2008 Report to the Community THANK YOU TO THE PARKS COMMUNITY

Through your extraordinary contributions and efforts in 2007, 3,664 Feet of the Batteries to Bluffs Trail placed along the the National Parks Conservancy advanced our spectacular western coastline of the mission of Parks For All Forever in partnership with the National 2,000 Youth and community members engaged through the Park Service, Presidio Trust, and our community: outreach efforts of 11 youth environmental leaders in I-YEL Over 20 million Visitors annually to the Golden Gate (Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders) National Parks 1,273 Plant and animal species that call the parks home $15.7 million Total aid to the parks provided by the Parks and who benefit directly from the Conservancy’s stewardship Conservancy in 2007 activities

$15 million Gift received from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. 500 Young people who enjoyed an unforgettable camping Fund for the ongoing transformation of the Presidio into experience (many of them for the first time) through our new a fully-realized national park site program in partnership with the Presidio Trust and Bay Area Wilderness Training — Camping at the Presidio $3.5 million Improvement project to Alcatraz premiered, including revamped audio tour, expanded museum store, more 500 Acres of Coastal Trail corridor enhanced through interpretive displays, and restored historic gardens park projects

3 million People served by Conservancy staff and volunteers 475 Guests attended our fifth annual Trails Forever Dinner, at park visitor centers, information outlets, and interpretive contributing a record $743,850 (gross) to benefit trail bookstores projects parkwide

1.4 million Visitors to Alcatraz served each year through tours 420 Feet of corridor rehabilitated in the newly restored and electrified Battery Townsley, a top-secret World War II-era 390,812 Combined hours in 2007 contributed by 19,621 volun- military installation now open to the public teers engaged in the active stewardship of our parks; a new record 270 Schoolchildren and youth participated in 145,920 Native plants grown in Native Plant Nurseries for 56 Center summer camps restoration projects throughout the parks 224 Teens on Trails volunteers used their days off during the 80,400 Acres of public land in the Golden Gate National school year as “days on” the trails contributing to their vitality Parks preserved as living testaments to our natural, cultural, and historic heritage 150 Community members and young environmental leaders inspired by meeting six Goldman Environmental Prize Winners 41,532 Native plants returned to the landscape at Lands End, at a Crissy Field Center reception site of dramatic trail improvements and ongoing habitat restoration made possible by the leadership support of the 80 Items developed and released in our stores last year to help Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation interpret the parks for visitors

33,362 Raptors sighted by the Golden Gate Raptor 49 Miles of trail built, maintained, or enhanced through Trails Observatory during the fall migration, with 2,243 banded Forever efforts in 2007

33,000 Community members served by our environmental 33 Endangered and threatened plant and animal species education facility, Crissy Field Center, through programs and protected by the parks outreach activities 9 Trail Keepers trained and engaged as trail monitors and 16,000 Schoolchildren and youth reached by Crissy Field community liaisons during pilot year of program Center and educational programming 3 Ponds dug and improved at as habitat for the 14,068 Members of the Parks Conservancy supporting one threatened red-legged frog of the world’s largest national parks in an urban setting 1 Parks Conservancy dedicated to PARKS FOR ALL FOREVER

