MONTHLY eNEWS ARCHIVE

2023

December 2023

• 2023 Impact Report
• 2023 Year in Review video [English / Español]
• Volunteer spotlight
• New acquisition: McCormick Ranch
• Events & Outings

November 2023

• Mapping the poetic landscape of Sonoma
• Programming a reconnection with nature
• Giving Tuesday
• New staff introductions
• Outings

October 2023

• Nurturing nature back to health [English / Español]
• Meet your land stewards
• Professional forester carries the torch
• Language of the Land Webinar
• Outings

September 2023

• New acquisition in the Baylands ecosystem
• Restoring a creek for rising waters
• Elevating SR 37 – getting out of nature’s way
• New staff introductions
• Events & Outings

August 2023

• Mapping urban heat islands [English / Español]
• Mark West Area Park
• Green infill
• New Philanthropy Operations Associate
• Events & Outings

July 2023

• Six Sonoma species
• Monitoring migration over Sonoma County skies [English / Español]
• New Digital Marketing Manager
• Member appreciation day
• Events & Outings

June 2023

• Regenerating Lakeville Creek
• Reversing wells to refill aquifers [English/Español]
• Reactivating a floodplain using beaver dam analogs
• New board chair
• Events & Outings

May 2023

• Strategic plan 2023-2028 [English/Español]
• Details on six focal strategies of strategic plan
• New leadership at the Community Foundation Sonoma County
• Language of the Land Webinar
• Events & Outings

April 2023

• Our strategic plan charrette [English / Español]
• Transformative internships
• Teens put science to work
• Events & Outings

March 2023

• Sonoma County: Biodiversity Hotspot
• Vernal Pools Acquisition
• Sonoma’s Robust Diversity [English / Español]
• Events & Outings

February 2023

• Returning Good Fire to the Landscape
• The Students of Fire [English / Español]
• Oak Hill Farm
• Events & Outings

January 2023

• Unpacking 30×30, California’s part in a global movement [English / Español]
• A global road map to protect and restore nature
• What Sonoma County has planned for 30×30
• Events & Outings

2022

December 2022

• 2021 – 2022 Impact Report
• Sonoma Mountain Vernal Pools [English / Español]
• Nature Based Solutions to Climate Change [English / Español]

November 2022

• Citizen Scientists and Steadfast Supporters
• #GivingTuesday
• Thanks from the Conservation Council [English / Español]
• December hikes

October 2022

• The Secret Lives of Animals [English / Español]
• Western Forest Scorpion
• Five Bear Necessities [English / Español]
• Protecting Birds from Wildfire
• Welcoming New Board Members & Staff
• November hikes

September 2022

• Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month [English / Español]
• New Season of Bilingual Nature Walks
• The American Kestrel Returns [English / Español]
• Locate your watershed with a click [English / Español]
• Welcoming New Staff
• Donor Spotlight

August 2022

• Memorable summers outside: Bay Camp
• Nature—it’s personal: summer memories from our staff
• Language of the Land: Bringing Nature Home
• Fall hikes

July 2022

• OpenRoad features Land Trust work at Sears Point
• New marketing and media relations director hired
• Congressman Huffman tours wetland restoration areas
• Helping young oaks survive

June 2022

• Results of perscribed burn at Laufenburg Ranch
• Exciting sights/sounds at coastal rangelands
• This summer, be A Force for Nature
• The Land Trust celebrates Pride Month

May 2022

• 30×30 and TOGETHER Bay Area (interactive map)
• Strategic Plan now online
• Make Donor Advised Fund (DAF) donations go farther
• Vital east-west evacuation route cleared

April 2022

• Happy Earth Day!
• Live Oaks Ranch
• Cutting the Green Tape
• Campaign Highlights

March 2022

• Celebrate women’s history month
• Land Trust and 30×30
• Lenguaje de la tierra programa en español
• Glen Oaks Douglas-firs survival
• Return of the otter

February 2022

• Fire prep at Laufenburg Ranch
• Trek No. 100 to Pole Mountain
• Learn more about California’s 30X30 plan
• First glimpse of spring wildflowers
• Black History Month

January 2022

• SDC housing development could be scaled back
• Annual bird counts – listen to birds on Pole Mountain and Glen Oaks Ranch 
• Thanks to you, we beat our end-of-year challenge
• We’re hiring!

