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Meet Lee: Getting to Know LandPaths’ Executive Director

September 2, 2026

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 […]

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LandPaths Featured in The Guardian!

August 12, 2026

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 […]

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

July 11, 2026

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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A $4.9 million grant to the Environmental Education Pathways Project expands access to high-quality environmental education for Title I students in Sonoma County.  

May 22, 2026

LandPaths is proud to be one of 13 local organizations providing high-quality, environmental education in Sonoma County as part of the Environmental Education Pathways Project established by […]

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Exploring the Coast with 7th Grade Science Students

May 11, 2026

After a 40-minute bus ride, 69 students from Santa Rosa Language Academy (formerly Cesar Chavez Language Academy), a Title I school in the Roseland area of Santa Rosa, chatter with excitement as […]

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Getting Right with Land, People, and Fire at Ya-Ka-Ama 

January 20, 2026

Story by Roxy Layden, senior stewardship field specialist and Right Relations committee member at LandPaths Ya-Ka-Ama, an intertribal nonprofit founded in 1971, has a rich history rooted […]

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LandPaths acquires magnificent 69-acre parcel, owned by the same family for 90 years, half a mile from the Grove of Old Trees in Occidental  

December 11, 2025

Twin oak trees, framed by redwoods, stretch craggy branches over waves of coastal prairie. The headwaters of Fay Creek, home to steelhead trout, burble and splash towards the sea. A rustic, family-built, decades old trail leads the way past second and old-growth redwoods, including one that is 13 feet wide and over 1,000 years old. These are […]

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A photo of a prescribed burn at the Grove of Old Trees. Redwoods are engulged in smoke and orange flames are under the trees but not out of control.

Why Do We Conduct Prescribed Burns at our Sonoma County Preserves?

May 29, 2025

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

February 14, 2025

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 […]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Carol Carr, Wildlife Corridor Project

February 10, 2025

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

Introducing Stand for the Land!

February 6, 2025

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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Nature is So Cool! An interview with Youth Field Specialist Mich Swannucci

January 21, 2025

Mich Swannucci has been a Youth Field Specialist at LandPaths for a little under one year and we already can’t imagine our Rooting Youth in Nature initiative […]

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