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Tis The Season To Be Environmentally Savvy

September 1, 2010

Why worry about the impact on the environment if you can’t do something substantial for your loved ones—and the planet—this year?

Park Perscription day at Crissy Fields Center

Institute at the Golden Gate Spurs National "Park Prescriptions" Movement

August 27, 2010

The Institute at the Golden Gate takes its message to “connect, collaborate, inspire and act” to the national stage next week as a cross-sector coalition of physicians, environmentalists, park managers, health insurers, government officials and youth leaders gather in Chicago to advance the growing Park Prescriptions movement.

Major Project at Redwood Creek Restores a Fragile and Important Ecosystem in Marin

June 29, 2010

The Redwood Creek Restoration Project at Muir Beach will continue this summer and fall, making the creek a functional, self-sustaining ecosystem once again by realigning the creek; restoring wetlands, an intermittent tidal lagoon, and dunes; and also creating and maintaining habitat for sustainable populations of the endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout.

Honoring Our Community Heroes at the Crissy Field Center, Now in its 10th year

June 1, 2010

The Crissy Field Center hosted its 10th annual Community Heroes Award ceremony on Thursday, May 27th, 2010.

Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis, Rosaceae family) leaf detail, Presidio Native Plant Nursery.

"Green" Seed and Plant Lab Blossoms at the Presidio

May 11, 2010

The Seed and Plant Lab features high-efficiency heating and refrigeration systems and provides an ideal space for processing, storing, and treating over 300 batches of seeds used to grow plants for park restoration projects.

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Heal the Bay Releases Annual Beach Report Card & River Report Card

Heal the Bay

Ocean Beach and China Beach made the 2021 Heal the Bay "Honor Roll," a list of 35 out of 500 California beaches that scored a perfect water quality ranking through every season and condition in a full calendar year.

Small reddish-brown butterfly resting on a leaf

San Bruno Elfin Monitoring Leads to New Clues and Questions at Milagra Ridge

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Park Stewardship Program has been keeping tabs on San Bruno elfins at Milagra Ridge since 1999.

a group of masked visitors disembark from a ship onto Alcatraz

Alcatraz reopens again after three-month closure

SF Gate

Almost 150 people braved the cold and boarded the first ferry in more than three months to visit Alcatraz on the morning of March 15.

They would be the first visitors in a year to enter the cellblock, the main attraction on a trip to the rock.

Alcatraz reopens for indoor tours after yearlong closure

San Francisco Chronicle

Alcatraz, the historic island prison off San Francisco, opened up Monday for a limited number of indoor tours, which had been off-limits for more than a year due to the pandemic.

A park ranger walks in a green field on a clear day. The blue sky is visible behind rolling hills.

Marin project aims to save monarch butterflies

Marin Independent Journal

The National Park Service, Marin County Parks and community partners including One Tam and the Golden Gate National Park Conservancy will be leading a variety of projects throughout Marin County this spring and fall aiming to bring western monarch butterflies back from the brink of possible extinction.