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

Let's Read Outside / Leamos Afuera @ Bayer Farm

  • Fridays at Bayer Farm all summer long!
  • 10:30am
  • Free!

 

Let’s Read Outside is a garden program at Bayer Farm, Jeff’s Garden at Andy’s Unity Park and other Sonoma County open spaces. This is a special opportunity to get to know Bayer Farm and engage in aloud story time in the garden. The Let’s Read Outside program provides opportunities for families to combine a love of reading with a love of being outdoors.

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Star Thistle Stewardship & Sandwich Bar at Bohemia Ecological Preserve

Day: Saturday, June 28
Time: 9am – 1pm
Place: Bohemia Ecological Preserve, Occidental

Let’s join forces to get ride of Yellow Starthistle at Bohemia Ecological Preserves followed by LandPaths’ staffers favorite food: The Sandwich! This is a stewardship opportunity for all ages!

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Help Tend the Garden at Rancho Mark West

  • Day: Saturday, June 28
  • Time: 9am – 1pm
  • Place: Rancho Mark West, Santa Rosa 

Come on out and help us prepare the garden so that Owl Camp campers can enjoy it throughout the summer! We need all hands on deck to get the plants into the ground so they can start growing before the kids arrive on the land! Garden stewardship days are a great way to get outside and spend time at beautiful Rancho Mark West, giving back to the land! Bring your family!

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Summertime Morning Hike at Lafferty Ranch

  • Day: Sunday, June 29
  • Time: 9am – 11:30am
  • Led by docents Teddy and Carole

Join volunteer docents docents Teddy and Carole to explore Lafferty Ranch Open Space on Sonoma Mountain. This 270-acre property is the only publicly-owned land on the west side of Sonoma Mountain. Under contract with the City of Petaluma, LandPaths has been leading hikes on the land to introduce groups to its history and natural features since the summer of 2022. The hiking terrain ranges from broad, gentle meadows to steep challenging hillsides with a narrow path.

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Stories + News

Stories of Impact

Why Do We Conduct Prescribed Burns?

May 29, 2025

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 […]

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