Cover Photo: Presidio enhancements like the new Batteries to Bluffs Trail are made possible by the support of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and your contributions, and the partnership of the Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust, 1 and National Park Service. Opposite page: Henry Lau, a City College student, volunteers at Mori Point in Pacifica. PARKS CONSERVANCY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS Walter J. Haas BOARD ASSOCIATES Mark W. Perry Mark Buell Member, Board of Directors, Frank Almeda, Ph.D., General Partner, New (Chair) Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Curator, Department Enterprise Associates Civic Leader, San Francisco of Botany, California Academy Carlota del Portillo of Sciences Alexander H. Schilling Sally Hambrecht Dean, Mission Campus, (Vice Chair) Civic Leader, San Francisco Fritz Arko City College of San Francisco President, Union Square President and General Charlene Harvey Toby Rosenblatt Investment Company, Manager, (retired) Civic Leader, San Francisco Former Chair, Board of San Francisco Leslie Browne Directors, Presidio Trust Colin Lind Lynn Mellen Wendell Director, Ellman Burke Managing Partner, Helen Schwab (Vice Chair) Hoffman & Johnson Blum Capital Partners, Civic Leader Civic Leader, San Francisco San Francisco Virgil Caselli Alan Seelenfreund Regina Liang Muehlhauser Commercial Property Phil Marineau Retired Chairman, (Treasurer) Ventures President and CEO, McKesson Corporation DEAR members of President, Bank of America, Levi Strauss & Co., Phelps Dewey San Francisco (retired) West Shell III San Francisco (retired) President, Chronicle Chairman and Chief Executive our park community, Michael Barr Publishing Company, Amy S. McCombs Officer, Healthline, (Secretary) Book Division (retired) The Golden Gate National Parks are a treasure — to our children with learning opportunities in our parks. And we President & CEO, San Francisco Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop region, nation, and the world. These national parks bring were delighted to see thousands of people from diverse Women’s Foundation Millard Drexler Shaw Pittman LLP, Rich Silverstein together people of all ages and backgrounds, and the communities hike trails, enjoy recreational activities, and of California, San Francisco Chairman and CEO, J. Crew San Francisco Co-Chairman and Creative experience of sharing them strengthens our sense of com- make memories with loved ones. John E. McCosker, Ph.D., Gianni Fassio Director, Goodby Silverstein munity. Their very creation in 1972 was the result of citizens TRUSTEES Chair, Aquatic Biology, Restaurateur (retired) & Partners, San Francisco And thousands of you gave back to the parklands. By who united to preserve these cherished lands. The Golden Milton Chen, Ph.D., California Academy contributing your time, resources, and talents, our parks Robert Fisher Cathy Simon Executive Director, The of Sciences, San Francisco Gate National Parks Conservancy builds on this legacy Principal, Simon Martin- become places of generosity and enduring public benefit. George Lucas Educational Member, Board of Directors, of stewardship. Jacob E. Perea, Ph.D., Gap, Inc. Vegue Winkelstein Moris Foundation, San Rafael This is an exciting era in which former military installations, Dean, School of Education, Motivated by a shared commitment to the community, David Grubb Sharon Y. Woo including the Presidio and , are being transformed David Courtney San Francisco State the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund made a $15 million gift Chair, Board of Directors, Civic Leader President, Chief Operating University into national parks for all. We ask you to join the coopera- Presidio Trust; Chairman to advance the Presidio’s evolution from an historic military Officer & Chief Financial Doug Wright tive efforts of the Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust, and Rob Price Emeritus, Swinerton, Inc. post to a beloved national park. We are both grateful for Officer, Adify Corporation, Principal, Douglas Wright National Park Service to restore these special places within Co-Chairman & Creative and inspired by this landmark gift. Coupled with prior San Bruno S. Dale Hess Consulting Director, Eleven, Inc., one of the nation’s quintessential urban park systems. Executive Vice President, contributions for the transformation of Crissy Field, the Paula F. Downey San Francisco Rosemary Young San Francisco Convention Haas, Jr. Fund’s support for the Presidio and the Golden Gate We extend our admiration and appreciation to our friends, President, AAA Northern Former Chair, Peninsula Gail P. Seneca & Visitors Bureau (retired) National Parks totals over $30 million — the largest cash donors, members, and volunteers who make it all possible. California, Nevada & Utah, Community Foundation Civic Leader, San Francisco contribution in the history of America’s national parks. We celebrate you — the park community — throughout this San Francisco Kit Hinrichs Staci Slaughter annual report. Thank you. John C. Gamble Partner, Pentagram LIAISONS Indeed, this year has been marked by extraordinary Vice President, Nancy Bechtle Managing Partner, Allen Nion McEvoy accomplishment and unprecedented community engage- Communications, Civic Leader, Liaison to the Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory Chairman and CEO, ment. The Parks Conservancy, in partnership with the & Natsis, LLP, San Francisco National Park Foundation Chronicle Books LLC National Park Service and the Presidio Trust, reached more Michael Willis Julie Parish Donald W. Murphy people than ever before. We achieved our highest level of MARK BUELL GREG MOORE Principal, Michael Willis Landscape Designer, Liaison CEO, National Underground membership and volunteerism. We reached more school- Chair, Board of Trustees Executive Director Architects, San Francisco to the William Kent Society Railroad Freedom Center

Photo above: Mark Buell (left) and Greg Moore at Crissy Field Center 3 For me volunteering is a meaningful way to work on something bigger than myself; it’s very meditative. It’s also our wedding anniversary today so we decided to make it a date and celebrate with the community. Kristin Armstrong

I love volunteering with the people at the Parks Conservancy; I don’t know how you can beat this — you’re outside, and doing good. Robert Armstrong

Oracle employees and volunteers spend their five-year wedding anniversary planting around a Mori Point frog pond

Better places to recreate, better spaces to live. Better experiences for each visitor to the national parklands, brighter futures for every species in the ecosystem. All are made possible through the support of the Parks Conservancy’s members, supporters, and volunteers like Kristin and Robert. They also happen to be your family, friends, and neighbors — dedicated individuals who, after all, not only enhance the parklands and restore habitat but enrich the fabric of our lives and renew our faith in the potential of people. 5 The Presidio Trails Forever Across the astonishing sweep of Presidio history, the year Entering its fifth year, this partnership initiative of the 2007 is one to remember. Last April, in an epochal moment Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, and Presidio in the Presidio’s journey from military post to national Trust improved trails and preserved habitat throughout park, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund announced a the parks — from the to San Mateo County $15 million gift toward ensuring the park’s enjoyment by and all along the Coastal Trail. Two highlights from 2007 all. Through the generosity of the Haas, Jr. Fund and donor were the completion of the Batteries to Bluffs Trail, which contributions leveraged by the historic gift, our Presidio was established with keen sensitivity to the fragile habitat, experiences will be greatly enhanced. This exceptional and trail work at Mori Point, which includes a breathtaking contribution to the Parks Conservancy will propel projects stairway to the top of the bluffs. and programs implemented in partnership with the Presidio Trust and National Park Service. Highlights include: Alcatraz After the successful debut of the museum store, new audio • A world-class, 24-mile system of trails and bikeways, tour, and revamped displays and signs, the visitor experi- improving the vital network that brings people to the ence at Alcatraz continued to grow during the last year. parklands. In 2007, the Parks Conservancy helped complete The Alcatraz Historic Gardens Project — a partnership the stunning Batteries to Bluffs Trail along the wild western effort of the Parks Conservancy, Garden Conservancy, and edge of the Presidio. National Park Service — gathered volunteers to revive the • Six new overlooks to delight and inspire. The first, Crissy plots once tended by inmates, prison guards, and other Enhance Field Overlook, is scheduled for completion in 2008. island residents. During the last year, over 400 volunteers helped complete the cutting gardens and gravel paths along • AND RESTORE Improvements to Rob Hill Campground — the only Officers Row, as well as restore the garden railings, stairs, overnight camping facility in San Francisco — that include walls, hot house, and irrigation system. a new entranceway, fire circle, and covered gathering area. The work will result in a doubling of site capacity. Fort Baker A cornerstone of parkwide “post to park” transformations, Lands End Fort Baker continued in 2007 to evolve into an exceptional Following the opening of the spectacular overlook and setting for a national park lodge and environmental promenade in 2006, the revitalization of Lands End con- institute. The Parks Conservancy supported National Park tinued last year with hundreds of volunteers restoring Service and Fort Baker Retreat Group (FBRG) efforts to over 41,500 native plants to this rugged landscape. In fall, rehabilitate the historic houses, barracks, and 14-acre work began on a new series of enhancements that include parade ground as Fort Baker prepares for its vital new renovation of the Merrie Way area and placement of a new chapter of public service. New structures on the grounds sunset overlook and trailhead to the Coastal Trail — all were also built under stringent environmental standards. made possible by the leadership support of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, with additional fund- ing from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the California Coastal Conservancy.

