A Deep Legacy in the Presidio
on interpretive hikes, talks, and tours that reach thousands of park visitors every year, highlighting natural, cultural, and historic resources. • Rolled out in 2013 the Roving Ranger—a converted bread truck that serves as a mobile visitor center, bringing park resources and awareness to neighborhoods farther afield.
Delivering Engaging Programs • Brought 357,000 community members into a closer relationship with the national parklands through stewardship (cumulative number of volunteers in the park since 1986, through the combined programs of the Conservancy, NPS, and Presidio Trust). • Reached—since 2001—over 750,000 schoolchildren, youth, and family members through award-winning programs at the Crissy Field Center, an urban environmental education center with partnerships with more than 400 schools and community groups. • Delivered a memorable and meaningful Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary celebration, with an estimated 250,000 people attending the daylong festival, featuring historic displays and a fireworks spectacular. • Developed and grew hands-on conservation and “citizen science” programs across the parklands, through Park Stewardship, six Native Plant Nurseries, and the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory. • Provided camping experiences—including many first-time trips—to 16,000 young people from urban neighborhoods through Camping at the Presidio, in partnership with Bay Area Wilderness Training and with Presidio Trust support. The Parks Conservancy has been a friend and ally of the Presidio from the very beginning. The Conservancy played a lead role in establishing the Presidio Council, an advisory group that helped the National Park Service (NPS) guide the post-to-park transition in the early 1990s. It was the Presidio Council, in fact, that promulgated and promoted the vision for the Presidio Trust. Over the years, the Conservancy has been a staunch supporter of the Presidio and its values. This map shows a sampling of projects and programs made possible by the Conservancy’s partnership with the Presidio Trust and NPS.
• Greeted about 1 million visitors to Muir Woods National Monument each year.
welcome center, which serves about 2,500 visitors—from around the Bay Area and across the globe—each day.
• Provided audio tours and docent programs to 1.4 million annual visitors to Alcatraz. • Welcomed about 1.5 million visitors to Crissy Field each year.
• Launched acclaimed interpretive walking tours and photo program at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2012 (to date, 5,500 people have taken the tour, and nearly 13,000 visitors have enjoyed the “virtual reality” photo program).
• Established and staffed the Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion
• Partnered with and supported the NPS and Presidio Trust
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• Attracted more than 600 innovators and thought leaders to Turning the Tide—a multi-day environmental conference held in 2009 and 2010 by the Institute at the Golden Gate, a Conservancy program leveraging parks as catalysts for social and environmental change. • Elevated, through the work of the Institute, park-based programs to the regional level (Healthy Parks, Healthy People programming spread across the Bay Area through collaborative partnerships) and nationwide (Food for the Parks recommendations adopted by NPS for national standards on healthy and sustainable concessions options).