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 Pomo, Coast Miwok, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, and the Wappo people, past, present, and future. We recognize them as the First Peoples and the First Stewards of this land.

Initiatives

Rooting Youth in Nature

LandPaths significantly reduces the barriers and expands opportunities to get outside so that more youth are able to experience wonder, joy, awe, belonging, and connection in nature.

Branching Out Conservation for Everyone

LandPaths expands the amount of people in Sonoma County who benefit from healthy land, understand the value of nature, and cultivate a sense of wanting to care for the land that gives so much back to us.

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

Grass Blast Bio Blitz at Ocean Song/Myers Preserve

Day: Saturday, May 3

Time: 10am – 2pm

Place: Ocean Song/Myers Preserve, Occidental

 

Join us for this community science event to learn about the ecosystem function of grasslands, how to identify parts of a grass, and different species of grasses and forbs. Please download the iNaturalist app if you’d like to contribute to documenting spcies we ID, as well as a hand lens, ID books/dichotomous key, or any other resources that will help you learn more about this very special serpentine grassland.

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Vamos Afuera: Día de las Madres en el Huerto de Árboles Antiguos

Día: sábado, 10 de mayo
Hora: 9am – 2pm
Lugar: el Huerto de Árboles Antiguos (Grove of Old Trees)

En este día especial de las madres, LandPaths los/as invita a conocer a los árboles antiguos de la reserva ecológica, The Grove of Old Trees (o Huerto de Arboles Antiguos) con el programa de Vamos Afuera. Este santuario de 48 acres es una joya escondida en las colinas al oeste de la ciudad de Occidental. Disfrutaremos una caminata ligera y almorzaremos entre la belleza y la grandeza de los árboles. Exploraremos dentro del hermoso huerto y tendremos un momento de gratitud y celebración debajo de los hermosos gigantes. Este es un lugar perfecto para convivir con todas las madres y sus familias.

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Family Friendly Adventure at Bohemia Ecological Preserve

  • Day: Sunday, May 18
  • Time:9:30am – 12:30pm
  • Place: Bohemia Ecological Preserve 
  • Cost: Sliding Scale

Gather with your loved ones and join our volunteer docents for a family friendly adventure in Bohemia Ecological Preserve. On this family-friendly hike, we will explore the beauty of the Bohemia Ecological Preserve and engage all five senses to identify wildflowers, marvel at the fullness of the creek, and listen and look for birds and other wildlife.

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Late Spring Hike at Lafferty Ranch

  • Day: Saturday, May 24
  • Time: 9am – 11:30am
  • Place: Lafferty Ranch, Healdsburg

May is usually a time of transition with late wildflowers and warmer days at Lafferty Ranch Open Space on upper Sonoma Mountain. Join docent Larry Modell, a long-time advocate for public open space, to explore this unique property and discuss its future.

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Stories + News

Stories of Impact

Reflections from Jim & Betty Doerksen, Land Partners at Rancho Mark West

February 14, 2025

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Jim and Betty Doerksen purchased Rancho Mark West in 1967. The Doerksens have worked tirelessly, planting upwards of “one million trees,” according to Jim. They also started […]

Volunteer Spotlight: Carol Carr, Wildlife Corridor Project

February 10, 2025

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After the Glass fire in 2020, Carol Carr was looking for ways to make a difference in her community by helping out with fire recovery efforts. Her […]

A group of teens and adults stand in front of a beautiful stand of redwood trees.

Introducing Stand for the Land!

February 6, 2025

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On a Wednesday afternoon in January, a group of teens and adults from Santa Rosa headed to the Grove of Old Trees for an afternoon of respite and connection. After chatting and […]

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