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Tracking for Journalers
Nature Journal Club: Tracking for Journalers - The Secret Language of Nature
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Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill in building your field sketching skills! October's workshop is taught by guest instructor and tracker Marley Peifer and will focus on how to add tracking details to your nature journal.

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Close up of an intern working with plants
Native Plant Nurseries Internship Program

Learn more about the year-long internship program with the Park Nurseries!

Female coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Redwood Creek.
Redwood Renewal: Big fix should help endangered coho salmon

As part of the multi-year Redwood Renewal at Muir Woods, the NPS and its partners are helping undo the damage of the past and restore habitat for the federally endangered coho salmon.

ranger preparing for Boy Scout troop
A hearty happy birthday to the National Park Service!

In honor of its birthday, here is a rapidfire history lesson about the parks and the creation of the agency that helps care for them.

Park Stewardship San Mateo intern Laurasia Holzman Smith.
A wild ride with San Mateo Park Stewardship

These parks, including Rancho Corral de Tierra, have shown me what it means to be resilient and persevere in the face of challenges and change.

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory intern Kirsti Carr.
On life and raptors: Intern's lessons learned in a year atop Hawk Hill

After a few minutes of listing bird qualities, Kirsti Carr stops herself and laughs. “I love everything about birds,” she admits. “They’re just weird!” 

From left, Middle School Summer Programs Instructors Imari Keith, Aiden Koontz, Kathleen Wong, Olive Tambou, Dion Chung, and Nhi Nguyen. The six youth leaders from summer 2019 were all past participants in Crissy Field Center programs.
Crissy Field Center 'Special Six' youth return as leaders

All six Middle School Programs Instructors this summer were past participants in Crissy Field Center programs, so inspired by their own experiences that they wanted to mentor a new generation of park lovers.

Giuseppe Penone's "La logica del vegetale" on display at upper Fort Mason
Giuseppe Penone at Fort Mason

Gagosian, in partnership with Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Parks Conservancy through the Art in the Parks program, presents a yearlong outdoor installation by Giuseppe Penone in San Francisco’s historic upper Fort Mason.

Nature Journal Club, Watercolor Pencils for Botanical Painting
Nature Journal Club: Watercolor Pencils for Botanical Painting
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Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill in building your field sketching skills! June's workshop will be taught by Claudia Stevens and will focus on using watercolor pencils  in creating botanical paintings. 

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Trail Crew volunteers help install fence posts at Baker Beach.
Transitions and expeditions for Park Stewardship Trail Crew

May was a month of changes at the trail shop, and new experiences for volunteers.

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