The Problem: California State Parks are in peril and face irreparable damage. Budget Cuts are starving parks - twice in the past two years, state parks were on the brink of being shut down and more cuts are expected.
A Solution: The state parks initiative, slated for the Nov. 2010 ballot, will create a stable source of funding for state parks. California vehicles will get free admission in exchange for an $18 vehicle license fee.
Click here for more info and to help with this initiative.
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Know someone with a vacation rental? List it with RedAwning.com and support LandPaths at the same time. RedAwning is offering a $50 donation to LandPaths for every vacation rental owner who signs up referencing LandPaths. Signing up is free at RedAwning.com/LandPaths. Tell your friends!
LandPaths is proud to partner with local businesses that give back to the community and support our work of connecting people with the land in Sonoma County.
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LandPaths' IOOBY program (In Our Own Backyard) marked 11 years of environmental education programming in Sonoma County, celebrating teachers, volunteers, and partners for all they do to help over 700 students around the county "adopt", explore, learn about and steward a local open space property.
Bree and Lansia, IOOBY director and assistant director, showed slides from the field visits, capturing some of the many moments and quotes of kids connecting with the outdoors.
To learn more about IOOBY, click here: http://www.landpaths.org/index.cfm/page/Get-Kids-Outside-In-Our-Own-Backyard
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LandPaths invites the kids to Owl Camp this summer!
Owl Camp is a nature-based day camp full of magic and inspiration for kids aged 5-12 (must have gone through Kindergarten). Thanks to the Sunrise Rotary Club for helping to support Owl Camp! A few spaces are left in upcoming one-week sessions. Sign up now!
Activities include: storytelling, tracking, creek exploration, swimming, music, keeping a nature journal, building things from nature, learning bird calls, hiking, canoeing, exploring redwood & salmon habitat, organic gardening.
Camp is located in Northeast Santa Rosa, off St. Helena Road on a 120-acre preserve with a pristine creek, pond, redwood forest and miles of trails all ready for exploring.
Three themed sessions for summer 2010: (click the links below for more details and to register)
- July 12-16: "Nature Skills & Secrets"
$200/child. Monday thru Friday 9:00AM-3:00P. There will be 26 student maximum per week.
Potential for an overnight (for an extra fee) on Thursday night for older kids.
For more information and to sign up, contact: Meg Hamill, Camp Director meg@landpaths.org, 707-544-7284 ext. 15
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Bayer Farm - growing local food and community leaders like LandPaths volunteer Ivan Chang (thanks Ivan!). Read more in this write-up in the Press Democrat - and then lend a hand on the farm this Friday, May 14, 2-5pm!
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Kick off the iGROW weekend at Bayer Farm! Grab your sun hat, shovel, friends and family to participate in a garden workday filled with activities for all ages. Help LandPaths and Conservation Corps North Bay as we install a habitat garden, make garden flags, plant the summer teaching garden, and clean-up potential hazards at Bayer Farm in Roseland. Following the afternoon of working in the garden we will celebrate Bayer Farm and the Roseland Community with snacks and live entertainment from the local group the Imaginists!
Friday, May 14 - 2-5pm at Bayer Farm in Roseland (1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa - visit link for map)
For more information and to RSVP contact Conservation Corps North Bay at (415) 884-3524 or email takingroot.bayerfarm@gmail.com or contact LandPaths at 707-544-7284 x11.
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Bayer Farm was one of over 600 gardens planted on May 15/16 as part of the 350 Garden Challenge, a grassroots effort to highlight existing and inspire new edible, waterwise landscapes across Sonoma County. Projects included over one hundred wine barrel "salsa gardens" in low-income households, lawn-to-food transformations, and a container garden at the board of supervisors' office.
For more on the success of this effort, ongoing goals, or if you haven't yet registered your garden, visit iGROW Sonoma http://www.igrowsonoma.org/350_garden_challenge or click here for Press Democrat coverage.
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