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With Santa Rosa purchase of greenway property, supporters look ahead to future park

December 9, 2024

Press Democrat

Bay Area, California voters shift away from progressive politics

November 11, 2024

KTVU

Here’s what we know about Sacramento County 2024 General Election results

November 8, 2024

Capradio

Proposition 4 climate bond seeks to avoid future costs with current investment

October 23, 2024

Press Democrat

What’s in Prop. 4, the $10B Climate Bond on the Ballot

October 17, 2024

Bay Nature

On Your November Ballot: Prop 4 Would Approve $10 Billion for Climate Action, Conserving Natural Resources

October 9, 2024

Sacramento Observer

PD Editorial: State gaining on land conservation goal

September 17, 2024

The Press Democrat

A look at the $10B climate bond California voters will decide on in November

July 23, 2024

Capradio

Sonoma County parks acquisition links Hood Mountain with Saddle Mountain preserve

July 22, 2024

Press Democrat

Prop 4: $10 billion bond for resilience, wildfire prevention makes ballot

July 5, 2024

NorCal Public Media

Close to Home: Fish, forest, communities need climate bond

May 19, 2024

Press Democrat

Santa Rosa Greenway, a decade in the making, might finally be realized

May 16, 2024

KCBS Radio

Power in Nature Coalition Responds to Governor Newsom’s Revised Budget, Calls for Climate Bond

May 16, 2024

Fullerton Observer

A ‘Central Park’ for Santa Rosa: State approves land sale for Southeast Greenway

May 15, 2024

Press Democrat

Celebrating ‘a rebirth’: Mark West Springs residents to party at site of future park

May 10, 2024

Press Democrat

Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area

February 16, 2024

CDFW News

New Highway 37 planning structure elevates focus on environment, San Pablo Baylands

February 14, 2024

Press Democrat

Former SDC open space lands getting much needed attention

January 30, 2024

NorCal Public Media

Large chunk of Sonoma Developmental Center land to be transferred to State Parks

January 4, 2024

Press Democrat

New additions poised to turn Sonoma County’s Hood Mountain Regional Park into a 5-square-mile ‘urban backcountry’

December 20, 2023

Press Democrat

Healdsburg community garden gifted an $89,000 tractor

November 19, 2023

Press Democrat

Fire season is here: prepare and stay informed

September 16, 2023

Sonoma Valley Sun

Close to Home: Mark West neighborhood needs a shared green space

September 14, 2023

Press Democrat

Huffman and Garamendi Seek Public Feedback on Proposed San Pablo National Wildlife Refuge Expansion

September 12, 2023

U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman

This House Survived a Wildfire Because of Its Smart Design. Here’s How.

September 11, 2023

Sunset

Discover why these 105 North Bay companies are Best Places to Work in 2023

September 1, 2023

North Bay Business Journal

Mark West Area Community Fund holds open house to raise money for new community park

August 26, 2023

Press Democrat

Crunching the Adaptation Numbers – Not Peanuts

June 27, 2023

Knee Deep Times

Sonoma Land Trust names new board chair

August 7, 2023

North Bay Business Journal

‘Good fire’ is California’s newest season

July 4, 2023

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Where are the ‘heat islands’ in Sonoma Valley?

May 31, 2023

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Development of Santa Rosa’s Southeast Greenway one step closer after state approval

May 10, 2023

Press Democrat

Sonoma Mountain Vernal Pools protected for generations

May 4, 2023

NorCal Public Media KRCB

Santa Rosa’s Southeast Greenway plans inch along as supporters wait for state approvals

April 13, 2023

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust acquires 174-acre land that boasts endangered flower species, vernal pools

April 5, 2023

Press Democrat

Excess rains could mean excess wildfire fuel in Sonoma

March 7, 2023

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma Developmental Center project heads to Board of Supervisors for pivotal vote

December 15, 2022

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust appoints new members to board

December 10, 2022

Press Democrat

Santa Rosa couple leaves $2.7 million to Sonoma Land Trust

November 18, 2022

Press Democrat

Final environmental report released for county’s bid to transform Sonoma Developmental Center with housing

October 19, 2022

Press Democrat

The ‘Specific Plan’ has very few specifics

September 15, 2022

Sonoma Valley Sun

Another housing battle has erupted over 1,000 homes in Wine Country. Here’s why residents aren’t likely to win

September 15, 2022

San Francisco Chronicle

Sea level rise threatens Highway 37; leaders prepare billion dollar plan to stop it

August 24, 2022

North Bay Business Journal

New SDC plan is inadequate, insufficient

August 20, 2022

Sonoma Valley Sun

Wetlands advocates work to raise Highway 37

August 11, 2022

ABC 7 News

Talks on Highway 37’s future underway as
sea-level threat looms

August 1, 2022

Marin Independent Journal

Another alternative for the future of the Sonoma Developmental Center

December 15, 2021

Kenwood Press

What President Biden’s infrastructure bills will mean to Bay Area communities (scroll to Highway 37)

