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Celebrating 30 Years (1996 - 2026)

LandPaths is an environmental education and conservation leader with the mission is 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.

Sign up for an outing or stewardship day at the Calendar. Or click on Participate in the menu to find out how you can get involved!

Initiatives

Rooting Youth in Nature

From environmental education at Title 1 schools to weeklong nature camps, we reduce barriers and expand opportunities so that more youth are able to experience wonder, joy, awe, belonging, and connection with the natural world.

Branching Out Conservation for Everyone

We expand and grow the number of people who benefit from healthy land, understand the value of nature, and want to care for the land that gives so much back to us.

Community Care

Growing Community with Nature

Reciprocal and joyful relationships between people and the land are crucial to healthy communities. From volunteer grassland restoration and good fire days to community gatherings in local open spaces, you’ll find a range of opportunities to tend the land and make a difference.

Featured Outings

Self-Guided Adventure at Rancho Mark West

  • Day: Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026
  • Time: 9am – 2pm
  • Place: Rancho Mark West, Santa Rosa

 

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 and picnic along the pristine Mark West Creek as it flows towards the Laguna de Santa Rosa.

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Volunteer Stewardship Day at Bohemia Ecological Preserve

  • Day: Saturday, Sept. 19
  • Time: 9am – 1pm
  • Place: Bohemia Ecological Preserve, Occidental

We invite you to join us in caring for the beautiful lands of Sonoma County on this forestry day. Tending to our forests is vital for habitat creation and retention, ecosystem biodiversity, wildfire resilience, and most important, it’s fun! Our goals include learning how to gauge forest health, how to safely prune and fell trees, how to build burn piles, species identification, and a deepening of our relationship with the land.

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Garden Day at Ocean Song Preserve

  • Day: Sunday, Sept. 20
  • Time: 10:30am – 3pm (including optional hike)
  • Location: Ocean Song Preserve, Occidental

Please join us to tend the pollinator and habitat garden at Ocean Song-Myers Preserve in Occidental! Volunteer land stewardship days like this are a good way to experience the preserve, which is closed to public access. Activities depend on the season, and might include pruning, mulching, mowing or other seasonal needs.

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Harvest Festival at Bayer Farm

  • Day: Saturday, September 26
  • Time: 10am – 3pm
  • Location: Bayer Farm, Santa Rosa

The Harvest Festival is back! Join us for a day of fun, community, and nature in the city at our community garden in Roseland! Free and family friendly! For sponsorship opportunities, contact Development Director Frances Lee at frances@landpaths.org or (707) 544-7284.

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Stories + News

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Meet Lee: Getting to Know LandPaths’ Executive Director

September 2, 2026

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From a young age, LandPaths’ Executive Director, Lee Hackeling felt most herself escaping to the woods, digging up wild onions for soup, discovering mysterious plants like jack-in-the pulpits, and […]

LandPaths Featured in The Guardian!

August 12, 2026

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LandPaths was featured on the front page of The Guardian US on August 12, 2026! The story by Shandra Back focuses on our team, including New Audiences […]

Craig “Sven” Anderson Announces Retirement as Executive Director of LandPaths

July 11, 2026

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After 29 years of service — including the past three as Executive Director of External Affairs alongside co-director Lee Hackeling — Craig “Sven” Anderson will retire from […]

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