Opposite page (clockwise from top left): Fort Baker transforms from “post to park”; I-YEL intern Chris Norman works on the Lobos Creek Valley boardwalk in the Presidio; longtime volunteer Donna Everson enjoys her work at Lands End; flowers bloom in the revitalized Alcatraz Gardens; volunteers at Crissy Field pitch in on National Trails Day 2007. 7 The I-YEL program has helped me grow as an environmental leader. I know I am a part of the next generation of stewards, and it makes me so proud of my role here and beyond. Kary Kwong-Lee Sophomore at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco and I-YEL (Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders) intern shares a moment with her peers at Crissy Field Center

Just as the Golden Gate National Parks bridge San Francisco and San Mateo counties with Marin, stewards of our parklands forge a vital connection across all borders and backgrounds. Through environmental education and outreach, youth leaders and I-YEL interns like Kary leave a lasting impact on their peers in diverse communities around the Bay Area. Environmental education is at the heart of the Parks Conservancy’s work because these magnificent parklands — just like conversation, laughter, and shared passion — bring people together. 9 Crissy Field Center • Urban Trailblazers, a diverse group of 35 students Crissy Field, at the heart of the parks’ 80,400 acres, representing 13 underserved middle schools in the Bay is where the Parks Conservancy brings our community Area, learned from ecological workshops and hands-on together. In partnership with the National Park Service conservation projects. and Presidio Trust, programs of the Center connect our • Eleven high school students in I-YEL (Inspiring Young parks to kids, families, and underserved communities. Emerging Leaders, a youth-led program now in its From youth camps in summer to the “Season’s Greenings” seventh year) gained leadership skills and experience, event in winter and through every season in between, while giving back to their communities through service the Crissy Field Center is a place for kids and parents projects and energetic outreach to thousands of their alike to learn from the Earth — and each other. In 2007, classmates and peers. the Center’s seventh class of Community Heroes — extraordinary people and groups making positive change Camping at the Presidio in their neighborhoods — inspired us all with their stories We believe a night in a tent and under the stars is the of hope and action for a better future. The Center also right of every child, from all communities and all back- hosted, for the first time, a reception for Goldman grounds. That’s why Crissy Field Center — in partnership Environmental Prize Winners, who connected with 150 with the Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and Bay Bay Area youth leaders and community members. In Area Wilderness Training — launched Camping at the addition, our community is growing globally; in November, Presidio (CAP) in 2007. The program, based at Rob Hill the Conservancy sent Crissy Field Center delegates to Campground, provides camping experiences to children CONNECT a UNESCO conference in India to exchange ideas with who traditionally have not had access to national parks. environmental educators from around the world. In the inaugural season of CAP, 500 young people came AND ENGAGE to Rob Hill, curled up in sleeping bags, and fell asleep Youth Programs to the sound of swaying trees — many for the first time. Thanks to our members and supporters, the Parks Conservancy continues to bring young people out to national LINC parklands — and into a more meaningful relationship with Through our Site Stewardship program, LINC (Linking the earth and waters they will one day soon steward. Individuals with the Natural Community) provided 15 teens with the ultimate experience in environmental • Students in Project WISE (Watersheds Inspiring Science education in the summer of 2007. Students engaged in Education) — a collaboration of Crissy Field Center, Urban leadership and career workshops, connected with Watershed Project, the Presidio Trust, and Galileo Academy natural resource professionals, and contributed thousands of Science and Technology — conducted environmental- of hours of trail and restoration work in Golden Gate and science research in the outdoor classroom of the Presidio. Yosemite National Parks.

Opposite page (clockwise from top left): Edward Arias, a Crissy Field Center Community Hero, helps kids grow an “edible garden;” Ranger Nancy Caplan leads a bird-watching trip to Lands End as part of a Crissy Field Center after-school program; young volunteers remove cape ivy at ; Camping at the Presidio participant makes himself at home; summer camper explores local ecology. 11 I want my children to realize they need to preserve and protect the outdoors and that is why I came out on Earth Day at Crissy Field to be a part of this experience with them. KIMBERLY CLUFF

We also went to Muir Woods. Even though the trees are big and strong, we need to take care of them. CATIE JO LARKIN Pacific Primary School kindergartner

Mother and daughter volunteer together on a restoration project at East Beach of Crissy Field

