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IOOBY Goes Digital: How our Youth Team Brought the Joy, Wonder, and Awe of Nature to the Screen
June 11, 2020
When schools across Sonoma County closed down for in-person learning in March due to the coronavirus, teachers, students, and parents were suddenly faced with a series of …
Tags: environmental education, iooby, Rooting Youth in Nature


An Update on LandPaths Preserves and Partner Properties
June 3, 2020
LandPaths exists – if for nothing else – then to harness community power to protect healthy land on which to experience and be inspired by nature, where …
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Tags: Bayer Farm, Bohemia Ecological Preserve, Coronavirus, grove of old trees, LandPaths, Ocean Song, rancho mark west, riddell preserve, Sonoma County


Children Still Need Community: How iREAD Outside shifted online during the pandemic
May 13, 2020
Guadalupe Casco, Senior Bilingual Field Specialist, runs iREAD Outside, one of LandPaths’ hallmark programs for children. Recently, she’s taken on the challenge of shifting a completely outdoors-based …
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Neighborhood Nature: Meet a Gopher Snake
April 29, 2020
This photo, taken by LandPaths Education Field Specialist Mineaux Gray, is of a Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer) at Ocean Song Preserve. The four-foot long reptile …
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Tags: biomimicry, gopher snake, iooby, Ocean Song, Rooting Youth in Nature


Neighborhood Nature: Meet a Banana Slug!
April 27, 2020
by Jessica Holloway, Senior Education Field Specialist With all this time at home, we’ve been noticing all kinds of cool creatures cruising around outside, like these Banana Slugs! Use …
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Tags: banana slug, Beetles Project, hidden nature, iooby, neighborhood nature, Rooting Youth in Nature


Staff Share Their Favorite Books about Nature + Culture on #WorldBookDay
April 23, 2020
In celebration of World Book Day 2020 and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we thought it would be fun to share a list of LandPaths’ staffers …
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La naturaleza a tu alrededor: encuentra tu espacio especial
April 21, 2020
Escrito por Jamie Nakama, Manager de Programas Juveniles Traducido por Guadalupe Casco, Especialista de Campo Bilingüe Esta actividad es parte de lo que hacemos con nuestros alumnos …
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Tags: iooby, Rooting Youth in Nature, sit spot, vamos afuera
An Update About Summer Programming and Camps FAQ sheet
April 14, 2020
Dear Families, The last few weeks of flattening the curve haven’t been easy as many of us juggle work and parenting responsibilities, or the financial challenge of …
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Neighborhood Nature: Find Your Sit Spot
April 9, 2020
By Jamie Nakama, Youth Programs Manager This is an activity that we do with elementary-aged students as part of our environmental education program IOOBY. A “sit spot” …
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Tags: hidden nature, iooby, Rooting Youth in Nature, sit spot


LandPaths receives a nearly $2.5 million grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to purchase Myers property adjacent to Ocean Song Preserve in West Sonoma County.
April 9, 2020
The grant will enable the historic reunification and protection of nearly 800 acres of coastal ranchlands in West Sonoma County and create a walking/hiking connection from the …


Aventuras en cuervos, canto de pájaros y compostaje
April 6, 2020
Durante las próximas semanas, mientras todxs nos refugiamos en lugar el condado de Sonoma, compartimos historias alentadoras del personal de LandPaths sobre cómo están descubriendo la naturaleza oculta y no tan …
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