Community Programs
Conservation
Cultivating Community in the Parks and Beyond
We are passionate about science, public land, and people! We seek to connect people to the parklands by engaging new voices, building trustful relationships, and creating impactful programs that provide opportunities for stewardship, learning, recreation, exploration, and wellness.
We work to remove historic and systemic barriers and offer space for safe engagement and authentic dialog through park experiences and offerings. Restoring historic gardens, community support and hands-on education is the key welcoming all to the parks while maintaining and sustaining our parklands important resources.
Together, we ensure that parklands remain cared for and relevant, for all, forever.
Explore the program options below, sign-up, and join us!
Our Community Stewardship team offers programming that connects people to the parks and works to restore and sustain the integrity of natural areas. Our work centers on a variety of priority park sites in all three counties with a focus on community-supported habitat restoration for the sensitive species that reside within these park areas. In addition, our team provides relevant, fun, and informative programming, like wildflower walks, cultural celebrations, and programs specifically geared to youth. Our team also collaborates with our community science colleagues on special projects and events and provides mentorship (and training) to the next generation of conservationists through our internships programs.
Join us in the field as we work to care for these parklands!
The Alcatraz Gardens Stewardship Program aims to preserve and maintain the historic gardens once tended by the island’s military and penitentiary residents, and to interpret their significance to visitors. The Program relies on dedicated volunteers and uses organic practices to maintain the gardens.
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Black Point Historic Gardens is the San Francisco Bay Area’s newest national park site, a one-acre hillside that not only connects San Francisco’s Aquatic Park to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) at Fort Mason but connects community to our parklands.
Learn More about the Black Point Gardens Program >>
Our Community Engagement connects parks to the people. We aim to build authentic pathways of connection to the parklands through collaborative community programming related to wellness, culture, and nature. Our partners include local libraries and colleges, the veterans’ administration, and other community groups who serve people of all ages and abilities. We connect with people in local neighborhoods through our mobile visitor centers. We aspire to work more closely with our local Indigenous communities to build a deeper connection to these lands and to our interrelated stewardship and engagement efforts.
