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

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Press Releases

Presidio Visitor Center
January 11, 2017
The Presidio of San Francisco is taking a major leap forward in welcoming the public to what has become one of America’s most unique and surprising national parks.
Homeland Security Exhibit

Home Land Security exhibit

June 23, 2016
Home Land Security brings together work by 16 contemporary artists and collectives from around the globe to reflect on the human dimensions and increasing complexity of national security, including the physical and psychological borders we create, protect, and cross in its name.
Coyote
May 5, 2016
Wildlife cameras installed in Mt. Tam’s open spaces a year and a half ago have begun revealing some surprising things about the mountain’s furry residents.
Summer Stride: Read, Create, Explore
May 3, 2016
San Francisco Public Library and The National Park Service (NPS) have teamed up this summer to keep children and families reading, creating, and exploring all summer long.
Junior Ranger Day 2016
April 19, 2016
In celebration of the National Park Service’s Centennial this year, organizations that serve youth in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) along with the San Francisco Public Library system invite 4 th graders and their families to join the fun in learning about what it takes to be an official National Park Service Junior Ranger.

Press Coverage

Mount Tamalpais
Marin Independent Journal

“The work at One Tam represents this really incredible cross-agency partnership,” said Jennifer Norris, executive director of the Wildlife Conservation Board, which awarded the Parks Conservancy with our One Tam partners a $4.26 million grant for forest and woodland stewardship in Marin. “It has a really strategic approach and a way of working together to get the most bang for your buck.” The grant will help One Tam implement its “Marin Regional Forest Health Strategy.”

Muir Woods Historic Redwoods
Wildlife Conservation Board

Support from the Wildlife Conservation Board Forest Conservation Program will enable the Parks Conservancy to work with our One Tam partners to implement significant forest and woodland stewardship actions in key areas throughout Marin County.

Alcatraz at night
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
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
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.