Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-3000 2 011 Report to the Community
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Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-3000 www.parksconservancy.org 2 011 report to the community Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy dear park friends and supporters, Ten years ago, we celebrated the transformation of an old military airfield into a beloved national park. At the heart and soul of the Golden Gate National Parks, Crissy Field was created through the visionary leadership of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the community members who contributed volunteer time and generous donations, and the efforts of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in support of the National Park Service (NPS). Since its grand reopening on May 6, 2001, that spectacular shoreline park has repaid us with billions of Mark Buell Greg Moore memories—made, kept, and cherished by 10 million visitors to Crissy Field. On the pages of our 2011 Report to the Community, you’ll meet just a few of them—and see the indelible impact, drawn across their smiles, of these wondrous parklands. By the beaming faces of visitors, volunteers, and staff, we are constantly reinvigorated to work on behalf of these parks, alongside our partners the NPS and Presidio Trust. By the growing diversity of our park community, we draw inspiration to ensure these natural, cultural, and historic resources are accessible to all. And by the contributions of our 12,750 members and the support of our park friends, we fulfill our mission of Parks For All Forever. In this report, we highlight our projects and programs at Crissy Field, Lands End, and Mori Point; along Redwood Creek; on Alcatraz; and throughout the Presidio and the Marin Headlands—among many more accomplishments across 80,600 acres of national parkland. We are pleased to share our achievements in trail work, habitat restoration, conservation projects, environmental education programs, community engagement initiatives, and park interpretation and visitor services. We are even more delighted to share with you the joy and pride we experience at Golden Gate—captured in these portraits taken on a day like any other, in a place like no other. Thank you for all that you do for our parks! Mark Buell Greg Moore Chair, Board of Trustees Executive Director Cover: Parks Conservancy staff member Galena Seeger helps organize thousands of volunteers who are “at work” improving and maintaining the trails of the Golden Gate National Parks. Her portrait—and the other portraits of park visitors, volunteers, and staff in this report—were taken on Crissy Field in photographer Christopher Irion’s photobooth in March 2011. board of trustees Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Officers Patsy Ishiyama Board Associates Walter J. Haas West Shell III Civic Leader, San Francisco Member, Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President, Mark Buell (Chair) Frank Almeda, Ph.D. Levi Strauss & Co. Healthline Civic Leader, San Francisco Martha Kropf Senior Curator, Department of Botany, Civic Leader, San Francisco S. Dale Hess Rich Silverstein Alexander H. Schilling (Vice Chair) California Academy of Sciences Executive Vice President, Co-Chairman and Creative Director, President, Union Square Investment Colin Lind Fritz Arko San Francisco Travel (retired) Goodby Silverstein & Partners Company, San Francisco Managing Partner, Blum Capital President and General Manager, Partners, San Francisco Kit Hinrichs Cathy Simon Lynn Mellen Wendell (Vice Chair) Pier 39 (retired) Partner, Pentagram Principal, Simon Martin-Vegue Civic Leader, San Francisco Phil Marineau Leslie Browne Operating Partner, LNK Partners, Amy S. McCombs Winkelstein Moris David Courtney (Treasurer) Attorney, SSL Law Firm LLP San Francisco Interim President, Presidio Sharon Y. Woo Chief Executive Officer, JiWire, Inc., Virgil Caselli Graduate School Civic Leader San Francisco John E. McCosker, Ph.D. Principal, Commercial Property Chair, Aquatic Biology, California Nion McEvoy Doug Wright Michael Barr (Secretary) Ventures Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Chairman and CEO, Chronicle Principal, Douglas Wright Consulting Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Milton Chen, Ph.D. Books LLC Pittman LLP, San Francisco Robert Morris Executive Director Emeritus, Rosemary Young Managing Director, Goldman Sachs The George Lucas Educational Regina Liang Muehlhauser Former Chair, Peninsula Community Group, Inc., San Francisco (retired) Foundation President, Bank of America Foundation Trustees (retired) John Murray Carlota del Portillo Betsy Eisenhardt Chief Information Officer, Genworth Dean, Mission Campus, City College Donald W. Murphy Liaisons Civic Leader, San Francisco Financial Wealth Management, CEO, National Underground of San Francisco (retired) Charlene Harvey Randi Fisher Pleasant