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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tags: iooby, Rooting Youth in Nature, sit spot, vamos afuera

Una actualización sobre la hoja de preguntas frecuentes sobre programación de verano y campamentos

April 14, 2020

Queridas familias, Las últimas semanas de aplanar la curva de casos de Covid-19 no han sido fáciles, ya que muchos de nosotros con las responsabilidades de trabajo […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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