Alcatraz Night Tour
Thursday through Monday evenings
Location: Alcatraz
This award-winning tour, limited to just a few hundred visitors each evening, features spectacular sunsets, fascinating stories, and spine-tingling adventures in the dark corners of the old island prison.
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Forces of Nature: 2008 Brower Youth Award Winners
October 1 through November 23
Location: Crissy Field Center
On view October 1 through November 23

What does it take to become an environmental leader?  What are the most innovative campaigns led by youth across the continent? Earth Island Institute presents Forces of Nature, a multimedia exhibit of the winners of the 2008 Brower Youth Awards. 

Each year, The Brower Youth Awards recognize people ages 13 to 22 living in North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project with positive environmental and social impact. 

Find out more about these six charismatic young heroes for Planet Earth, whose stories and struggles inspire people of all ages in an exhibit on display on the second floor of the Center.
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Habitat Restoration Team
Sundays 9:30 AM
Location: Marin Headlands, Marin County
Habitat Restoration Team (HRT) volunteers and staff meet at different scenic locations each week to restore native habitat throughout the parks.
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Planting at Historic Battery Spencer

November Dates:
Sunday, November 23
Tuesday, November 25
Sunday, November 30

December Dates:
Sunday, December 7
Tuesday, December 9
Sunday, December 14
Tuesday, December 16

10 AM
Location: Marin County

Join the Cultural Resource Stewardship program and help us plant at Battery Spencer, a historic defense sea coast fortification in Marin.

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Lands End: Exploring the Wonders of Adolph Sutro
November 23, 2008 1 PM
Location: Lands End
Join Park Ranger Emeritus John Martini for a three-hour exploration of Adolph Sutro's engineering achievements at Lands End.
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Patriotism and Prejudice
November 23, 2008 1 PM
Location: Presidio
Japanese-American soldiers trained here for intelligence work and were sent to war as their families were moved to internment camps. Learn about this poignant irony on an easy half-mile walk.
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Fort Baker Planting Project
November 24, 2008 11 AM
Location: Marin Headlands, Marin County
Join us at Fort Baker for a special bioswale planting project!
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Tennessee Valley Nursery & Stewardship
Every Tuesday 10 AM
Location: Marin Headlands, Marin County
Volunteer with the Tennessee Valley Native Plant Nursery and join our efforts to restore native habitat in the Golden Gate National Parks. Activities include invasive plant removal, outplanting (winter season only), transplanting seedlings, pruning, and seed collection.
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Presidio Park Stewards
Wednesdays and Saturdays 9 AM
Location: Crissy Field, Presidio, San Francisco
Be a habitat hero! Help enhance rare native plant habitat and create important wildlife corridors in the Presidio of San Francisco.
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Redwood Creek Nursery & Stewardship Program
Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 AM
Location: Muir Woods, Marin County
Join us in the majestic redwoods of Muir Woods. Learn how to grow and care for the native plants in our nursery, as well as help plant and maintain our restoration sites.
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Nike Missile Site Open House
Open the first Saturday of each month, and Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons 12:30 PM
Location: Marin Headlands
Unique in the National Park Service, this restored Cold War anti-aircraft missile site has stories to tell.
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Presidio Native Plant Nursery
Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 PM
Location: Presidio
Come out and join us! As a volunteer you will learn how to grow and care for native plants, as well as be a part of a thriving community-based restoration program working to restore San Francisco's National Park.
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Area A Landscape & Maintenance
Saturdays 9 AM
Location: Crissy Field, Presidio
The Area A Landscape & Maintenance Volunteer Programs works to enhance the visitor experience at various sites throughout the coastal region of the Presidio.
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Candlelight Tour
November 29, 2008 6:30 PM
Location: Fort Point
See Fort Point by the light of candles and stars on this evening tour.
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Book Signing and Food Tasting: Laura Stec
November 30, 2008 2 PM
Location: Crissy Field
Come to the Warming Hut and meet Laura Stec, author of Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming.
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