Nature embraces and nurtures all living things, making life both possible and vital. We at the Parks Conservancy believe the affection is mutual. By restoring native habitat for endangered species, cultivating native plants, monitoring raptors, stewarding sensitive sites, preserving precious spaces like Muir Woods, learning from the land, and passing its lessons onto children like Catie Jo, we show we care. It’s about caring for something greater than oneself — people and places beyond one’s door, generations beyond one’s lifetime. It’s something simply called community. 13 Community Volunteerism Native Plant Nurseries The care and energy that volunteers contribute to our parks Our conservation work grows — quite literally — from the are a source of constant inspiration to us. Working with strength of the Parks Conservancy’s five native plant the National Park Service and Presidio Trust, the Parks nurseries and its tireless volunteers. Celebrating 10 years Conservancy empowers community members to serve of Conservancy support in 2007, the nurseries grew nearly as active stewards of the land. In 2007, in addition to drop- 146,000 plants that were restored to habitat areas, and in volunteering opportunities available six days a week also collected from our parks over 1 million seeds that will and special group programs offered year-round, the Parks become the next generation of grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, Conservancy continued to cultivate different ways to get and trees. They — in turn — feed and shelter the parks’ many involved. threatened and endangered species. In its second year, Teens on Trails — a program that turns Golden Gate Raptor days off from school into hands-on volunteering experi- Observatory ences — brought 224 teens into the park. The Trail Keepers In fall 2007, the 23rd year of monitoring raptorial migrants program, which wrapped up a successful pilot year in along the Pacific flyway, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory 2007, included nine dedicated individuals who contributed engaged 260 volunteers to count, band, and track these over 3,600 hours of trail monitoring and public outreach. majestic birds. From its perch on Hawk Hill, the GGRO stands Whether through one-day special events like National Trails at the cutting edge of participatory science, as regular Bay Day and Muir Woods Earth Day — or one-week volunteer Area residents — with training and enthusiasm — produce vacations with the American Hiking Society — the Parks CARE AND invaluable data used in academic research on some of our Conservancy ensures we can all share our talents and time most pressing ecological questions. inspire in the places we love. Institute at the Golden Gate Site Stewardship Last year, the Parks Conservancy continued to build The Site Stewardship Program is transformative for both momentum for the Institute — a new program in partnership parklands and people. At sites like Milagra Ridge in San with the National Park Service scheduled to launch in fall Mateo County and Oakwood Valley and Wolfback Ridge 2008. The Institute will promote conservation and sustain- in Marin, volunteers restore vital habitat for species like ability — locally, nationally, and internationally. Located the . At Mori Point in Pacifica, at Fort Baker and the facilities of Cavallo Point–the Lodge community members helped excavate and maintain three at the Golden Gate, the Institute aims to spark solutions ponds designed to encourage populations of the threatened for a sustainable future. The Institute brings together lead- California red-legged frog—the prey of choice for the ers across all sectors — nonprofit and private, governmental dazzling (and endangered) San Francisco garter snake. and educational — in an environment of close collaboration, innovation, and action. The Institute’s goal is simple: gather people who care about our planet, and who inspire positive change.

Opposite page (clockwise from top left): I-YEL intern Carmen Lu and Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Hammerskjoeld Simwinga plant together at Crissy Field Marsh; LINC students Crystal Lee (left) and Karry Araujo transplant native plants; with support from the Marin Community Foundation, Marin community leaders discuss climate change at the Institute at the Golden Gate; Golden Gate Raptor Observatory intern Ruthie Parsley holds a Cooper’s hawk; young volunteer gets in touch with nature at Mori Point. 15 REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST YEAR: OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Adopt-a-Beach Day EcoCareer Day Multilingual Signage Helped lead nearly 1,300 Connected high school Materials Garnered recognition Bay Area youth in volunteer students interested in pursu- Produced Mandarin (with Hunt Design) from the activities at Ocean Beach ing careers in the environ- Chinese and Dutch versions Society for Environmental during this event co-hosted ment with insight and advice of the Alcatraz audio tour Graphic Design for our by the Headlands Institute from professionals at a Crissy (currently available in eight redesigned trail-sign system. and the California Coastal Field Center event. languages), to better serve Social Science Commission. a global community. Also Horse Patrol Research furnished Chinese and Alcatraz Programs Supported the Marin Collaborated with Dr. Nina Russian translations of Supported and staffed tour Headlands Horse Patrol, Roberts, who has completed Richmond District YMCA programs on The Rock, a volunteer group that a study documenting the trail brochure. including the popular Alcatraz interacts with and guides transformative experience Night Tours and educational fellow trail users. Newsletters of teens in the Crissy Field Alcatraz Kidz Tourz (in its Reached over 15,000 Center’s Urban Trailblazers Interpretive Products sixth year). community members through and I-YEL programs. Developed and released more the Park Adventures calendar APPL Awards than 80 individual items and Trails Forever Dinner and the electronic Park Recognized at 2007 products in the last year, Hosted our fifth annual dinner E-ventures, free resources Association of Partners for to help interpret the parks and auction in support of trail linking the public to the fresh- Public Lands convention, for visitors and enhance their improvements parkwide, and est park news. receiving top awards for experiences. raised over $740,000 for key Alcatraz Visitor brochure and Nurseries projects. Ladder of Learning 2006 Annual Report, and Improvements Offered 37 ecology and Visitor Services Honorable Mentions for the Installed a new greenhouse conservation classes to park Provided staffing and Alcatraz audio tour, historic (with Presidio Trust support) staff, volunteers, and interns volunteers for park visitor decal reproductions, and at the Presidio Native Plant interested in becoming more centers, information outlets, Trails Forever Dinner. Nursery; also built a new informed park stewards. and bookstores throughout shade house at Headlands Battery Townsley the parks, serving over Milestone nursery to replace its storm- Rehabilitated historic World 3 million people. Commemoration damaged predecessor. War II-era battery tucked Celebrated the 35th Warming Hut in the Marin Headlands and Park Benches anniversary of the Golden Rehabilitated and reopened opened the fortification — Offered community members Gate National Parks with this landmark structure after one of the most extensive a unique way to honor or a special ceremony featuring a fire, using the sustainability in the area — to public tours. memorialize a loved one by park founders Dr. Edgar principles that guided its dedicating a bench in the Crissy Field Center Wayburn and Amy Meyer original redesign. Golden Gate National Parks. Enhancements and park leaders Brian Website Revamp Completed physical improve- O’Neill, Doug Nadeau, and Redwood Creek Continued enhancing and ments to the Center, including Ray Murray. Watershed adding features to www. new wall panels, furniture, Advanced restoration efforts parksconservancy.org, better and Community Heroes along lower Redwood Creek, informing our community display. installed logjams to restore of park resources and events. water flows conducive for salmon, and dug a pond for red-legged frog habitat.

