Get ready for City Nature Challenge and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by learning more about community (citizen) science and the importance of being a naturalist in the 21st century.

Get ready for City Nature Challenge and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by learning about nature near you and gaining practical skills for nature observation around your home and neighborhood. 

We invite you to join our park staff for a series of virtual lightning talks that will celebrate and honor Earth Month and bring attention to our local natural wonders.

We invite you to join our park staff for a series of virtual lightning talks that will celebrate and honor Earth Month and bring attention to our local natural wonders.

Join us for a lightning talk on Raptors of the Golden Gate – with Golden Gate Raptor Observatory director Allen Fish. 

Wondering what’s growing on Mt. Tam while we shelter-in-place?  Join One Tam science expert Rachel Kesel to discover some of the tiny and tough plants growing on Mt. Tam’s rocky serpentine soils.

Join us May 28th at 2 PM PDT for an online conversation with Academy Head Librarian and Archivist Rebekah Kim and National Park Service Archivist Amanda Williford about how we preserve history for the future.  

What role can you play in scientific research and monitoring on Mt. Tam?

The SF Public Library and the National Park Service will host a virtual cultural event moderated by former occupier Kris Longoria and featuring the artists and academics whose work is displayed in the special exhibition on Alcatraz: “Red Power on Alcatraz: Perspectives 50 Years Later.”

Join Williams and Alcatraz Park Ranger Jackson Lam in a virtual discussion about mass incarceration in America.