growing community with nature

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  

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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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Reflections on the Queer Forestry and Fire Program

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The closest sound to me is my handsaw cutting through the wood of a small Douglas fir tree, the next sound the wind bustling in the canopy overhead and through the tall dried grasses surrounding me, more distant the sounds of laughter and conversation from those working around me, beyond that the consistent call of the foghorn from the bay. These sounds surround me as I work in the Ocean Song grassland, homeland of the southern Pomo, alongside the twenty-five other individuals who participated in the Queer Forestry and Fire Program. These are the sounds of community, connection, and care for the land and each other that we created in this program. 

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Caring for the Land at Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Educational Center

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Stewardship is a strengthening of the relationship between person and land. When we steward, we connect directly with the plants and animals, fungi and watersheds, but we also connect with history. This is because for tens of thousands of years people have lived on this land and cared for it, as we try to now.

In Sonoma County, these people are the Pomo, Coast Miwok, and Mishewal Wappo. They are represented through various federally recognized and unrecognized tribes. On August 31, we had the privilege of joining community stewards and Sonoma Earth School in an amazing day of stewardship at Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education and Development, Inc. Click one the tags above to read the entire story.

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Reflections: Slow Restoration Community Forestry Project for Women and Nonbinary Participants

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By Lara O’Herlihy, Stewardship Field Specialist This past October, fourteen strangers met for the first time at Riddell Preserve, LandPaths’ 400-acre protected open space preserve in the

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