Opposite page: Greg Wells (front) and Brett Lefevre, Levi Strauss employees and volunteers, carry a fence post along a Battery East trail. 17 Tomales Bay

THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS

Martinelli Ranch

POINT The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy is the nonprofit membership organization created for the preservation and enhancement of these parklands. The INVERNESS REYES Parks Conservancy works to protect and rejuvenate park sites, improve the experience of park visitors, and build a community of people dedicated to the parks. STATION The Parks Conservancy seeks private contributions to augment federal funds for the parks and partners with the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust. Samuel P. Taylor Point Reyes State Park National Established 27 years ago, the Parks Conservancy is among the largest nonprofit organizations affiliated with our national parks. The Conservancy is a leader Seashore in innovation and park aid, contributing over $15 million in 2007 and more than $120 million in total support to the parks since its inception in 1981.

SAN RAFAEL Olema Steady Martinelli Ranch Hikers here enjoy Point Bonita Valley The infamous former winds and dunes undulating grasslands, a beautiful Adventurers relish the Bear Valley Marin Visitor Center Municipal prison gives visitors reaching 200 feet freshwater pond, and a stunning steep climb and heart- Water a closeup look at a make this rugged Tomales Bay overlook. stopping footbridge District Mt. Tamalpais maximum-security, stretch a premier that lead to the Light- State Park Milagra Ridge Habitat for threatened Bolinas minimum-privilege life. hang-gliding spot. house (first lit 1855). Ridge species like the California red-legged Baker Beach This mile-long beach In bygone frog, this ridge also affords impres- Presidio Topping Bolinas offers spectacular views of the Marin times, Fort Mason sive views of Pacifica and the ocean. San Francisco’s crown, Lagoon Oakwood Valley Headlands and the Presidio. housed Spanish this emerald park Mori Point Jutting between black soldiers, the US Army, was once among the The top of this seclud- sand beaches, this dramatic promon- Angel Island earthquake refugees, oldest continuously Stinson Beach State Park ed and scenic crest presents views tory rewards visitors with gorgeous Gulf of the MILL VALLEY and port authori- used military posts Rocky Point/Slide Ranch of the San Andreas Rift Zone. wildflowers and coastal vistas. Farallones ties. Today, piers and in the nation. National Marine Marin Alcatraz Muir Woods Headlands China Beach Legend says this sandy waterfront warehouses constitute Muir Beach Picnics are pleasant in Sanctuary Fort Baker Rodeo Beach Rodeo Valley opens patch was named for Chinese the facilities of the nonprofit Fort this quiet cove and the overlook trail SAUSALITO to this windswept beach speckled Muir Beach fishermen who, long ago, anchored Mason Center. stands out — literally — as a great with colorful pebbles. their junks nearby. place to spot gray whales. Tennessee Valley Crissy Field Fort Point Stinson Beach One Gerbode Valley Baker Beach Fort Mason Cliff House Giant Imposing Fort Point Muir Woods Serene of the best swimming windows present kept vigil over the streams, canyon paths, SF Maritime beaches in north- Rodeo Beach Presidio a direct view of the bay for almost half and the redwood Rodeo Valley National ern California, this Historical Pacific — allowing giants. It is — in the Point Bonita Sutro Heights a century, and now Park three-mile stretch of Kirby Cove you, as one historian visitors can explore words of namesake white sand provides Fort Point put it, “to confront its brick casemates John Muir — simply SAN FRANCISCO invigorating surf and China Beach nature from the and grand arches and participate “the best tree-lovers’ Farallon National barbecue spots. Wildlife Refuge Lands End comfort of an armchair.” in cannon drills. monument” in the world. This Cliff House National Monument marked its Sutro Heights Crissy Field It was Gerbode Valley A hiker’s paradise, Ocean Beach 100th anniversary in January 2008. The lands of former a home for Ohlone this wilderness backcountry offers DALY CITY San Francisco mayor Fort Funston Indians and later a chance to smell fennel and sage, Oakwood Valley This swath is home Adolph Sutro show- hosted Spanish and or spy a bobcat or bush rabbit. to coyotes, owls, mission blue Milagra case the Cliff House, Mexican ships, a his- butterflies, and the Parks’ largest Ridge Kirby Cove Nestled ruins, and toric army airfield, and stand of oak and bay forest. at the foot of the the splendid Garden. Sweeney a Coast Guard station. Marin Headlands, Ocean Beach A recreational paradise Ridge The community center on the site Sweeney Ridge the cove is a pristine for generations, San Francisco’s The Golden Gate National Parks now offers a host of recreational Explorer Gaspar de PACIFICA beach wedge with western flank remains perfect for span 80 miles from north to south, and educational activities. Portola first saw San fabulous views of the sunset walks, brisk jogs, and gulps forming an expansive public Francisco Bay more green space within the densely Fort Baker The Bridge and the City. of fresh briny air. than 200 years ago populated Area. Mori Point stately buildings of Lands End West of the Golden Grazing from the 1,200-foot- Encompassing more than 80,400 San Francisco this former army post Pedro Point Watershed Gate, San Francisco’s wildest coast cattle and Victorian high summit. acres and with more than 20 were once occupied features wave- and wind-carved farms grace this area million visitors each year, the parks by military brass. It Tennessee Valley headlands and intriguing shipwrecks. between Bolinas and at the Golden Gate are among the has been transformed This peaceful valley world’s largest national parks in an Inverness ridges. into a lodge and Marin Headlands meanders to a pocket urban setting and the most visited environmental institute. This is the place to see beach near the national parks in the . migrating birds of prey This wildlife corridor shipwreck of the Fort Cronkhite The fort has one — as well as enjoy at the Parks’ southern tip reveals SS Tennessee. of the only restored barracks in the bird’s-eye views of the traces of 19th-century logging — West that reflects its original appear- Lands within the Authorized Boundaries famous Bridge. like remnants of steam mills. of the Golden Gate National Parks ance, complete with period furnish- ings that span the 20th century. Lands Managed by the National Park Service Phleger Estate Lands Managed by the Presidio Trust 19

Point Reyes National Seashore THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS

Nearly 20,000 volunteers contributed over 391,000 hours AAA of Northern California, Carleton College Alumni Employment Plus JROTC (Junior Reserve Park Personnel Stuart Hall High School of service in our parks last year. These remarkable numbers Nevada & Utah Cathedral School Environmental Officers’ Training Corps), PG&E Student Conservation are testament to the success of the Golden Gate National AAVE Teen Adventures Centerforce, LIFE Project Protection Agency San Francisco High Schools Piedmont High School Association Parks Volunteer Program (a collaborative effort of the Parks (All About Visiting Earth) (Leaders in Future Environ- Environmental Traveling Junior Ranger Ecologists Pittsburg CBI Surfrider Foundation Conservancy, National Park Service, and Presidio Trust) — ACE USA ments) Companions (National Park Service) Postini Surplus Line Association as well as to the conservation spirit of our park community. Acumen Solutions, Inc. Center for Volunteer and Esurance Kaiser Permanente Presidio Hills School of California AIG Insurance Nonprofit Leadership of Farallones Marine Sanctuary Katherine Burke School Presidio Middle School Tamalpais High School We are grateful to our volunteers from specific programs Aim High Marin Association KIPP Aspire Academy PricewaterhouseCoopers Temple Emanu-El and departments within the following organizations for their American Hiking Society, Charles Schwab FedEx KPMG, LLP Real Branding Thoreau Center outstanding contributions — between October 1, 2006 and Volunteer Vacations Chevron Federal Reserve Bank Landmark Volunteers, Youth Red Bricks Media Thurgood Marshall High September 30, 2007 — to the stewardship of our parklands American Park Network Chico State University, CAVE Fort Funston Hang Gliding Across America Redwood High School School north and south of the Golden Gate. and Aveeno Program (Community Action Association Landon Day Care REI Toolworks American Re-Insurance Volunteers in Education) Francis Scott Key Elementary Lawton Elementary Rodef Shalom Travelocity Company Children’s Day School Galileo Academy of Science Levi Strauss & Co. Sacramento State University Treasure Island Job Corps American Society Chubb Group of Insurance and Technology, Project Lick-Wilmerding High School Sacred Heart Cathedral Triage Consulting of Ophthalmology Companies WISE (Watersheds Inspiring LINC (Linking Individuals with Preparatory Tufts University Alumni Americorps Church of Jesus Christ of Student Education) the Natural Community), Sacred Heart Schools, United Behavioral Health Ameriprise Financial Latter-day Saints (Youth GAP, Inc. Site Stewardship Program Atherton United Way of the Bay Area Services, Inc. Conference) Gateway High School Live Oak School Salesforce.com University High School AP Giannini Middle School City Arts & Technology Genentech Lowell High School San Francisco University of California, High School Genesys Lycée Français La Pérouse Clean City Coalition Berkeley Aquatic Park Neighbors City Church of San Francisco George Washington M Squared San Francisco University of California, Autodesk City College of San Francisco High School Marin Academy Conservation Corps Backroads City of San Francisco, Girl Scouts of the USA Marin Conservation Corps San Francisco Conservatory University of San Francisco Bay Institute, STRAW Natural Areas Program Grace Hill Americorps Rangers Marin Country Day School of Music University of Virginia (Students and Teachers Clarendon Elementary School Grant Thornton Marina Middle School San Francisco Department Urban School of San Francisco Restoring a Watershed) Clif Bar & Company Gratton Elementary Marine Mammal Center of Public Works Urban Trailblazers, Bay School Cohn & Wolfe Hamlin School Marriott San Francisco State University Crissy Field Center Be the Change College of Charleston Hands On Bay Area Marsh Insurance San Francisco Triathlon Club Urban Watersheds Benfield, Inc. Combined Federal Campaign Harvey Mudd College Alumni MAS (Muslim American San Francisco Waldorf School URS Corporation Black & Veatch Headlands Institute Society), Youth Give Society Santa Rosa Junior College US Checkpoint Software Construction, Inc. Convent of the Sacred Heart Head-Royce School McGraw-Hill School of the Arts Technologies, LTD Booz Allen Hamilton Cord Blood Registry Hilton McKesson Schools of the Sacred Heart US Government Bovis Lend Lease Cornerstone Hoover Middle School Mercy High School, Burlingame Second Wind Accountability Office Boy Scouts of America Coro Fellowship Horace Mann Middle School Meridian Seismicom Veterans Affairs Building with Books Crystal Springs Uplands Hyde School Morgan Stanley Seneca Center VOCAL (Volunteers Burlingame University School IGN (division of FOX) National Parks Conservation Sensible Habitats for Outdoor California) High School CSE (Civil Service Employees) Insurance Industry Association SF Connect Volunteer Center Burners Without Borders Insurance Group Charitable Foundation Neocase Software, Inc. SF Friends School VolunteerMatch Cal Poly Alumni Deloitte Institute of International Net Impact Shopping.com Waldorf High School California Coastal Commission Denman Middle School Education Nueva School Sierra Club Washington High School California State University, Dominican University IronPort Systems Oberlin Alumni Skyline High School WDHB Consulting East Bay Downtown High School I-YEL (Inspiring Young Ocean Beach Foundation Skylines GCP Wells Fargo California State University, Drew School Emerging Leaders), Oceana High School Slide Ranch West Valley College Pomona Edgewood Center & Youth Crissy Field Center One Brick Slippery Rock University Westborough Middle School Cameron House Power Club James Lick Middle School Oracle St. Ignatius Whole Foods Japan Pacific Resource Network Ove Arup & Partners St. Stephen School Women Helping All People Jewish Community Center Pacific Primary School Stanbridge Academy YMCA (JCC) PacTel Stanford University Zurich North America Trail volunteer Jackson Taylor Jr. takes a break from his work near Battery East. 21 $500,000 and above Bob and Kathy Burke* California Coastal Liebe and Bill Patterson* Sakurako and William