National Park Service
National Park Service



Remove non-native plants.
Keep parks updated using computers.
Assist in emergency responses.
Greet park visitors at a visitor center.
Provide visitors with site information.
Conduct tours at National Parks and share the wonders of nature to the general public.
Assisting people with disabilities to fully enjoy the wonders of nature and assisting them to learn about our National Parks.
Work in a native plant nursery.
Groom horses for the park patrol.
Restoring historical structures.
Protect the park's wildlife and working with park scientests to protect endangered species.
Assit in designing and conducting information programs for the general public and school children.
Recreate the past.

If you have special skills or want to learn some give the National Park Service a call. All volunteers receive orientation and training. Each volunteer's time is very valuable to the National Park Service and that contribution of time makes a big difference. A National Park Service Volunteer uniform will be provided.

Link to the National Park Service ~ Volunteer in Parks web page for more detailed information.

Link to the National Park Service Headquarters web page for detailed information on all Federal Parks in the United States.
(Information on all parks, tent and cabin camping, hiking, back packing, RVing, horse back riding, hostals, and hotel and restaurant reservations and much more.)

In the Golden State of California for Volunteer Application contact:

United States Department of the Interior
The National Park Service
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Volunteer Coordinator
Fort Mason, Building 201
San Francisco, California 94123

Telephone Number: (415) 556-3535

Link to the Volunteer in Parks program web page for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Link to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area web page.

The Presidio of San Francisco, former Headquarters of the Sixth United States Army

The year was 1776. Even as the Declaration of Independence was being signed in Philadelphia, a handful of Spanish colonists three thousand miles to the west were raising their nations' flag and had begun building a tiny adobe fort, near the entrance to the Golden Gate, which they named the Presidio of San Francisco. For 218 years the Presidio developed in size and importance as it served successively under the flags of three nations - Spain, Mexico, and the United States. During it's history the Presidio has protected commerce, trade and migration, and has played a logistical role in every major U.S. military engagement since the Mexican-American War. World events and those on the home front - from world conflicts to aviation firsts, from World Fairs to natural disasters - left their mark on the Presidio.

In 1972, when Congress authorized the establishment of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Presidio of San Francisco was included in that authorization.

In 1989, as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Act, the Army announced that the military post wold be closed and began plans to vacate the Presidio by 1995. On October 1, 1994, the Presidio became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.




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