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Celebrating Earth Month/Day 2022

Come join us on Friday, April 22 from 10am to 1pm for a special Friends of San Pedro Valley Park Volunteer Event! We are joining the Pacific Beach Coalition and other Pacifica volunteer groups during the month of April to celebrate Earth…

Our Inaugural Photo Contest

Calling all Members who enjoy taking photos in San Pedro Valley Park…We are excited to announce our very first Photo Contest!   Open to our Members only, digital photographs can be submitted for this contest beginning on February 1st and…

Happy New Year!

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park extend our best wishes for a peaceful, safe and healthy 2022 to our loyal members and all of our park visitors. The park remains open to visitors without restriction. The beginning of this…

Visitor Center Closing Again!

After just a few days short of only one full month since the Visitor Center was re-opened to the public on July 3rd, we are discouraged and greatly saddened to report that it is being closed again by the County…

Visitor Center to Re-Open on July 3rd!

Great News!!  The Visitor Center will once again be open to the public on the weekends beginning Saturday, July 3rd.  Volunteers with the Friends will be hosting again, as usual, at the information desk, from 10 am until 4 pm…

Covid-19 Restrictions Lifted!

As of June 15, 2021, Covid-19 restrictions in place since March 2020 have been lifted for all park visitors. Two-way hiking will immediately resume on all park trails and all visitors, either vaccinated and unvaccinated, are no longer required to…

Earth Day Event a Success!

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park’s Weeding & Planting Earth Day Event on April 21st was a great success.  Twelve hardy and energetic volunteers showed up, and with support from the Pacifica Land Trust and SMC Parks, we got the…

The Peregrine’s Saga; March 27th Webinar with Dr. Doug Bell

– by Mila Stroganoff How did we go from a historical figure of 250 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) pairs in California to 2 pairs in 1970? How did we take a much-revered bird and practically make it globally extinct within…

2020 – A Year to Forget…and Remember

As this year-from-a-horror-movie comes rapidly, and thankfully, to a close, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park want to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the many accomplishments of our group during the past year.  Our dedicated volunteers…

Post-Thanksgiving Event Recap

Our post-Thanksgiving “welcome table” event outside of the Visitor Center on Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, to celebrate the new mountain lion “exhibit” was a resounding success.  The park was packed with visitors on both with days under…