Fisher* $5,000 - $9,999 Conservancy S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Gap Foundation Katie Albright and The David B. Gold Foundation Tauck Romano Innovative Phi- Jamie and Marritje Greene* Jake Schatz* Richard and Rhoda Goldman lanthropy Inc. The Guardsmen Gerson and Barbara Bakar* Foundation John and Rosemary Young* Mimi and Peter Haas Fund* Change Happens Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Wally and Julie Haas* The Chrysopolae Foundation Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Kathryn Hall and John Philip Coghlan and Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Anonymous* (3) Thomas Knutsen* Tina Vindum* Fund Andrew and Linda Ach Kelly and Michael Halper* Jim and Penny Coulter Colin and Anne Lind* Adobe Foundation Fund The Hoenigman Family Timothy Dattels and Babcock & Brown Foundation* Kristine Johnson* The Presidio’s Promise: A Park for All Forever $100,000 - $499,999 Bank of America Foundation Leslie Johnson Jean and James E. Douglas, Jr.* Association of Bay Area Michael and Bonnie Barr* JPMorgan Chase Marsha and Thomas Dugan* Governments Hilary Bates and Ambassador Bill and David and Erin I. Elliott* Crissy Field, beloved by our community, helped Mark Buell and Jerome Simon* Mrs. Jean Lane* Dana and Robert Emery* Susie Tompkins Buell* Joachim and Nancy Bechtle* Phil and Sue Marineau* Elliot and Pascale Evers* launch the Presidio’s astonishing “post to park” California Department of Fish The Alan L. Blum Family Fund Evan Marwell and Lycia and Rocky Fried and Game Barbera Brooks and Tracy Leeds* Donald and Janie Friend* evolution. That transformation continues today, Edward and Nancy Conner* Henrik Jones Rob McKay Jim and Elizabeth Funsten* Fund for the Improvement of Lew and Sheana Butler* Nicola Miner and Robert The Fred Gellert Family thanks to a momentous $15 million gift from Education / US Department Milton Chen and Ruth Cox* Anderson* Foundation of Education Chevron Corporation Gordon and Betty Moore Richard N. Goldman* the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Dave and Pat Grubb* Cleo Foundation Foundation Rebecca Hopf Charlene Harvey* The Mary A. Crocker Trust Robert B. and Cristina Ortega Linda and Larry Howell* As this report goes to press, a dramatic overlook, offering sweeping vistas of the City Toby and Sally Rosenblatt* Mrs. Morris M. Doyle* Morris* William L. Hudson* and Bay, is nearing completion above this shoreline park. The Crissy Field Overlook, Save America’s Treasures Martha Ehmann-Conte and Susan Murdy Sean A. Johnston* designed and implemented by the Presidio Trust, is the first major landmark in a series Andy and Leslie Schilling* Jean-Pierre Conte Judith B. Nadai* Joan F. Lane* of Presidio enhancements supported by the Haas, Jr. Fund’s historic gift. US Environmental First Republic Bank Julie and Will Parish* Michael Lazarus and Protection Agency Doris and Donald Fisher* David and Laura Perry* Laura Kline* Lynn and Peter Wendell* John and Laura Fisher REI Nion T. McEvoy* The new overlook offers a window to the Presidio’s past and future. It reminds us William and Pat Wilson Salesforce.com John McQuown of Crissy Field’s spectacular restoration in 2001, led again by the Haas, Jr. Fund and George H. Sandy Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore* extraordinary community involvement. It also represents the ongoing progress $25,000 - $99,999 The San Francisco Foundation Regina Liang Muehlhauser* of the Presidio Trust, Parks Conservancy, and National Park Service in making the Presidio AAA Northern California, Save-the-Redwoods League National Park Service Chal- a national park for all. It’s a vision endorsed by the Haas, Jr. Fund gift that includes Nevada & Utah Rich Silverstein and lenge Cost Share Program a $10 million challenge grant for Presidio trails, bikeways, and overlooks; $4 million Ayrshire Foundation Carla Emil* Matt and Janice Barger* Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor* to restore Rob Hill Campground; and $1 million for park improvements. The Bothin Foundation Ailene and Samuel Stokes Bridgestone Firestone Levi Strauss Foundation To trigger the challenge grant, the Parks Conservancy has raised $3.5 million in gifts and Doheny-Vidovich Carter Thacher* pledges toward the target $7 million. Your contribution to the Presidio Trails Challenge FedEx will be more than doubled by the Fund, and will help create memorable and accessible park Bob and Randi Fisher* GGS Foundation experiences throughout the Presidio — from the Main Post to Pacific Coast. Bill and Sally Hambrecht* The James Irvine Foundation The Kimball Foundation Marin Community Foundation Steven Merrill NOAA - BWET Oracle Corporation Opposite page: Recreational opportunities abound along the Golden Gate Promenade and Crissy Field, San Francisco’s bay-front “backyard” inspired by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and created by the entire park community. 23 In the built environment, with so much congestion and chaos, it’s important to recharge and reconnect and understand the natural environment. And with parks like the Presidio right in the city, it’s so easy to do. It’s just very satisfying to work on their preservation so that others can enjoy them too. JOSEPH MALIGA Levi Strauss employee and volunteer helps restore the largest remaining dune scrub habitat in San Francisco, found along the western edge of the Presidio

Joe’s view from the Presidio’s Wherry Dunes — like from other special spots in the Golden Gate National Parks — is truly one-of-a-kind. But his belief in their preservation in perpetuity is shared by many. This feeling, held in common by an extraordinary community, inspires the Parks Conservancy’s work on behalf of these beautiful and historic parklands and the visitors who enjoy them this year and for years to come. A view of a better future, we believe, is the best view of all. 25 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Financial information on these pages is derived from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s financial statements, which were audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available upon request by calling the Chief Financial and Operations Officer at (415) 561-3000.

