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Hiking Rancho Corral de Tierra
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NPS Landscape Architect Kirsten Holder and her planning team are working with the community on a vision for the future of Rancho Corral de Tierra in San Mateo County.
A person swings from a tree with a view of Mt. Tam and the Pacific Ocean.
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Here are some extras from the Summer 2022 issue of Gateways, the member newsletter of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. If you're a member, you got the entire colorful newsletter delivered straight to your mailbox. Not a member? Join today!
Studying at the MIS school in December 1941
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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, which are places “connecting past struggles to today’s movements for human rights and social justice."
Women's Trail Day volunteers at a past event in the Golden Gate National Parks.
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At every turn in GGNRA and national park history, there are women and non-binary people who have overcome adversity to make lasting impacts in and around these lands.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi elbow bumps to greet attendees at Crissy Field's 20th anniversary address
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We have much to celebrate in 2021! The Parks Conservancy turned 40 and continued our work to protect and preserve endangered species throughout the Golden Gate National Parks. Here are some of our favorite photos and moments of this past year.
'The Big Lockup' exhibit at Alcatraz Island
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A permanent exhibit on Alcatraz Island tells the story of the United States prison system through the voices and experiences of those formerly incarcerated, scholars, and criminal justice advocates.
Roving Ranger van with pride flags waving on its roof.
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At your leisure, peruse through our curated resources to better understand Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ (LGBTQ) history, how to be a better ally in the parks and beyond, and much more.
Lt. Col. Lewis Spencer Kirkpatrick standing in front of unfinished Golden Gate Bridge in 1935.
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It’s a long way from Oklahoma City to Marin County, but connections with our parklands can be deep and wide.
Amy Meyer at National Trails Day, 2014
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The “Mother of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” Amy Meyer is a Bay Area conservationist who helped forge local and national support to preserve the land at the Golden Gate as a national park in the 1970s.
Buffalo Soldiers
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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, which are places “connecting past struggles to today’s movements for human rights and social justice." Read more about Black history in the Golden Gate National Parks and beyond with the articles below: