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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

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.

Fireworks Over the Golden Gate Bridge
Bridging Us All: Golden Gate Festival Spans The Waterfront MAY 27, 2012

Marking the official 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, tens of thousands of participants are expected at the Golden Gate Festival on Sunday, May 27, 2012.

The outside of Lands End Lookout at sunset
San Francisco's Lands End Gets A Visitor Center Worthy Of Its World Class Views

The new 4,150 square foot “green” visitor center sits directly above the former Sutro Baths at the northwest edge of the City, and features a museum store, café, and educational and interpretive exhibits highlighting the natural landscape and cultural history of this remarkable site. 

Crissy Field Center
Crissy Field Center Goes "Greener"

The Crissy Field  Center is unveiling the final pieces to its suite of sustainable technologies: five state-of-the-art wind turbines and an electric car charging station.

I-Yel group shot, Crissy Field Center
Crissy Field Center: Building A Bright Future

Crissy Field Center marks first decade of connecting communities with their national parks with release of its 10-year report, and celebration of two recent national awards.

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.