alcatraz were once focused on the lore of its criminals, but today tours of this ruthless prison explore deeper questions. Featuring insight from John Moran, associate director of visitor programs and services at the Parks Conservancy.

Parks Conservancy board member Susan Lowenberg at Fort Mason

Parks Conservancy Board Member Susan Lowenberg appointed to California Coastal Commission

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Susan Lowenberg, President of the Lowenberg Corporation and a member of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Board of Trustees, has been appointed to the California Coastal Commission by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Coastal Commission protects and enhances California’s coast and ocean for present and future generations.

Sunlight shines through canopy at Muir Woods

Muir Woods miracle: If you’re lucky, you may catch a glimpse

San Francisco Chronicle

"One of the small natural miracles in this part of the world is just an autumn rainstorm away." As part of Redwood Renewal at Muir Woods, the National Park Service (NPS) and its partners are helping undo the damage of the past and restore habitat for the federally endangered coho salmon.

Tree canopy showing gaps that let light in.

Fighting Chance for Marin's Forests

KneeDeep Times

The Marin Regional Forest Health Strategy is the latest in a series of studies going back to One Tam’s Peak Health inventory of 2016, and the first to look beyond the greater Mount Tamalpais area to cover the entirety of Marin, including private lands. KneeDeep Times, "the Bay Area's climate resilience magazine," investigates.

Jolene Babyak stands on the parade grounds on Alcatraz Island in front of reporters.

"The Rock" is officially golden

NBC Bay Area

October 26, 2023 marked 50 years of tourists visiting Alcatraz Island, the notorious former maximum security federal prison-turned-national park. NBC Bay Area got an insider's vantage point from Jolene Babyak, a Bay Area author who was raised on the island while her father worked at the prison.