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Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
Volunteers at Work
Invasive Plant Patrol
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Hiking with a mission – help find and remove new infestations of invasive weeds while exploring the parks.

Registration Required
A participant gives a big smile during Presidio Planting Day
Presidio Planting Day 2025
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Help us kick-off planting season in the Presidio of San Francisco!

Register Now
Low clouds cloak the Marin Headlands
An Enduring Legacy: Martha Gerbode and the GGNRA

Learn about San Francisco philanthropist and civic leader Martha Gerbode, who used her wealth and influence to back bold conservation efforts—including the preservation of the Marin Headlands and Alcatraz Island. “Don’t bring me any projects that other people would fund. I just want the tough, controversial ones."

Orange, black and white monarch butterfly seen landing on purple milkweed flowers.
Planting for Monarchs: Joske Grove
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Join us in a community planting day to enhance monarch habitat in Marin County!

Registration Required
What's New
A young volunteer holds up a small plant attached to a tennis ball at the Presidio Nursery.
Gateways Article
He's grown up volunteering in Presidio Native Plant Nursery
National Park Ranger Alanna Smith, a young woman, stands in the Presidio with the Pacific Ocean visible through the trees behind her.
Park E-Ventures Article
Learning through the parks with Ranger Alanna Smith
A working dog sniffs a tray of specimen in a makeshift lab environment.
Park E-Ventures Article
Plants' best friend: Pathogen-detecting dogs visit Presidio Nursery
Amy Meyer at National Trails Day, 2014
Article
Our Q&A with Amy Meyer, the ‘Mother of the GGNRA’
Jess Schlarbaum prepares to release a newly-banded juvenile Red-tailed Hawk back to the migration
Article
Vulture Ecology Study: 2020 Update
Nudibranch observed in a park tidepool
Article
Guide to tide pools in the GGNRA
Coffee at the Warming Hut
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Best ways to do coffee in the GGNRA
Person holds a tote bag with forest scene while gazing at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Article
Gifts for park lovers 2021: Unique, local items that help support parks
Visitors examine information about incarceration on red and black panels around the new 'Big Lockup' exhibit.
Article
'The Big Lockup' and more: New experiences at Alcatraz Island
Volunteers Working in Black Point Historic Gardens
Black Point Historic Gardens
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Volunteers Working in Black Point Historic Gardens
Black Point Historic Gardens
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Adventure Guides sit at a park bench, stamping Presidio Adventure Passports.
Article
Prepare for Adventure at Presidio Tunnel Tops
Ranger Rebecca Au poses with a butterfly drawing in a flower field.
Park E-Ventures Article
Parks are a Universal Language with Ranger Rebecca Au
A California giant salamander spotted on Mount Tamalpais
Article
This salamander may be giant, but it's elusive
Olema Valley and Phleger Estate
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Head to the outer reaches of the GGNRA
Child plays in the waves with Golden Gate Bridge in background.
Article
Youth create special installation for My Park Moment Photo Show
Mission blue butterfly seen landing on a yellow flower.
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40 for 40: Parks Conservancy celebrates 40 years of connecting parks and people
Mount Tamalpais
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The ascent of mountain biking on Mount Tamalpais
Orange, black and white monarch butterfly seen landing on purple milkweed flowers.
Article
Here's what we're doing to help protect monarch butterflies
Image of ticket from Golden Gate Bridge opening day in 1937.
Park E-Ventures Article
Our newest member crossed the Golden Gate Bridge on its opening day

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