• 600 new families and youth were introduced to the Seashore through our new low-cost and free Get to the Point! events. Designed to encourage those unfamiliar with the natural history of the park to learn and simply have fun, we offered events in whale watching, astronomy, birding, and others. Several of these programs were offered in Spanish.
• 4,380 children and families were connected to the park through our environmental education programs.
• Our robust scholarship program brought more than 2,500 youth, especially those from underserved communities, to the Park to learn and play.
• 917 people were served with 77 classes and guided programs in the Natural World, Arts and Photography, and Outdoor Adventure through our Field Institute program.
• We now have 9 seasonal field staff who work with NPS project managers on dune habitat restoration, coho salmon conservation, community outreach programs, invasive plant management, elephant seal monitoring, and historic conservation of cultural resources in the park.
• We funded research into coho salmon in Tomales Bay; sea star wasting disease; climate change impacts on elephant seals; the ecology of eelgrass, a keystone species; monitoring the California black rail in the Giacomini Wetlands; and the construction of a baseline food web of coastal ecosystems in the National Seashore.