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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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A Message from Executive Director Craig Anderson
April 2, 2020
Dear Friends, We miss you. We miss the hum of activity at a stewardship workday; We miss the morning awkwardness followed by warm, familial feelings in the …
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Adventures in Crows, Bird Calls, and Composting
April 1, 2020
Over the next few weeks, as we all shelter-in-place in Sonoma County, we are sharing uplifting stories from LandPaths’ staff about how they are discovering the hidden …
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Future Stewards of the Earth: McDowell Elementary School Students Get Outside with IOOBY
March 3, 2020
The climate crisis means that a sense of our interconnection with a healthy natural world has never been more crucial. Ideally, this connection and stewardship starts in …
Tags: Climate Change, environmental education, iooby, mcdowell elementary school, open field farm, petaluma, Rooting Youth in Nature, stewardship, Youth Programs


Stewardship, Joy, and Gratitude at LandPaths’ First Volunteer Stewardship Workday at Ocean Song Preserve
February 20, 2020
Set to a soundtrack of soothing ocean waves rising from the Sonoma Coast below, LandPaths’ hosted our first stewardship workday of 2020 in January at Ocean Song …
Tags: Ocean Song, stewardship, Volunteer


Stewarding Forests through a Fire Ecology Lens
November 20, 2019
Increasingly severe fires, flooding, and drought have left us without a doubt: We are in a climate emergency. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we …
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Tags: fire ecology, grove of old trees, resilience, riddell preserve, stewardship, workshops


Bayer Farm Pop-Up Halloween Adventure Day and Camp
November 2, 2019
As we reeled from the mass upheaval of the Kincade fire in late October, LandPaths jumped into action. Your whole-hearted generosity, as a donor and friend, made …
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Tags: Bayer Farm, Community Garden, Nature Camp, Rooting Youth in Nature, Youth Programs


LandPaths Protects Ocean Song
November 1, 2019
The iconic 421-acre property has a legacy of rural, wild, and agricultural heritage, and environmental education. LandPaths announced the acquisition of Ocean Song, a 421-acre property, of …
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Tags: carbon sink, environmental education, Hiking, Ocean Song, Protected Land, Recreation


A Message to the Community: Kincade Fire
November 1, 2019
Dear Fantastic Community, We’ve been here before: the sleeplessness of a night with ferocious wind, smoke blowing, the once-familiar backyard transformed into a dark, hazardous wind tunnel; …
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Tags: Hiking
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