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San Francisco Habitat Restoration
Clearing trails and pulling non-native foliage may sound completely selfless but it's not. It's actually a great way to spend time in our local parks, while meeting like-minded people who have an interest in the welfare of our natural habitat and wildlife.
From projects in the Presidio to creek restorations in Berkeley, there are opportunities in every part of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco Resources are listed on this page, with other areas around the Bay listed on subsequent pages.
If your organization needs volunteers for habitat restoration projects around the Bay Area, send your information by e-mail for possible inclusion in this guide.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- About: A nonprofit partner of Golden Gate National Parks, assisting in research, interpretation, and conservation programs
- Where: In Golden Gate National Recreation Area (including San Francisco and Marin)
- Projects include: Trails Forever (trail restoration and new trail construction), invasive plant patrol, landscaping and gardening, cleanup and maintenance
See Park Event Calendar for scheduled projects.
- About: Friends of the Urban Forest plants 1,000 trees a year and helps care for and maintain San Francisco's trees through a team of certified arborists, volunteers and trainees
- Where: San Francisco
- Projects include: Community and neighborhood tree planting, tree care and maintenance
See FUF Event Calendar for scheduled projects.
- About: Nature in the City works closely with Recreation and Park's Natural Areas Program (NAP) which manages 30 sites around San Francisco
- Where: San Francisco parks, wild lands and watershed areas
- Projects include: Planting native plants in restoration sites, weeding invasive plants, helping with rare plant and wildlife monitoring, trail construction & maintenance
See the Habitat Restoration page for more information
- About: Golden Gate Audubon is dedicated to the protection of Bay Area birds, other wildlife, and their natural habitats
- Where: San Francisco and East Bay
- Projects include: Habitat restoration and cleanup, removal of invasive plants
See the main volunteer page for more information.
- About: Works exclusively to protect and restore San Francisco Bay and the habitat surrounding the bay
- Where: Around the San Francisco Bay Area
- Projects include: Collecting native plant seeds, growing plants in nurseries, checking water quality, planting along shoreline, monitoring health of wildlife populations
Go to the Save the Bay Website for additional details.
- About: One Brick offers volunteers a no-commitment chance to participate in projects as time is available. Projects range from habitat restoration to working city events.
- Where: San Francisco and Bay Area
- Projects include: Habitat restoration workdays, helping at food banks, volunteering with children, setting up for and working at events
Go to the One Brick website to learn more.
- About: Completing the California Coastal trail and committed to well-stewarded coast, ensuring access for all to enjoy responsibly
- Where: Along the California coast
- Projects include: Beach cleanups, help with trail signs, lead coastal day hikes, attend Coastal Commission planning meetings, use GPS to map portions of the trails
Go to the Coastwalk website to get more information about the Coastal Trail and volunteer projects
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