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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 banded juvenile Red-tailed Hawk takes flight after release.
Park E-Ventures Article
Fall 2019 Guide to the Golden Gate National Parks
Lands End overlook with views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Park E-Ventures Article
New San Francisco Crosstown Trail: Tips for making beautiful connections
Close up of red moth, the buckwheat root borer, crawling in the grass.
Article
Reflections and new directions for park BioBlitzes
Small blue butterfly with two rows of white-rimmed black dots on the underside of its wings, drinking from a flower
Article
Lupine and butterfly nets: Step-by-step on how we're helping save endangered Mission blue butterfly
Waving with pride
Article
Pride month blooms in San Francisco and Bay Area parks
Pole surrounded by a knitted American flag at Fort Point National Historic Site
Article
Immigrant Yarn Project reminds us why we make programs ‘For All’
The Alcatraz Historic Gardens with the Rock's famed water tower in the background.
Gateways Article
'Historic' water once meant for laundry now helps Alcatraz Gardens thrive
Ocean Beach
Park E-Ventures Article
Hidden dangers of Ocean Beach
A small group of people focus on individual tasks while working outside on a trail overlook a body of water
Article
The story of a trail: Impressive work goes into rebuilding trails, saving species
Redwood Fog Globe
Article
Award-Winning Redwood Fog Globe Raises Climate Change Awareness
Women's Trail Day volunteers at a past event in the Golden Gate National Parks.
Article
Why do we need a Women’s Trail Day?
Man holding fishing net with juvenile coho salmon in it. He's about to hand it over to a research to re-release it in Redwood Creek.
Marin Parks Stewardship Newsletter Article
Coho salmon: [Co]ming [ho]me to Redwood Creek
Bruce Fowler's Future ID is on display with others at Alcatraz through October.
Gateways Article
Q&A: How a 'Future ID' helps Bruce Fowler envision a life after prison
Black and white photo of people posing on Fieldbrook Stump, one of the largest trees in the world.
Park E-Ventures Article
Redwood tree clones form Presidio ‘supergrove’
Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) spotted on Mt. Tamalpais.
Article
Fun guide: Coolest, weirdest fungi to spot in the Golden Gate National Parks
Kid jumping against blue sky
Park E-Ventures Article
Get out! Use a park prescription in the New Year in our Golden Gate National Parks
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Park E-Ventures Article
Massive blue whale sculpture, made from discarded plastic, makes a splash on Crissy Field
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy President & CEO Greg Moore.
Gateways Article
Tangible impact: Greg Moore's forever parks legacy
Ranger Rik Penn leads a program with youth at Fort Point in March 2018.
Gateways Article
Ranger Rik Penn on his retirement, Buffalo Soldiers' lessons today, and more
NPS Redwood Creek Vegetation Crew at Muir Beach overlook.
Park E-Ventures Article
The Art of Restoration

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