Hill Railroad Freedom Center Phelps Dewey Civic Leader; Liaison to Pisces Foundation, San Francisco Jacob E. Perea, Ph.D. President, Chronicle Publishing Mark W. Perry the Presidio Trust Jessica Parish Galloway Dean, Social Justice Initiatives, General Partner, New Enterprise Company, Book Division (retired) Julie Parish Civic Leader, San Francisco San Francisco State University Associates Paula F. Downey Landscape Designer; Liaison to John C. Gamble Rob Price President, AAA of Northern California, Toby Rosenblatt the William Kent Society Managing Partner, Allen Matkins Co-Chairman & Creative Director, Nevada, and Utah Former Chair, Board of Directors, Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Eleven, Inc., San Francisco Presidio Trust Millard Drexler LLP, San Francisco Staci Slaughter Chairman and CEO, J. Crew Helen Schwab Sally Hambrecht Senior Vice President, San Francisco Civic Leader Gianni Fassio Civic Leader, San Francisco Giants Restaurateur (retired) Alan Seelenfreund Linda Howell Michael Willis Chairman, McKesson Robert Fisher Civic Leader, San Francisco Principal, Michael Willis Architects, Corporation (retired) Chairman of the Board, Gap, Inc. San Francisco Gail P. Seneca David Grubb Civic Leader Chairman Emeritus, Swinerton, Inc.; Member, Presidio Trust Board of Directors Park Ranger Fatima Colindres, Golden Gate National Parks Love welcoming new audiences to their national parks Our national parks are where we “finally connected with nature” Our thanks to the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and donors to the “Help Grow Crissy Field” campaign CRISSY FIELD 2010 1,000,000 visits made each year by Bay Area residents and people from around the world When the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund made a commitment to transform 23,000 young people and community members inspired through Crissy Field Center this former Army airfield into a national park, thousands of community members environmental education programs contributed donations and volunteer time to realize that vision in 2001. Alongside 3,569 bags of invasive vegetation removed the National Park Service, Presidio Trust, and community partners, the Parks by Crissy Field and shoreline volunteers Conservancy carries forward that legacy in 2011. Crissy Field lives as testimony to 10 years of Crissy Field celebrated, still growing on its 2001 transformation our dedication—and the community’s passion—for growing places of public benefit. Jessmen Armstead, Vincent Li, Carlos Cardona, and Phillip Tran, middle school students in Urban Trail Blazers, a Crissy Field Center program connecting urban youth with the environment Our thanks to the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, and donors to the Presidio Trails challenge grant PRESIDIO 2010 Achievements of the Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust, and National Park Service (NPS) 75,263 volunteer hours contributed through In 2010, the Parks Conservancy was able to trigger—through the generosity of joint programs donors such as the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation—a historic matching grant from the 3,654 young people and their group leaders Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to build a world-class network of Presidio trails, camped at Rob Hill Campground bikeways, and overlooks. At places such as the Immigrant Point Connector Trail 20 restoration projects supported by work of the Presidio Native Plant Nursery (above), our partnership with the Presidio Trust and NPS is helping create national 4 major trails built or improved, park experiences that are accessible, memorable, and unmatched. and two new overlooks completed Cheyenne Jennings, Orlando (Fla.) Seeing places where my father served in the Army, I can “share memories of his past” Feel very fortunate to be able to access parks just by “walking out the front door” Our thanks to the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, California State Coastal Conservancy, and Lands End neighbors LANDS END 2010 10,100 native plants planted 9,930 hours of service contributed This past year, the Parks Conservancy completed a major new viewing overlook to restore natural habitat by the USS San Francisco Memorial at Lands End, featuring wood benches, new 1,099 dedicated volunteers engaged stairs, a repaved parking lot, and extensive revegetation. Thanks to the leadership 52 plant species added to the landscape of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, Lands End has been revitalized with 1 new overlook built, with infinite restored habitat, enhanced trail experiences, and new vista points. All the better, Golden Gate views of course, to see yet more park improvements on the horizon at Lands End. Jade Chen and Jeff Miller, with kids Ryan and Jake; San Francisco Our thanks to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, California State Coastal Conservancy, and Pacifica neighbors MORI