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Stewardship

Yolanda Molette connects with participants at a workshop featuring butterfly migration.
Article

Celebrating women in science: Yolanda Molette

Yolanda Molette, a Plant Ecologist with a degree in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Concentration in Conservation from San Francisco State University, just likes plants!
Ranger Mia Monroe in Muir Woods.
Gateways Article

Park Ranger Mia Monroe and a life's work in the GGNRA

Park Ranger Mia Monroe is the Marin Community Liaison for the NPS, and one of the longest serving employees in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Monarch butterfly
Stewardship

Make a Monarch Butterfly Kite for Earth Day!

Online/Virtual
Using paper, string, and tape you can make a Monarch Butterfly Kite. Join National Park Service Ranger Rebecca Au and Price Sheppy from the Parks Conservancy as they take you step by step through building your own kite to fly on Earth Day!
Red Legged Frog Monitoring
Stewardship

Eggs, Tadpoles, to Frogs: Monitoring Frogs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Online/Virtual
Join us and learn about the common and uncommon frogs you will see in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Western Pond Turtle Release
Stewardship

Saving the Western Pond Turtle in the Golden Gate Recreation Area

Online/Virtual
Learn about what makes the threatened western pond turtle so special and hear about the reintroduction of these turtles back into the Golden Gate Recreation Area.
Joy of the Parks
Stewardship

Women Warriors Creating a Beloved Community

Online/Virtual
We invite you to an inspiring panel of San Francisco women working to create a beloved community, listening deeply to meet their community needs and advocating for access and equity in park spaces and nature.
Restoration Interns Pausing For A Pose
Stewardship

Creating a Beloved Community

Online/Virtual
Join Park Stewardship Program staff Yakuta Poonawalla, Jaclyn Lim, and Price Sheppy as they lead an interactive panel of former interns in a discussion about what it's like to be a person of color in the environmental field.
Lands End
Article

Open letter: Amid pandemic, gratitude for parklands and hard work of volunteers

Even though we have not been physically present to enjoy these comings and goings, I hope you know that all the attention and energy you have put into these lands, continues to show and brighten up the lives of many, especially during these trying times.
Colorful wildflowers in front of a disused federal penitentiary building on Alcatraz Island.
Article

Just the essentials: How the Alcatraz gardens grow

For two months this year following the shelter-in-place order, the five gardens at Alcatraz grew wild and untended until Shelagh Fritz, the Senior Program Manager on the island, was able to return. The history of the Alcatraz Gardens is one of careful planning, wild growth, and dedicated work.
Lana Salvador (center) with her fellow healthcare workers in San Francisco.
Article

Nature’s lessons help a nurse in the midst of global pandemic

Lana Salvador, a respiratory isolation nurse in San Francisco, reflects on the lessons she learned in nature 10 years ago as a LINC intern, and how she still uses those lessons today.