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Alcatraz staff member Edwin Sera stands in front of the cell house.
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A 'special' spot: Here's what it's like to work on Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island is one of the most unique places to work in the Bay Area, and many Parks Conservancy team members keep coming back year after year.
Ranger Jace is holding up a a branch with redwood needles and pointing to it in their uniform.
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Meet the Park Ranger: Turning to the trees with Ranger Jace 

Jace Ritchey never dreamed of becoming a park ranger, but today you'll find Ranger Jace greeting visitors and starring in social media posts from Muir Woods National Monument.
A sea lion at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands.
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Rescue on Alcatraz Island

OK, so a sea lion "walks" onto Alcatraz Island. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s actually the start of a wonderful story of partnership and conservation.
Bald Eagle
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Bald Eagle sightings in the Bay Area on the rise: Here's why

“This is a super exciting time for Bald Eagles in the Bay Area. We must be doing something right for Bald Eagle ecology."
Sharaya Souza sits in Black Point historic gardens surrounded by wildlfowers.
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Where community grows: Sharaya Souza and the American Indian Cultural District at Black Point

Editor's note: This article is part of our 2023 Annual Report to the Community , where you'll find all we've accomplished together in the past year, along with interactive postcards from the park sites of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Check it out >> Sharaya Souza (Taos Pueblo, Ute...
Joyce Guy at work in the field
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Building bridges, breaking barriers: How Joyce Guy battled racism, sexism to stand atop the Golden Gate Bridge

The origin story of the Golden Gate Bridge is dominated by tales of the architects and designers who were given the opportunity to dream up the structure. The workers who installed and later maintained the cables and trusses, the bolts and the paint, are not often credited. In the book...
Stinson Beach broken boardwalk
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What the storms revealed: Next steps for Stinson Beach, Ocean Beach, Tennessee Valley

You never know what will be revealed in the wake of a storm: It might be a shipwreck, a message in a bottle, or a message about the future.
Yolanda Molette connects with participants at a workshop featuring butterfly migration.
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Celebrating women in science: Yolanda Molette

Yolanda Molette, a Plant Ecologist with a degree in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Concentration in Conservation from San Francisco State University, just likes plants!
Brandon Nesbit at Golden Gate Bridge
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One photographer, so many perspectives of the Golden Gate Bridge

It’s 4 a.m. and photographer Brandon Nesbitt is scanning through the public webcams oriented toward the Golden Gate Bridge from his computer at home. Slightly groggy but adequately caffeinated, he’s trying to get an early glimpse of the morning fog conditions. Thick fog may obscure a view of the bridge...
Children playing on Bluff Slide at Outpost
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Kids can grow with nature at the Outpost playscape at Presidio Tunnel Tops

Given the opportunity to climb a tree, a child will choose one of countless ways to navigate from limb to limb. The story of how the Outpost playscape at Presidio Tunnel Tops came together revolves around this concept.