The word has already gone out from Landpaths and the Press Democrat, but bears repeating.
Hikers on Bohemia's old ranch roads
LandPaths and Sonoma Land Trust have teamed up to create a new 554-acre nature preserve on the Bohemia Ranch located between Occidental and Monte Rio near Camp Meeker. The forested land contains a waterfall, camping potential and fields of rare plants.
The new preserve, named the Bohemia Ecological Preserve, was created through the purchase of a conservation easement by Sonoma Land Trust and a donation of the restricted land by Ted and Phyllis Swindells to LandPaths, which will manage the property for resource protection and public use.
Beginning this month, LandPaths will provide you with an opportunity to (re)discover Bohemia via guided hikes and volunteer stewardship projects.
This is great news — hopes for a park or preserve on this land were dashed several times for LandPaths, Sonoma Land Trust and others were finally able to put together this deal. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen! Check out the full story at the Landpaths site and sign up for an upcoming hike on the preserve.
Puncheon ramp construction on Ridge Trail at Annadel, Nov. 5, 2011
The Trails Council will hold our final 2011 trail stewardship day on the 3rd Saturday in December (12/17). If the weather stays dry enough, the December trail work task will be to work on a stretch of the Ridge Trail near the recently installed puncheon for drainage work and brushing. We will gather and park the volunteers at the Richardson parking lot at 9am then shuttle workers and tools to the Pig Flat staging area and walk in to the work site.
If the weather turns wetter between now and the 17th, we will shift our effort to N. Burma, near the intersection with Live Oak for drainage work, and park at the bottom on Channel Dr.
In order to make sure we have enough tools and snacks please contact us if you plan to attend.
Don’t hesitate to contact me if there are any questions.
As always, it’s a pleasure to work with you all and be able to help out our park.
Ken Wells, Executive Director
Sonoma County Trails Council
You are invited to join the upcoming Sonoma County Trails Council Board
Image by ingridtaylar via Flickr
Meeting on Monday, Dec. 5th at 6 pm at the Bike Monkey office in downtown Santa Rosa (640 3rd Street, Suite #C). Please note that we have moved the date to avoid the holidays. Meetings for 2012 will be moved to the 4th Monday of each month unless otherwise noted.
e attached agenda.
We hope you’ll attend the next Taylor Mountain park community meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
