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Brainstorming solutions to deferred maintenance in the parks

Tech ‘Hackathon’ Innovates Solutions to Park Maintenance

On Feb. 10-11, 2018, technologists, business leaders and sustainability experts met with former National Park Service staff to brainstorm innovative ways that technology could address the park maintenance backlog and improve the experience of staff and visitors alike in our national parks.

Laura E. Joss, Superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

‘Caring, Sharing, and Connecting’: Q&A with Laura Joss

Since she started work as the new superintendent at Golden Gate in November, Laura Joss has been busy getting to know the 80,000 acres of these parks. In an exclusive interview with Park Eventures, Laura talks about her favorite national park sites—and the mission that inspires her.

Andy Goldsworthy’s installation Tree Fall

Art in the Parks

The program mission of Arts in the Parks is provide programs to connect our visitors with creative experiences in the park that are transformative, unexpected, and inspirational.

Shortening on Alcatraz by Nelson Saiers

Alcatraz, best known for the historic federal penitentiary and occupation by the Indians of All Tribes, also has a long tradition of welcoming artists to provoke thought about freedom and incarceration.

Andy Goldsworthy, Wood Line

In 2010, at the roots of the eucalyptus trees in the Presidio, British artist Andy Goldsworthy created the scuplture Wood Line.

Andy Goldsworthy, Spire

British artist Andy Goldsworthy brings his ethereal interactions of human creation and nature to the San Francisco with Spire. The piece towers 90 feet high in the Presidio, both a part of its surrounding elements and an entity of its own.

Andy Goldsworthy, Tree Fall

Tree Fall is the first indoor installation Andy Goldsworthy created for the Presidio.

Group photo of Crissy Field Center youths at the Muir Beach Overlook

LINC Summer High School Program

Linking Individuals to their Natural Community (LINC) is a summer program for high school students focused on service learning and conservation in local communities and parklands.