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
Mid-September Hike at Lafferty Ranch
- Day: Sunday, September 22
- Time: 9am – 11:30am
- Place: Lafferty Ranch, Petaluma
- Free!
Join us for a hike on Lafferty Ranch, where the headwaters of Adobe Creek cascade down the west side of Sonoma Mountain. Lafferty Ranch is the only publicly owned land on this side of Sonoma Mountain.
Sign Up HereSOLD OUT The Next Waltz - A Fundraiser for LandPaths
- Day: Saturday, October 5, 2024
- Time: 3:30pm – 7:30pm
- Location: Yulupa Mountain Ranch, Santa Rosa
- Cost: Early bird price – $40 per person. After Sept. 27, $50 per person.
LandPaths is excited to invite our friends, supporters, and community members to The Next Waltz, our annual fundraising event! This year, we are honored host this event at Yulupa Mountain Ranch, a beautiful and historic ranch in Bennett Valley. Come and mingle with LandPaths’ staff and community, see our impact in action, listen to live music, and enjoy delicious food and drink.
Buy Tickets HereSelf-Guided Adventure at Rancho Mark West
- Day: Sunday, October 6
- Time: 9am – 2pm
- Place: Rancho Mark West, Santa Rosa
- Pre-registration is required.
Join LandPaths and our partner at Sonoma County Ag + Open Space for a free, self-guided adventure at Rancho Mark West. The first Saturday and Sunday of the month, Rancho Mark West will be open to the public from 9am to 2pm, please arrive by 2pm latest and return to your cars by no later than 3:30pm. Explore the trails that meander through a redwood forest, trek across open hillsides with views of oaks, madrones, and doug firs, and picnic along the pristine Mark West Creek as it flows towards the Laguna de Santa Rosa.
Sign Up HereGarden Stewardship Day at Ocean Song Preserve
- Day: Sunday, October 20
- Time: 11:30am – 3pm
- Place: Ocean Song Preserve, Occidental
The pollinator and habitat garden at Ocean Song/Myers is a truly magical place. You are invited to experience the land as you help tend the garden, a home for myriad blooms, bees, and birds (so many birds!)
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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