Conservation

Food for the Parks: A Roadmap to Success guides park leaders and concessioners on the specifics of transitioning to a healthy and sustainable food program.

Bay Area Climate Change Education Needs Assessment

Bay Area Climate Change Education Needs Assessment was conducted to gauge the barriers and needs of informal environmental educators in the Bay Area.

A Nurseries Education Intern engages with youth during a summer camp program

Parks: The New Climate Classroom

Parks: the New Climate Classroom highlights best practices in climate communications from innovators and practitioners in the parks, education, communications, and other related fields.

A Red-shouldered Hawk with brown and reddish-brown feathers looking over its shoulder, against a blue sky.

30 Years of Red-shouldered Hawk Migration

Explore trends over 30 years of Red-shouldered Hawk migration observed at Hawk Hill.

Two Turkey Vultures, one bearing the GGRO blue wing-tag 368R, bask on the outcropping below Hawk Hill

Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update

The Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update is part of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) 2020 Pacific Raptor Report. It was authored by biologist Teresa Ely, GGRO’s Banding Manager and resident vulture expert.

Jess Schlarbaum prepares to release a newly-banded juvenile Red-tailed Hawk back to the migration

Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update

The Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update is part of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) 2020 Pacific Raptor Report. It was authored by biologist Teresa Ely, GGRO’s Banding Manager and resident vulture expert since 2016.

Guide to tide pools in the GGNRA

Visit a small but dynamic area of the GGNRA and learn why tide pools are being monitored closely for possible changes.

A California giant salamander spotted on Mount Tamalpais

This salamander may be giant, but it's elusive

The best time to find a California giant salamander is around dawn and dusk during rainy season, as they traverse the wet landscape. Dr. Lisette Arellano compares recent iNaturalist observations of this species to historical data from museums and databases.

Orange, black and white monarch butterfly seen landing on purple milkweed flowers.

Here's what we're doing to help protect monarch butterflies

You can almost hear the resounding cry from the East Bay to San Mateo County to Marin: Let's help the monarchs! From our own backyards to the undulating landscape around Mt. Tamalpais, Parks Conservancy staff, partners, and our parks community are marshaling resources to study and help monarch butterflies.

Aerial view showing the Quartermaster Reach wetlands

Restored wetlands offer new habitat for Presidio wildlife

For the first time in over 100 years, the Presidio’s Tennessee Hollow watershed will be connected to the San Francisco Bay.

Golden Gate Historic Landscaping and Maintenance

Your gift helps preserve over 84,000 acres of parkland

Conservation