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.
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.
The next Sonoma County Trails Council trail work day to help repair the trails at Annadel State Park is Saturday, November 19, from 9am to about 1pm.
North Burma Trail Stewardship Day, April 30, 2011
Meet us at 9am at the bottom of North Burma Trail at Channel Drive. Look for the white SCTC tool trailer. We will have parking passes for those that drive and there should be adequate parking in that general area. Wear boots or sturdy shoes, bring water that you can take with you while working, and gloves.
In order to make sure we have enough tools and snacks please contact us if you plan to attend.
We look forward to seeing you all and having fun taking care of our wonderful park.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Ken Wells, Executive Director
Sonoma County Trails Council
