Our Work

Community Youth stewarding land
Community Programs

Cultivating community in the parks and beyond

View of the Golden Gate Bridge from along the beach
Mission & Strategic Plan

The mission of the Parks Conservancy is to preserve the Golden Gate national parks, enhance the park visitor experience, and build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for the future.

Trails Forever
Trails Forever

Trails Forever brings together staff and volunteers from the three partner agencies—National Park Service, Parks Conservancy and Presidio Trust—toward protecting the many resources in this amazing park and creating access to them.

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Park Youth Collaborative

A growing coalition whose mission is to support and harness the collective capacity of youth-serving organizations in the park to benefit young people on their pathway from cradle to career.

Mount Tamalpais
One Tam

One Tam’s projects and programs aim to improve the health of the mountain’s natural resources, and grow a new generation of stewards. Our regional approach to science, stewardship, and collaboration across boundaries is key to protecting the mountain in our changing environment.

Golden Gate Bridge
Institute at the Golden Gate

A former program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the Institute at the Golden Gate was conceived to incubate knowledge and innovation in parks. Embedded in one of the country’s most visited and influential national parks, we convened leaders and influencers to forge unconventional partnerships to reach beyond traditional park boundaries.

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Hawkwatch

During the autumn months, our teams of volunteer hawk counters identify and tally 19 species of birds of prey, working under the leadership of an experienced dayleader.

Volunteers Caring for Native Plants
Here's the Dirt (Grades 6, 7, 8)

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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

Students check on plants at the Oceana High School Nursery
Oceana High School Nursery

You’ll get to do hands-on restoration at three park sites: the Oceana Native Plant Nursery, Milagra Ridge, and Mori Point. Restoration activities include planting, transplanting, pot washing, removing invasive plants, and much more.

Volunteers prune plants at a native plant nursery
Native Plant Nurseries

Restoring for generations to come, the nurseries  provide a living link between local communities and the restoration of native plant habitat throughout the Golden Gate National Parks.

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