POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE ASSOCIATION
1 Bear Valley Road Building 70, Point Reyes Station, CA 949569703 www.ptreyes.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The official partner to the Point Reyes National Seashore since 1964, Point Reyes National Seashore Association focuses on three priorities: Youth education and inclusion, environmental conservation and building a broad community for people of all ages to learn about the Park.

Point Reyes National Seashore is a treasure open to all who visit. The wild and scenic peninsula sticks out into the Pacific Ocean like a green thumb, hitchhiking slowly northwest at a pace of three inches each year. No other public place along the northern California coast offers so much to so many. Situated close to millions of people in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, the National Seashore offers hiking trails across nearly 70,000 acres of wilderness, mountains, beaches, complex dunes, marshes and scrub. It offers coves and bays for kayaking, trails for equestrians and wildlife viewing opportunities for hundreds of bird species, tule elk, seals, sea lions, badgers, bobcats, otters and more. Unlike most parks around the country, Point Reyes National Seashore is free to the public. There is no entry fee. There are no parking fees. It is open to ALL. Inspiring Youth, Opening Doors, Putting Feet on the Trail: Draw a circle with a 30-mile diameter centered on the

the Bear Valley Visitor Center in the Park. That gets you to the East Bay, San Francisco, Sonoma County and Contra Costa County. To thousands of youths outside that circle, Point Reyes may seem like a million miles away. Many are in underserved communities lacking transportation, guides, time and supervision to allow them to explore the National Seashore. We remove those obstacles and work with schools and partner agencies to get those children into the park and their feet on the trail. Outdoor-based learning is an essential catalyst for healthy development. Through our Young Stewards programs, the number of Bay Area young people served has grown steadily since 1999 by approximately 50%. We provide need-based financial assistance to 62% of our young visitors, 50% of whom receive benefits from federal school lunch programs so that they can come out to the park and have the same experiences as more privileged youths and those who live closer. This year, we brought

over 3,200 children and families to the park through our programs and provided some form of financial assistance to about 1,800 of them. That total includes 954 kids in our school-year camps, 377 kids in summer camp, and 1,100 students attending our day-long Science at the Seashore field trips. Unfortunately, as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic, we had to cancel programming for 300 students at the end of our fiscal year in March. Conservation Through Science Supporting the Park: PRNSA works year-round in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) to protect and monitor the health of natural resources within the park. Park biologists and ecologists use data partially provided by us and priorities set by regional working groups to set an ambitious agenda each year. We secure funding from several sources including private donors, government grants and foundations to hire seasonal field staff. Those staff then work with NPS project managers on dune habitat

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