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The Forty Part Motet—an immersive sound installation by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff
An Art Piece—in a Park Place—That Will Move You to Tears

Janet Cardiff’s masterpiece, The Forty Part Motet, is wowing visitors at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Learn about this amazing sound installation in partnership with SFMOMA.

Fallen trees and branches become habitat for fish and frogs in Redwood Creek.
Redwood Creek has left its riverbed to start a life of its own

After over 10 years of restoration work, Redwood Creek has started to evolve and take a life of its own. The creek channel has begun to twist and turn and find its own path along the valley floor of Muir Beach.

snowy egret
The Origins of Feathers

Feathers are a uniquely avian adaptation—or are they? While feathers can only be seen on birds today, evidence has shown that many dinosaurs also had feathers. Read on to learn about the variety—and possible purposes—of dinosaur feathers.

A bicyclist rides through water along a pedestrian path in Marin County.
Here's what rising tides tell us about climate resilience

 As storms raged over the winter, flooding paths and ripping apart beach walkways, the message was clear: Watch out!

Waving with pride
Pride month blooms in San Francisco and Bay Area parks

In honor of Pride month in June, let’s emphasize and celebrate the importance of healthy people and healthy ecosystems! When we cannot be ourselves, we are not in our healthiest state. The same goes for ecosystems. 

Youth education at Crissy Field Center
School’s Out, But Learning’s Still In Session

Are you worried about your child experiencing a summer learning lapse? Enroll your child in a Crissy Field Center camp, where we explore your backyard national parks, innovate with hands-on activities, and bridge the gap between summer fun and learning!

Trails Forever
Climate Change and Our Shifting Sense of Place

Through BioBlitz, you’ll help illuminate biodiversity in the parks. Through this Institute at the Golden Gate event, you’ll understand why it is so important to our community. On March 13, 2014, engage with experts from UC-Berkeley, Free Range Studios, and Green for All.

Parks Conservancy Director Sue Gardner presents at a plenary session of the Eighth Brazilian Congress on Protected Areas
Conservancy Director Takes Lessons to Brazil and Beyond

Flanked by a beloved filmmaker and a legendary conservationist, Sue Gardner wowed an audience of 1,500 scientists and policy makers in Brazil. See how she shared the Conservancy’s work abroad—and hear the lessons she learned about civic engagement around the world.

Red-tailed Hawk monitoring
Red-tail, Phone Home!

This season, in 2012, the GGRO is able to use brand-new technology to help us track bird movements. On Friday, August 23 we put out a GSM (cell phone) transmitter on a female juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, nicknamed Augusta.

Trail work sign
"Flying" One Ton of Rock in Muir Woods

Working only in wintertime, National Park Service crews and Trails Forever staff have been designing and building new sections of the Hillside Trail in Muir Woods since 2006. This year, 2013, it will be completed. Go behind the scenes as they “fly” one-ton of drain rock for the trail.