December 10, 2021

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: A path forward for Sonoma Developmental Center

December 5, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune and Press Democrat

Community split on developing expansive state property in wildlife corridor

November 30, 2021

Kenwood Press

County supervisors get first look at SDC developments

November 15, 2021

Kenwood Press

Dense development plans for state land provoke harsh responses

November 15, 2021

Kenwood Press

Close to Home: SDC plan must protect wildlife corridor

November 12, 2021

Press Democrat

Concerns over how to protect major wildlife corridor through Sonoma Developmental Center

November 2, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Rising tides are cutting into restored wetlands on San Pablo Bay

October 29, 2021

San Francisco Chronicle

Sonoma Land Trust builds ‘living shoreline’ to thwart erosion at Sears Point

October 20, 2021

Press Democrat

Focus on the Sonoma Developmental Center: Preserving the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor

October 15, 2021

Kenwood Press

Read PDF

Letter to Editor: SDC proposals have serious gaps

October 15, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

State grant extends Sonoma Valley wildfire prevention work

September 25, 2021

Press Democrat

CAL FIRE gives nearly $1 million for fire safety in Sonoma Valley

September 21, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

$5 million to fight climate change on Highway 37

September 17, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Rising Reality: Elevating roadway to thwart its demise

July 16, 2021

San Francisco Chronicle

Read PDF

Federal funds offer a ray of hope for long-suffering commuters on Highway 37

July 9, 2021

Press Democrat

Encouraging Latino families to explore nature together

May 28, 2021

Press Democrat

Wine Country’s cow herds help preserve native grasslands

May 22, 2021

Press Democrat

Family preserves 758-acre ranch just east of Healdsburg, blocks future development

May 18, 2021

Press Democrat

200-acre Fitzsimmons Ranch added to Sonoma County’s Hood Mountain Regional Park

April 23, 2021

Press Democrat

Land Trust donates historic 200-acre homestead to regional park

April 19, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

‘Burn It on Our Terms’: Using Flames to Curb Catastrophic Wildfire in Sonoma County

March, 2021

Sonoma Magazine

$1.1 million for vegetation thinning in Sonoma Valley

February 22, 2021

Sonoma Index-Tribune

“The Adventure Gap” author to talk about racial inequality in outdoor recreation

February 19, 2021

Press Democrat

New grant to allow extended fuel reduction work in Sonoma Valley

February 19, 2021

Press Democrat

County supervisors get first look at SDC developments

February 1, 2021

Kenwood Press

Our Familias Al Aire Libre (Families Outdoors) program

Winter, 2021

Land Trust Alliance’s Saving Land magazine (scroll to page 9)

Santa Rosa artist’s new book pays tribute to the Russian River

December 24 , 2020

Press Democrat

Petaluma’s Serengeti past: Stepping back 18,000 years

December 21, 2020

Petaluma Argus-Courier 

Petaluma nonprofit hopes to create a riverfront park

November 19, 2020

Press Democrat

Wendy Eliot, longtime conservation director of Sonoma Land Trust, retires after protecting 18,000 acres of Sonoma County

November 3, 2020

Press Democrat

Petaluma Parks: A foggy, action-packed morning at Sears Point Wetlands

July 28, 2020

Press Democrat and Petaluma Argus Courier

Congress approves landmark Great American Outdoors Act that has bolstered Sonoma County parks

July 23, 2020

Press Democrat

Connecting people with wetlands (at Sears Point Ranch)

July 8, 2020

Ducks Unlimited national magazine

Pollinator protectors unite: Plant seeds for pollinators

June 30, 2020

Sonoma County Gazette

Anne Teller bequeathed $500K to Sonoma Land Trust

June 30, 2020

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Conservation deal reached to protect 3,400-acre ranch near Lake Sonoma

June 1, 2020

Press Democrat

Preparing for Climate Change in Sonoma County

April 18, 2020

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Addition to Taylor Mountain park in Santa Rosa secures key link in open space protection

March 30, 2020

Press Democrat

How wild animals survive the winter in Sonoma County

December 20, 2019

Press Democrat

Gaye LeBaron: Rustic McCormick homestead has a legacy of strong women

December 15, 2019

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust announces deal to purchase 654-acre ranch in Mayacamas with storied past — will be added to park system

November 12, 2019

San Francisco Chronicle

Press Democrat

Kenwood Press

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Napa Valley Register

KSRO

NBC Bay Area

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Eamon O’Byrne, Sonoma Land Trust’s New Executive Director

October 1, 2019

Healdsburg Living

Mountain Lions in Sonoma County, and a Man’s Mission to Save Them

October 1, 2019

Sonoma Magazine

Incoming director of Sonoma Land Trust has long felt a connection to Sonoma County

July 12, 2019

Press Democrat

SDC wildlands to benefit from Todd bequest

June 24, 2019

Sonoma Index-Tribune

A couple uprooted a 180-year-old oak. A judge ordered them to pay nearly $600,000.

