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The Golden Gate Bridge as viewed from Crissy Marsh. A sailboat is seen on the bay waters.
Poetry in the Parks: Poetry of Grief and Healing
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For centuries, poetry and art have helped people give shape to grief, pain, resilience, and healing. In this workshop, participants will read selected poems that engage difficult experiences with care and craft.

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The Golden Gate Bridge as viewed from Crissy Marsh. A sailboat is seen on the bay waters.
Poetry in the Parks: Poetry of Place
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In this second Poetry of Place session, participants will consider how memory, geography, and emotion shape our understanding of a landscape.

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The Golden Gate Bridge as viewed from Crissy Marsh. A sailboat is seen on the bay waters.
Poetry in the Parks: Landscape Poetry
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This workshop invites participants to turn close observation of the natural world into vivid, memorable poems.

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The Golden Gate Bridge as viewed from Crissy Marsh. A sailboat is seen on the bay waters.
Poetry in the Parks: Poetry of Place
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At this workshop, participants will reflect on the power of place. Place can be a physical location, an inner landscape, or a meeting point between the two.

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Close up of an intern working with plants
Belonging in Nature: Queer and Trans in the Nurseries
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Join us for our next Belonging in Nature program at the Marin Headlands Nursery!

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Historical black and white photo of Japanese american soldiers studying at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Crissy Field, 1941-1942
"I Am An American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" Exhibit with the National Japanese American Historical Society
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The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy is proud to invite members to explore a new exhibit at Building 640 in the Presidio, also known as the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, hosted by the National Japanese American Historical Society.

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What's New
Crissy Field Center
Honoring Our Community Heroes at the Crissy Field Center, Now in its 10th year
HONORING OUR COMMUNITY HEROES: Crissy Field Center Marks Its Ninth Year of Celebrating Local Environmental Heroes
Park Perscription day at Crissy Fields Center
Institute at the Golden Gate Spurs National "Park Prescriptions" Movement
2009 Turning the Tide
Institute at the Golden Gate Unites Diverse Cross-Sector Leaders at Signature Environmental Forum
Warming Hut
It's Easy Being Green
Lands End overlook with views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Lands End Improvements Advance With New Major Gift
Lands End overlook
Lands End Restoration Moves Full Steam Ahead
View of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands from the Presidio batteries
Major Gift Completes Challenge Grant for Presidio Trails
Redwood Creek at Muir Beach
Major Project at Redwood Creek Restores a Fragile and Important Ecosystem in Marin
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Muir Woods to Celebrate 100 Years as National Monument
Mark di Suvero sculpture
New Partnership to Launch SFMOMA's Off-Site Programming
Parks Conservancy's Band of Bridges Project Honored with Travel+Leisure's Social Media in Travel + Tourism (SMITTY) Award
Presidio Intern at Work
Presidio of San Francisco Receives $15 Million Gift from the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The outside of Lands End Lookout at sunset
San Francisco's Lands End Gets A Visitor Center Worthy Of Its World Class Views
Rob Hill Campground
San Francisco's Only Overnight Campground Set to Re-open
Battery East Vista, Golden Gate Bridge
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant To Create A New Vista At Battery East, Presidio
Warming Hut
Tis The Season To Be Environmentally Savvy
View of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands from the Presidio batteries
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2018 Golden Gate National Parks calendar cover image
2018 Calendar - Golden Gate National Parks Icons

The 2018 Golden Gate National Recreation Area Calendar is now available! The calendar features 12 images by illustrator Michael Schwab. Pick yours up today!

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Model of Alcatraz inside a fog globe. The globe's base says "Alcatraz Island, San Francisco"
Alcatraz Island Fog Globe

Billowing through the Golden Gate Strait, the fog that swirls around Alcatraz Island has played a pivotal role in the island’s history, from the establishment of the first lighthouse on the Pacific Coast, to six fog-shrouded escape attempts during the federal penitentiary era.

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