Adventures in Crows, Bird Calls, and Composting

April 1, 2020

Over the next few weeks, as we all shelter-in-place in Sonoma County, we are sharing uplifting stories from LandPaths’ staff about how they are discovering the hidden […]

Future Stewards of the Earth: McDowell Elementary School Students Get Outside with IOOBY

March 3, 2020

The climate crisis means that a sense of our interconnection with a healthy natural world has never been more crucial. Ideally, this connection and stewardship starts in […]

Tags: Climate Change, environmental education, iooby, mcdowell elementary school, open field farm, petaluma, Rooting Youth in Nature, stewardship, Youth Programs

Stewardship, Joy, and Gratitude at LandPaths’ First Volunteer Stewardship Workday at Ocean Song Preserve

February 20, 2020

Set to a soundtrack of soothing ocean waves rising from the Sonoma Coast below, LandPaths’ hosted our first stewardship workday of 2020 in January at Ocean Song […]

Tags: Ocean Song, stewardship, Volunteer

Stewarding Forests through a Fire Ecology Lens

November 20, 2019

Increasingly severe fires, flooding, and drought have left us without a doubt: We are in a climate emergency. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we […]

Tags: fire ecology, grove of old trees, resilience, riddell preserve, stewardship, workshops

Bayer Farm Pop-Up Halloween Adventure Day and Camp

November 2, 2019

As we reeled from the mass upheaval of the Kincade fire in late October, LandPaths jumped into action. Your whole-hearted generosity, as a donor and friend, made […]

Tags: Bayer Farm, Community Garden, Nature Camp, Rooting Youth in Nature, Youth Programs

LandPaths Protects Ocean Song

November 1, 2019

The iconic 421-acre property has a legacy of rural, wild, and agricultural heritage, and environmental education.   LandPaths announced the acquisition of Ocean Song, a 421-acre property, of […]

Tags: carbon sink, environmental education, Hiking, Ocean Song, Protected Land, Recreation

A Message to the Community: Kincade Fire

November 1, 2019

Dear Fantastic Community, We’ve been here before: the sleeplessness of a night with ferocious wind, smoke blowing, the once-familiar backyard transformed into a dark, hazardous wind tunnel; […]

Tags: Hiking