May 10, 2019

The Washington Post

Sonoma County couple ordered to pay nearly $600,000 for damage to protected property

May 8, 2019

Press Democrat

Group gets $1 million for Sonoma Valley fire prevention efforts

April 18, 2019

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust protects farm, wild lands at Starcross Monastic Community

April, 2019

Press Democrat

Read Gaye LeBaron’s column

Sonoma Land Trust Legacy

February 14, 2019

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell 

Owners give up developmental rights to protect critical watershed land in Mark West

December 24, 2018

Press Democrat

Pole Mountain and the Jenner Headlands open!

SeptemberOctober, 2018

Read Press Democrat story about the opening

Read Press Democrat story about hiking “Sea to Sky” trail 

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Sonoma County’s newest regional park, Tolay Lake, opens at last

October 27, 2018

Press Democrat

Nearly 1,000 acres of open space protected next to future Tolay Lake Regional Park

September 10, 2018

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust invests in the next generation

August 12, 2018

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Charred Sonoma County landscape tells of October fires’ complex toll

June 23, 2018

Press Democrat

Sonoma County’s wildlife makes impressive rebound after fire

June 21, 2018

Press Democrat

Sonoma Fire Lessons

April 28, 2018

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Hood Mountain Regional Park to grow with donation of Santa Rosa Creek property

April 4, 2018

Press Democrat

Jenner Headlands – Pole Mountain

New public lands on the northern Sonoma County coast

March 11, 2018

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Preserving a way of life – Oakhill Farm and Sonoma Land Trust

August 15, 2017

The Kenwood Press

Sonoma Land Trust wins $100k Impact grant tied to future of SDC land

June 12, 2017

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma Land Trust

Preservation of wild lands in Sonoma County

July 5, 2017

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Towering, remote Sonoma County forest preserved with $4.5 million from local taxpayers

May 7, 2017

Press Democrat

Exploring Sonoma Land Trust’s newest ‘Forever Lands’

May 3, 2017

Press Democrat

Tolay Lake

A sacred and secluded sanctuary hidden in the hills of Sonoma County.

March 11, 2017

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Sonoma Land Trust donates 1,665-acre ranch to Regional Parks

Doubles size of Tolay Lake Regional Park

March 3, 2017 ­

Press Democrat

Sonoma Land Trust’s has $2.1 million grant to support work on wildlife corridors

August 18, 2016

Press Democrat

Sonoma Wildlife Corridor

June 16, 2016

OpenRoad with Doug McConnell

Sonoma Land Trust finalizing deal to add land to Hood Mountain Regional Park

June 6, 2016

Press Democrat

The Bay won! Thanks for voting for Measure AA

May-June, 2016

Press Democrat
San Francisco Chronicle
Sonoma West

It was a glorious opening of the new Bay Trail at Sears Point!

May 15, 2016

Press Democrat
Marin IJ
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Conservation groups purchase Estero Ranch in $3.8 million deal

January 7, 2016

Press Democrat

Inspiring story from KGO-TV about our Sears Point Wetland Restoration project!

Watch the video

Breaching the Sears Point levee to restore 1,000 acres of tidal marsh (Oct. 2015)

Santa Rosa Press Democrat
San Francisco Chronicle
KPIX-TV Channel 5
Marin IJ

We’ve saved Pole Mountain — the highest point on the Sonoma Coast!

June 30, 2014

Press Democrat
San Francisco Chronicle

Sears Point Groundbreaking

June 6, 2014

Press Democrat
Sonoma Index-Tribune

First Transform SDC meeting Sat., May 2, 9-1

April 26, 2015

Read Press Democrat article

Listen to KRCB Radio interview

Sonoma Land Trust leader Ralph Benson leaving

December 25, 2014

Read Press Democrat article

Listen to KRCB Radio interview with Ralph

Sonoma Land Trust purchases Haire Ranch on Skaggs Island

Ranch holds the key to long-awaited 4,400-acre wetland restoration

December 13, 2013

San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sonoma Index-Tribune

SAVED: Curreri property in the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor!

October 30, 2014

Press Democrat article
Sonoma Index-Tribune article

Land trust buys Sonoma’s Pole Mountain for public use

July 1, 2014

San Francisco Chronicle

Pole Mountain protected under $2.3 million deal

June 30, 2014

Press Democrat

Work begins to restore Sears Point wetlands

June 10, 2014 

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Ambitious project seeks to restore Sears Point wetlands

June 6, 2014

Press Democrat

Turning back the tide in marsh restoration near Vallejo

June 6, 2014

Vallejo Times-Herald

To read earlier press coverage, click here.