About LandPaths
LandPaths is an environmental education and conservation leader with the mission to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. We believe everyone should have access to the awe and inspiration of nature.
Annually, we engage thousands of participants like you in joyful, caring, and transformative relationship with the land. We do this mainly through creative outings led in both English and Spanish, environmental education, nature camps, and people-powered land stewardship of local open spaces.
Land Acknowledgement
Our community gardens, office, and preserves throughout Sonoma County are located on the ancestral homelands of the Southern Pomo, Coast Miwok, Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, and Mishewal people, past, present, and future. We recognize them as the first people and the first stewards of this land.
Initiatives
Community Care
Growing Community with Nature
Wildfires, flooding, and other challenges have dramatically increased globally and locally because of human-caused climate change. Reciprocal and joyful relationships between people and the land is a solution to climate disruption. From volunteer land stewardship days to community gatherings in local open spaces, you’ll find a range of creative, impactful opportunities to participate with LandPaths and make a difference.
Featured Outings
Veteran's Potluck Celebration at Bayer Farm
- Day/día: Friday, November 15; viernes, 15 de noviembre
- Time/hora: 5:30pm – 8pm
- Place/Lugar: Bayer Farm, 1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa
Please join us for an evening of food and celebration with veterans from the community. All Veterans and families are welcome to join. The evening will be a potluck celebration so bring your fall treats, drinks, and dishes. No registration is required.
Únase con nosotros para una noche de comida y celebración con nuestros veteranos de guerra de la comunidad. Todos los veteranos y sus familias son bienvenides. La noche será una celebración compartida, así que traiga sus postres, bebidas y platillos de otoño. No se requiere inscripción.
Learn MoreGarden Day at Ocean Song Preserve
- Day: Sunday, November 17
- Time: 11:30am – 3pm
- Place: Ocean Song Preserve, West County
Late Fall Hike at Lafferty Ranch
- Day: Saturday, November 23
- Time: 9am – 11:30am
- Place: Lafferty Ranch, Petaluma
- Pre-registration is required.
Docent Program Training
- Day: Sunday, November 24 + Sunday, December 8
- Place: Sonoma County – location information sent out after registration
Join our two-day training to become a Docent with us! Docents are critical to increasing access to the nature preserves through creative and inspiring outings on the land, and you’ll get to explore the preserves on your own as an added perk! Sunday November 24th from 10am to 1pm and Sunday December 8th from 10am to 4pm.
SIgn Up HereStories + News
Stories of Impact
Caring for the Land at Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Educational Center
September 12, 2024
Tags: growing community with nature, right relations, slow restoration, stewardship, wildfirefuelreduction
Story by Miles Sarvis-Wilburn, Senior Stewardship Field Specialist Stewardship is a strengthening of the relationship between person and land. When we steward, we connect directly with the […]
Dar y admirar: Vamos a Yosemite 2024
August 21, 2024
Tags: branching out conservation for everyone, stewardship, vamos afuera, yosemite
El grupo de Vamos a Yosemite con LandPaths llegó al emblemático parque nacional un viernes por la tarde, justo después de una breve tormenta de verano, en […]
Giving Back and Standing in Awe: Vamos a Yosemite 2024
August 21, 2024
Tags: branching out conservation for everyone, stewardship, vamos afuera, yosemite
The Vamos a Yosemite con LandPaths group arrived at the iconic national park on a Friday afternoon, just after a brief summer rainstorm, in passenger vans rented […]
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