MONTHLY eNEWS ARCHIVE

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!