2021

December 2021

• Enjoy our yearend video
• OpenRoad TV’s Doug McConnell speaks out on SDC and the wildlife corridor
• “Fighting fire” on our Sonoma Valley preserves

November 2021

• Advocating for a healthy, resilient landscape at SDC
• Conservation Corps North Bay stewardship at Pole Mountain
• Not-to-be-missed recording on SDC and wildlife corridor

October 2021

• Learn about SDC and the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor
• Join in our $1.3 million yearend challenge
• Sharing our Land Acknowledgment Statement

September 2021

• Using nature to fix the levee erosion at Sears Point wetlands
• We’re 81 percent of the way to our campaign goal
• Bringing in wildfire resiliency funding

August 2021

• Conservation ranching along the coast for a cause
• Hikes on the land resume
• Field trip on forest and fire at Jenner Headlands

July 2021

• State of the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor
• Good-bye to Tony Nelson
• A bear family at Laufenburg Ranch

June 2021

• Meet the new chair of our board of directors, Marie Andel
• It’s the one-year anniversary of the teen Conservation Council!
• Supporting the Pole Mountain Lookout

May 2021

• Launching A Force for Nature
• Celebrating the protection of a Russian River ranch
• About the Petaluma River Baylands

April 2021

• Acquiring Fitzsimmons Ranch for Hood Mountain Regional Park
• A Force for Nature Campaign
• Joining forces with SCTA to improve Highway 37

March 2021

• Standing against racism
• EARTH DAY TALK: Wildflowers, wildlife and the wild within
• New program offerings in Spanish

February 2021

• A nature-based solution to levee erosion at Sears Point
• New grant to allow more fuel reduction work in Sonoma Valley
• “Moon shot” for nature

January 2021

• “The Adventure Gap, Changing the Face of the Outdoors”
• Appeals court affirms our right to enforce conservation easements
• Reducing wildfire risks at Laufenburg Ranch

2020

December 2020

• Virtual hiking up Pole Mountain
• What we know now about fire impacts on our lands
• Celebrating the Russian River

November 2020

• We’re thankful for you!
• The Russian River and Its Watershed book release party
• Bringing agriculture back to Laufenburg Ranch

October 2020

• Wendy Eliot retires after 21 years and conserving 18,000 acres
• 113 acres along Gualala River protected
• Living with the new fire cycle

September 2020

• Announcing fire collaborative’s new website
• Preserving Petaluma River Baylands with science
• Birdwatching to reduce stress

July 2020

• New era for Pole Mtn Lookout
• Video of bear at Laufenburg Ranch
• Water assets guide for practitioners

June 2020

• Fire and wildlife at Live Oaks Ranch
• Thoughts from Eamon
• Sonoma Creek Baylands strategy

May 2020

• Gloeckner-Turner Ranch protected forever
• SDC trails reopen
• Trout surprise!

April 2020

• Thoughts from Eamon
• Connecting you with nature at home
• Welcoming new board member

March 2020

• More animals using wildlife passage
• Black History Month
• Earth Day event

February 2020

• We are expanding the size of Taylor Mountain Regional Park
• We’ve moved online!
• Wildflower presentation

January 2020

• Wildlife-friendly fencing
• Reducing the fuel load on Pole Mountain
• Pines sprouting after 2017 fire

2019

December 2019

• 10 years with the Jenner Headlands
• New report! Bird monitoring at Sears Point
• Mark your calendar for Obi Kaufmann!

November 2019

• Check out our new Conservation Cocktails guide!
• The state of the land after the Kincade Fire
• Kids and climate change

October 2019

• We’re national award winners!
• $1 million challenge
• Q&A with a wildlife camera specialist

September 2019

• Join us at MarshFest
• Defending our future at the Climate Strike
• Welcome, Eamon!

August 2019

• Saying good-bye to Dave
• DEI plan adopted
• Remembering Ted Eliot

July 2019

• Greenway moves forward
• Celebrating art in nature
• Photo contest

June 2019

• Honoring Anne Teller
• $700k grant for SDC land
• Summer sunset hikes

May 2019

• Landmark decision for conservation law
• Bear on video
• Celebrate with us at Child in the Wild!

April 2019

• $1 million grant secured for Sonoma Valley fire management
• Free hiking guide
• Wildlife are using Bear Canyon Wildlands

March 2019

• Haire Ranch becomes wetland
• Important land for wildlife added to Hood Mountain park
• Six weeks of Bay Camp!

February 2019

• Starcross Monastic Community’s coastal property now protected forever
• Celebrate Sonoma Mountain at book release
• Special farmer wanted

January 2019

• Land Trust receives donation of stunning wild property
• We have a brand new website
• Thanks to you, we met our challenge!