The coho salmon is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family, one of the several species of Pacific salmon.

The western snowy plover is a threatened small shorebird, approximately the size of a sparrow.

Learn more about individual native plants found in the Golden Gate National Parks and grown in our nurseries for restoration projects.

The Institute at the Golden Gate’s Climate Change Education & Parks program supports and accelerates the role parks and protected areas play as resources and venues for climate change education.

There are 35 endangered, rare, and threatened species in the Golden Gate National Parks. That’s more federally protected species than any other national park unit in the continental United States—more than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks combined.

The Institute at the Golden Gate’s Food for the Parks initiative aims to expand the availability of nutritious, local, and sustainable fresh food to park visitors nationwide.

Do you have eyes like a hawk? Are you as sharp as a sharpie? Or do you wander like a peregrine? Take our personality quiz and discover which raptor should be your avatar.

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