Statement of Financial Position Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets as of September 30, 2007 Year Ended September 30, 2007 Temporarily Permanently ASSETS Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Current Assets SUPPORT AND REVENUE Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,882,293 Gross program revenue $ 18,186,681 $ 18,186,681 Accounts receivable 3,500,300 Cost of goods and services (4,201,294) (4,201,294) 9% Contributions receivable, net 993,380 Program revenue, net 13,985,387 13,985,387 25% Investments 8,924,944 Contributed income 1,662,837 $ 7,171,447 $ 1,000 8,835,284 Inventories 1,659,534 Investment income 133,547 143,819 277,366 49% 17% Prepaid expenses and other assets 228,193 Net realized and unrealized Total current assets 23,188,644 gains on investment 370,601 948,677 1,319,278 Endowment Investments 8,730,941 Mitigation awards 18,993 18,993 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, net 463,369 Other income 214,246 8,329 222,575 Beneficial Interest in Charitable Trust Assets 129,662 Cooperative agreement 2007 AID TO THE PARKS TOTAL ASSETS $ 32,512,616 reimbursements 3,966,797 3,966,797 $15,665,752 Net assets released from restrictions 3,735,841 (3,735,841) - Interpretation LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Education, publications, Total support and revenue 24,088,249 4,536,431 1,000 28,625,680 Current Liabilities and other programs Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 2,206,314 $1,333,036 9% Accrued payroll related expenses 810,313 EXPENSES Capital lease obligations, current 13,300 Park Enhancements Program Services — Aid to the Parks: Deferred revenue 535,950 Preservation, restoration, Interpretation 1,333,036 1,333,036 Total current liabilities 3,565,877 and site improvement Park enhancements 7,767,909 7,767,909 Capital Lease Obligations, net of current 29,111 projects Community programs 2,662,264 2,662,264 Total liabilities 3,594,988 $7,767,909 49% Net Assets: Total 11,763,209 11,763,209 Unrestricted: Community Programs Visitor Program Services 3,902,543 3,902,543 Undesignated 5,053,813 Conservation Board-designated for park projects and programs 6,256,030 Total Aid to the Parks 15,665,752 15,665,752 and volunteer support Total unrestricted net assets 11,309,843 $2,662,264 17% Fundraising 651,755 651,755 Temporarily Restricted: For park projects and programs 13,769,150 Management and general 4,295,936 4,295,936 Visitor Program Services For the National Park Service 70,804 Total expenses 20,613,443 20,613,443 Park information and Total temporarily restricted net assets 13,839,954 interpretive tours Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets 3,474,806 4,536,431 1,000 8,012,237 Permanently Restricted Net Assets 3,767,831 $3,902,543 25% Total net assets 28,917,628 NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 7,835,037 9,303,523 3,766,831 20,905,391 Total Aid to the Parks TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 32,512,616 NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $ 11,309,843 $ 13,839,954 $ 3,767,831 $ 28,917,628 (1982-2007) Over $120 million

26 27 Muir Woods National Monument is a living symbol of our conservation spirit — at its very best, and at its very beginning. In 1908, William Kent donated a grove of redwood giants for the creation of this inspirational national park. One hundred years later, the Parks Conservancy carries forward Kent’s legacy of citizen-led stewardship and environmental philanthropy. In the quiet shelter of ancient trees, we remember our shared and solemn responsibility to the land and all the life it supports. Forever begins with us.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Building 201, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-3000 www.parksconservancy.org

Our Public Agency Partners

The National Park Service The Presidio Trust The National Park Service (NPS) is a federal agency Responsible for the transformation of the within the U.S. Department of the Interior charged Presidio from an historic Army post into a premier with managing the preservation and public use of national park that is financially self-sustaining, America’s most significant natural, scenic, historic, the Trust is leading the nation’s largest historic and cultural treasures. Established in 1916, the NPS preservation project, restoring the park’s buildings manages 391 sites across the U.S. — including the and landscapes, and creating innovative programs. Golden Gate National Parks. For more information, For more information, call (415) 561-5300 or visit call (415) 561-4700 or visit www.nps.gov/goga. www.presidio.gov.

Brian O’Neill, General Superintendent David H. Grubb, Chairman, Board of Directors Mai-Liis Bartling, Deputy Superintendent Craig Middleton, Executive Director Howard Levitt, Chief, Division of Interpretation, Liaison to the Parks Conservancy

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Alcatraz Island • Baker Beach • Bolinas Ridge • China Beach

Cliff House • Crissy Field • Fort Baker • Fort Cronkhite • Fort Funston

Fort Mason • Fort Point • Gerbode Valley • Kirby Cove • Lands End

Marin Headlands • Martinelli Ranch • Milagra Ridge • Mori Point

Muir Beach • Muir Woods • Oakwood Valley • Ocean Beach

Olema Valley • Pedro Point • Phleger Estate • Point Bonita • Presidio

Rancho Corral de Tierra • Rodeo Beach • Rodeo Valley• Stinson Beach

Sutro Heights • Sweeney Ridge • Tennessee Valley

PARKS FOR ALL FOREVER™ Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-3000 www.parksconservancy.org