A Look Back…and a Look Ahead

Happy New Year to all!
2009 was a productive and eventful year — in rough order:

Trail Stewardship Training at Shiloh Regional Park, led by Rob Helms, Tim Mayer and Geoffrey Skinner
Trail stewardship projects at Annadel and Sugarloaf State Parks
Partnership with Regional Parks for trail construction at Hood Mountain
Trail design and construction at Little Black Mountain [...]

Upcoming Tolay Lake Regional Park Day Use Permit Program Orientations

Sonoma County Regional Parks is pleased to announce the kickoff of expanded public access at Tolay Lake Regional Park with the new Interim Plan (IP) Day-Use Permit Program.
The new IP Day-Use Permit Program allows the public to visit the park during posted hours once they’ve completed an hour-long orientation and obtained a permit. Regional Parks [...]

Taylor Mountain Access Program

LandPaths, the Sonoma County Ag Preservation & Open Space District, and Sonoma County Regional Parks are offering an interim Permit Program at Taylor Mountain in Santa Rosa, similar to the one in place at Willow Creek and Tolay Lake. After a one-hour orientation on the property, you will receive a free permit allowing biking, hiking [...]

Volunteer Opportunities with Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods

The Stewards’ Docent and Community Education Program will continue for 2010 and they are sponsoring the first of three State Parks Volunteer Orientations on January 9th at 9:00am at Armstrong Redwoods. The new year is a great time to learn how you can volunteer in our State Parks. Stewards manages a wide variety of education [...]

Jenner Headlands Protected

The Sonoma Land Trust announced on Dec. 17 that  escrow closed on the stunning 5,630-acre Jenner Headlands — a nationally significant project and the single largest conservation land acquisition in Sonoma County. This $36 million purchase from willing sellers Sonoma Coast Associates, Gualala Redwoods, Inc., and Russian River Redwoods was completed due to the [...]