Ongoing

Volunteer
This volunteer program is currently on pause and not hosting weekly/monthly events. Please view our active events calendar to browse available volunteer opportunities in the parks. A combined effort between the Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service’s Golden Gate Trail Crew, the Trails Stewardship Team engages numerous volunteers in the act of restoring and maintaining 125 miles of trails within the Golden Gate National Parks.
Youth Advisory Council members smile at an event
Our Work
A growing coalition whose mission is to support and harness the collective capacity of youth-serving organizations in the park to benefit young people on their pathway from cradle to career.
Golden Gate Bridge
Our Work
A program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the Institute at the Golden Gate incubates knowledge and innovation in parks. Embedded in one of the country’s most visited and influential national parks, we convene leaders and influencers to forge unconventional partnerships that reach beyond traditional park boundaries.
Volunteers transplant toyon at the Presidio Nursery
Volunteer
When: Wednesdays (commitment required) and one Saturday per month | Where: Presidio Nursery | Learn to grow and care for native plants from seed, while helping to preserve and restore your national park.
Volunteerstransplant native plants at the Fort Funston nursery
Volunteer
This volunteer program is currently on pause and not hosting weekly/monthly events. Please view our active events calendar to browse available volunteer opportunities in the parks. Learn to grow and care for native plants from seed, while helping to preserve and restore your national park.
Video screenshot showing a landscape painting overlayed with the series title, "100 Years of Arts in the Parks"
Our Work
“100 Years of Arts in the Parks” celebrates how artists inspired the creation of the national parks and are helping to re-imagine the parks today.
Giuseppe Penone's "Idee di pietra" on display at upper Fort Mason
Our Work
The program mission of Arts in the Parks is provide programs to connect our visitors with creative experiences in the park that are transformative, unexpected, and inspirational.
A large group of cheerful teenagers excitingly cheer at Rob Hill Campground in the Presidio of San Francisco
Our Work
Middle school leadership summer program for youth attending San Francisco public schools.
Camping at the Presidio
Our Work
Provides meaningful overnight camping experiences for youth who traditionally haven't visited national parks.
A group of educators stand together outside a building in a national park
Our Work
Engaging communities who traditionally have had little-to-no access to national parks, the Center offers multicultural urban environmental education for youth.