View of our new SF Bay Research Center, May 2006. Photo shows entrance from Shollenberger Park wetlands looking east at the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay.
View more photos.

How and Why? Conservation for a Lasting Legacy campaign

About the Building

What About West Marin?

How and Why? Conservation for a Lasting Legacy

^{In a time of ever increasing threats to wildlife and ecosystems, with potentially grave socio-economic consequences, PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) is uniquely poised to help ensure that conservation investments yield the most for birds, biodiversity and human society well into the 21st century.}

^{As a result of soaring demand for our scientific expertise, PRBO has quadrupled in size over the past decade. To expand upon our achievements and to help address global ecological challenges from climate change and biodiversity loss to spread of infectious disease, we constructed our new San Francisco Bay Research Center, a state-of-the-art hub for PRBO's research, training, and outreach.}

^{PRBO’s Conservation Science for a Lasting Legacy campaign is providing:}

• ^{an urgently needed research complex and enduring foundation for PRBO’s San Francisco Bay conservation initiative,}
• ^{professional quality office, meeting and lab space for our growing staff, visiting scientists and conservation biology interns working in wetland, marine and terrestrial ecosystems,}
• ^{cutting edge communications technologies (unavailable in west Marin) to link our highly dispersed field staff and field offices, and to advance PRBO’s data and information management, analysis, dissemination and exchange capabilities,}
• ^{increased access to more affordable housing for our staff, and,}
• ^{long term financial stability by providing significant unrestricted assets.}