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Here’s the Dirt utilizes a student-centered learning approach. Lessons are organized so students can build on the knowledge they have already gained. Each activity, indoors and outside, is based on helping students achieve science education standards.

Pre-visit activities involve students in games and videos that develop an understanding of

Park improvement projects and weather-related events sometimes result in temporary closures and detours of trails around the parks.  Learn about current closures.

• More than $745 MILLION in park support
• $85 MILLION raised for Trails Forever
• $34.5 MILLION raised to transform Crissy Field
• More than 21 MILLION visitors served by Alcatraz audio tour
• More than 15 MILLION visitors to Crissy Field
• Over 7 MILLION hours of volunteer time; more than 357,000 volunteers
• More than 2.5 MILLION native plants

Over its 40+ years, the Parks Conservancy has established a reputation as a leading innovator among nonprofit conservation organizations.

Muir Woods. Crissy Field. Alcatraz. And many more beloved national park sites all supported by the Parks Conservancy.

The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) uses long-term volunteer-powered research programs to track the fall migration of raptors through the Marin Headlands.

 GGRO Raptor Migration Interns split their time evenly between the banding and hawkwatch programs, and work with a large and dedicated group of volunteer community scientists on a daily basis.