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Tracking for Journalers
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Crissy Field Center
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.
Close up of an intern working with plants
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Learn more about the year-long internship program with the Park Nurseries!
Female coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Redwood Creek.
Gateways Article
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.
Lands End/Sutro Baths photo
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Lands End Parking Lot
The Parks Conservancy is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join the Art in the Parks’ team as Volunteer Art Guides for Tremble Staves at Sutro Baths.
ranger preparing for Boy Scout troop
Article
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.
Article
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.
Park E-Ventures Article
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!”
Six youth leaders from summer 2019.
Gateways Article
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
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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.
Design concept rendering from Crissy Field Next project.
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Since kicking off Crissy Field Next in fall 2018, your thoughtful feedback, creative design ideas, and compassionate community considerations have inspired us. So, what did we do with all of your ideas? Take a look!