MONTHLY eNEWS ARCHIVE

2015

December 2015

• Make your gift go farther this month ─ join our $1 Million Challenge today!
• Wildlife photo study shifts to new stage
• Mark your calendar: Jan. 24, 6:30pm Sears Point Wetland Restoration featured on Doug McConnell’s “Open Road”

November 2015

• We’re close to protecting Estero Ranch
• The map of San Francisco Bay changed after our levee breach
• Casting seed balls into the newly filled tidal basin

October 2015

• We are creating a SEA CHANGE at Sears Point!
• Mountains + Molehills = A fun new blog
• Another big step for the Southeast Greenway project

September 2015

• Draft SDC Closure Plan released: more questions than answers
• Helping Sonoma Valley’s wildlife thrive
• Natural catastrophes and the human-animal bond

August 2015

• Animals go under bridges to cross busy Sonoma Valley
• Tell the State how important SDC’s natural lands are to Sonoma County
• Two new additions to Sonoma Land Trust staff

July 2015

• Registering your ideas and concerns about SDC closure plan
• Santa Rosa premiere screening of OR7 ─ The Journey!
• Growing a perennial grassland

June 2015

• Walking the wildlife corridor at Sonoma Valley Regional Park
• Gearing up for change — SDC closure a reality
• More On the Land offerings than ever this summer

May 2015

• “In Sonoma, anything is possible.”
• Assessing SDC’s natural resources
• SLT joins quest for Southeast Greenway

April 2015

• Dave Koehler is on board!
• Creating a safe crossing under Highway 37 for wildlife
• Moving forward on GRI despite setback

March 2015

• Elusive American badger sighted on Sonoma Mountain
• SLT’s On the Land program honored with award
• Saying good-bye to a beloved supporter

February 2015

• Protecting a 30,000-acre forest
• Tree planting at Sears Point
• Celebrating our Local Heroes and the art of nature

January 2015

• December rains create new landscape at Sears Point
• Introducing our interim executive director
• Have you seen any of these critters in Sonoma County?

2014

December 2014

• Thank you for a wonderful year!
• Help your Land Trust meet the $1 million challenge! Give a gift that will give for generations
• Water is flowing in Stuart Creek
• Farming the new levee at Sears Point

November 2014

• A big shout out to our volunteers!
• A special place, a special gift
• SLT markets donated property to conservation-minded buyers
• Research on our land shows that deer extend empathy to deer and other speciesLegislative tour of Sears Point wetlands restoration

October 2014

• We protected the Curreri property in the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor!
• It’s not easy finding a redwood when you need it
• Fine-tuning grazing and razing weeds during drought

September 2014

• Wetland construction well under way
• Helping the steelhead spawn this winter
• Saving the animal highways
• Food + action = A healthier system

August 2014

• Unpaving the way for steelhead in Stuart Creek
• Saving a tree in downtown Santa Rosa!
• Sunrise Rotary enhances Glen Oaks Ranch
• Water Bond promises new funding for Sonoma conservation projects

July 2014

• Ralph Benson retiring after 11 years and the protecting of 33,000 acres
• Our summer outings are in full swing!
• Priceless auction lot to benefit Sonoma Land Trust
• Connecting with our sister land trust in Chile

June 2014

• We’ve saved Pole Mountain, the highest point on the Sonoma Coast!
• Breaking ground on Sears Point wetland restoration
• Plane crash on Tolay Creek Ranch remembered by family, friends
• Impact100 Sonoma awards $20,000 to SLT for work on Sonoma Developmental Center future

May 2014

• We’re nearing the top of Pole Mountain!
• Saying good-bye to longtime staffer Georgiana Hale
• Keeping Little Black Mountain’s trail in shape
• Sharing what we’ve learned

April 2014

• Money for marsh mounds at Sears Point
• Supervisors unite to protect Sonoma
• Developmental Center services and land
• More trail crew volunteers needed

March 2014

• $700,000 grant from State for steelhead
• Welcoming new board member Scott Hintz
• Meeting members of our “sister land trust” in Chile
• Congratulations to Anne Teller!

February 2014

• Baylands properties transferred to National Wildlife Refuge
• Nature shows some muscle at Little Black Mountain
• Sonoma Developmental Center takes center stage
• Kids tackle treeless landscape at Sears Point

January 2014

• Your land trust — on the move!
• Meet our new logo
• Restoration award
• Creating habitat for marsh animals