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

Alison Taggart-Barone/Parks Conservancy

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Press Releases

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Presents Its Vision for the Presidio Exchange (PX), San Francisco's 21st Century Cultural Center at Crissy Field

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy presented its vision for the Presidio Exchange (PX) at Crissy Field to a packed house in the Presidio on June 17, 2013, the first opportunity for public input and feedback on the best use of the former Commissary site in the Golden Gate National Parks. 

Parks Conservancy's Band of Bridges Project Honored with Travel+Leisure's Social Media in Travel + Tourism (SMITTY) Award

Band of Bridges was awarded the 2013 Social Media in Travel + Tourism Awards for its innovative use of social media to connect, engage, and excite fans of the iconic Bridge from across the world, many of whom might not have been able to attend the anniversary festival or visit during the anniversary year.

Mark di Suvero sculpture
New Partnership to Launch SFMOMA's Off-Site Programming

Next spring (May 2013-May 2014), the SFMOMA in partnership with the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will present a major outdoor exhibition of sculptor Mark di Suvero’s works near the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Go Ahead, Develop Localitis!

With the holiday season just around the corner, bring your gift giving closer to the places we all love—our national parks and landmarks—by shopping locally.

Battery East Vista, Golden Gate Bridge
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant To Create A New Vista At Battery East, Presidio

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy announced a $1 million grant from The Tiffany & Co. Foundation to revitalize the vicinity of the historic Battery East in the Presidio.

Press Coverage

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a screenshot of the Peregrine falcon chicks on Alcatraz Island
Live camera shows peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island decades after species was largely wiped out from the state
CBS News

A pair of the fastest birds in the world are nesting on Alcatraz Island in what officials call a "tremendous conservation success" – and you can watch their family blossom live online. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has launched a live stream of the nest.

A video recording capture of a female peregrine falcon peering at four unhatched eggs of varying colors.
New Alcatraz nest cam shows baby falcons with a UC Berkeley connection
San Francisco Chronicle

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy helped equip the new camera on Alcatraz Island to broadcast, Larry, a nickname for mama peregrine falcon Lawrencium, and her four fluffy peregrine falcon chicks in a protected cave on the island.

Side-by-side photos two peregrine falcons, male on left and female on right.
Watch live: Peregrine falcon webcam up and running on Alcatraz Island
San Jose Mercury News

Biologists from the National Park Service have turned on a live streaming public web camera featuring “Larry,” a 6-year-old peregrine falcon who built a nest several years ago on the famed 22-acre island in San Francisco Bay that was once was home to America’s toughest federal prison. The camera was set up with the help of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

The Second Annual Pink Full Moon Stroll
KTVU

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy hosted the second annual Parks4All: Pink Full Moon Stroll—a one-of-a-kind pink-out party under April's Pink Full Moon at Presidio Tunnel Tops.

The Alcatraz Historic Gardens with the Rock's famed water tower in the background.
The unlikely gardeners of Alcatraz
SF Gate

In partnership with the Insight Garden Program, and with the assistance Shelagh Fritz, senior program manager at the Parks Conservancy, NPS Ranger Oliver Goodman has begun a new gardening program with the incarcerated women at Central California Women’s Facility.