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 […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Carol Carr, Wildlife Corridor Project Read Article
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.
Reflections on the Queer Forestry and Fire Program Read Article
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.
Caring for the Land at Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Educational Center Read Article
El grupo de Vamos a Yosemite con LandPaths llegó al emblemático parque nacional un viernes por la tarde, justo después de una breve tormenta de verano, en
Dar y admirar: Vamos a Yosemite 2024 Read Article
The Vamos a Yosemite con LandPaths group arrived at the iconic national park on a Friday afternoon, just after a brief summer rainstorm, in passenger vans rented
Giving Back and Standing in Awe: Vamos a Yosemite 2024 Read Article
Community partnerships lie at the heart of LandPaths’ mission to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. In March, we collaborated with worker leaders with
Story by Lara O’Herlihy, Stewardship Field Specialist I’m sitting on a grassy hillside in the Coleman Valley Creek drainage that overlooks the ocean, pulling the invasive bracypodium
Discover the World of Native California Grasslands! Read Article
It’s time for the Big Tree Month Photo Contest! Large and big old-growth trees in Sonoma County captivate LandPaths participants with their immense size and complex network
Enter the Big Tree Month Photo Contest – January 2024 Read Article
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
by Miles Sarvis-Wilburn, Stewardship Field Specialist at LandPaths I arrived at LandPaths’ Ocean Song/Myers Preserve at 7:30am, the sun rising over a thick ocean of fog, and
What’s It Like to Participate in a Prescribed Burn? Read Article