Page 54 - Sonoma County Gazette April 2017

By Date:
Apr 1 ~ 1st Sat Prince Memorial Clean up Meet at Olive Park 10a creeks@srcity.org
Apr 7 ~ Birds and Botany - hike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill 9-2p $15-$25 RSVP: www.meetup.com/Friends-of-the- Modini-Mayacamas/events/236321335/
Apr 8 ~ Park of the Month- North Park Clean up Tool provided 9-12p 921 North St. SF
Apr 9 ~ Habitat Hike Wildflower Meadow Serpentine $10. 10-12:30p Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd. Kenwood sugarloafpark. org/event
Apr 29 ~ Planet Walk Hike -Docents speak about each planet with viewing of local wildflowers $10. 10-2p Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd. Kenwood sugarloafpark.org/event
Pepperwood Preserve. 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa,
Madrone Audubon 707- 546-7492 madroneaudubon.org
Apr 22 ~ Volunteer on Earth Day at Riverfront - Riverfront Regional Park 9-12p
California State Parks refundable). Pre-registration
Apr 3 ~ Bike Tour Prep 101 - Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach 6-8p
Apr 8 ~ Petaluma Adobe State Park Sheep Shearing Day How wool comes off a sheep $3. 11a-1p 707-762-4871
required 7-8:30p
Apr 4 ~ Wildflower Walk - Crane Creek Regional Park 5:30-7:30p
Apr 2 ~ Trione-Annadel Creek Hike ~ Parktrail Dr. SR Free 1p
April 23 ~ Celebrate the Laguna Uplands Preserve: Laguna Foundation Members’ celebration & ceremonial planting, and evening bird stroll Laguna Uplands Preserve behind Sonoma West Medical Center in Sebastopol 5 - 7p Free with your 2017 Laguna Foundation membership. rsvp to Bev 707-527-9277, ext. 106.
Apr 4 ~ Great Blue Heron Walk - Riverfront Regional Park 6-8p
Van Hoosear Wild ower Walks
Apr 8 ~ Trione-Annadel Spring Bird Hike 8-11a
Apr 5 ~ Sunset Seekers - North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park 6:30-8:30p Apr 8 ~ Wildflower Walk Crane Creek
Heavy rains cancel. Free, 9a. Early registration is encouraged! Directions and day-of-contact info will be emailed upon registration.Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve, Grove Street, Sonoma. Contact Holland Gistelli at 707 996 - 0712 ext. 108, orholland@sonomaecologycenter.org, sonomaopenspace.org/locations/van- hoosear-wildlife-preserve/
Apr 15 ~ Trione-Annadel Trail Work
Regional Park 10-12p
Apr 9 ~ Walk on the Wild Side - Tolay
sonomacountytrailscouncil.org rsvp required.
Apr 27 ~ Reimagining Nature: Feature art, poetry, music, a clip from a classic Western film, and a special guest appearance by Godzilla, 7-8:30p $10 Pre-registration required
Lake Regional Park 9-12p
Apr 9 ~ Raptors from Ridges - Tolay
Stewards of the Coast
Lake Regional Park 9-
Apr 9 ~ Vamos a Nadar - Finley Aquatic
and Redwoods ~ Volunteer, learn, or teach! Register at www.stewardscr. org or 707-869-9177. Email: stewards@ stewardscr.org. All events $20 unless noted otherwise. full year: stewardscr.org/cms/ images/2017_OTS_brochure.pdf)
April 29 ~ Day of the Child / Dia Del Niño: Family, Nature, & Fun Laguna watershed. 11-3p Free.
Center, Santa Rosa 1-4p
Apr 11 ~ Wildflower Walk Taylor
Apr 2 ~ 9a -12p Apr8~9a-12p Apr12~9a-11a Apr 22~ 9 - 11a Apr 26 ~ 9a - 12p Apr 30 ~ 9a - 11a
Apr 1 ~ Teaching Resource Day Free 9-4p AR Volunteer Center Stewards Office 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd. Guerneville
Mountain Regional Park 5:30-7:30p Apr 15 ~ Wildflower Walk Taylor
Apr 2 ~ Exploring the Intertidal Zone Field Seminar $16 - $20 9-3p Shell Beach Hwy 1 Jenner
Apr 5 ~ Wildflowers: Fitch Mountain Free 9-12:30p
10-3p
707-591-9310 x204 pepperwoodpreserve. org. Event Line: 707-524-9318. Free
Apr 15 ~ Santa Rosa Creek at Willowside Road 8 - 12p
Apr 22 ~ Volunteer on Earth Day at Maxwell Farms - Maxwell Farms Regional Parks 9-12p
Apr 1 ~ Volunteer Workday
Apr 7 ~ Get up Close with Wildlife
Apr 8 ~ Public Hike
Apr 14 ~ Wildflower Walk
Apr 15 ~ Family Hike
Apr 21 ~ Wildflower Walk
Apr 22 ~ Family Overnight
Apr 23 ~ Wildflower Walk
Apr 29 ~ Day of the Child | Dia del Nino
Apr 19 ~ Cypress Day Use Area in Doran County Park at Bodega Bay 8:30 - 2:30 Apr 29 ~ Annadel-Channel Dr.,Channel
Apr 22 ~ 23 ~ Backpacking on Sonoma Mountain - Jack London State Historic Park & North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Apr 1 ~ Nuestros Parques - Crane Creek Regional Park 10-1p
Apr 25 ~ Great Blue Heron Walk - Riverfront Regional Park 6-8p
900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.
Apr 1 ~ Wildflower Walk - Hood Mountain Regional Park 10-12p
www.lagunafoundation.org
Apr 1 ~ Tide Pool Talk - Doran Regional Park 11-12p
Apr 26 ~ Winging It Wednesday - Tolay Lake Regional Park 8:30a 10:30a
Apr 8 ~ Family Ties: String Making for All Cordage-making workshop Pre- register through LandPaths.9:30-1p
Apr 1 ~ Science Saturday - Spring Lake Regional Park – 1-3:30p
Apr 29 ~ Day of the Child - Día del Niño - Spring Lake Regional Park – Environmental Discovery Center 11-4p
Apr 20 ~ Sonoma County Drive-by Geology a driving tour of Sonoma County to view rocks $10 (non-
Apr 2 ~ Amphibian Amble - Ragle Ranch Regional Park 10-12p
Apr 30 ~ Tide Pooling! - Gualala Point Regional Park 8:30-10:30a
Landpaths 618 4th St #217, Santa Rosa ~ LandPaths.org ~ outings@landpaths. org ~ Pre-registration may be required, Free unless specified. -707-544-7284 (press 1)
Mountain Regional Park 10-12p
Apr 15 ~ Community Garden Work Day - Maddux Ranch Regional Park
Birds, Butterflies Free 10 -1:30p
Apr 23 ~ Yoga + Garden at Rancho Mark
Apr 15 ~ Spring Family Hikes - Spring Lake Regional Park – Environmental Discovery Center 1-4p
West $10 - $25 Donation 10a - 12:30p Apr 29 ~ Day of the Child ~ Día Del Niño~
Apr 15 ~ New Volunteer Orientation - Regional Parks Administration Office 3-4p
at Rancho Mark West, Free 10-3p
Apr 1 ~ Crane Creek Park - Pressley Rd. 8 - 12p
Drive - Trailhead for Cobblestone Trail (see details) 7:30 - 12p
Sonoma County Parks
Apr 22 ~ Trail-Gating Pop-Up Park - Spring Lake Regional Park 4-7p
parksstg.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Activities/
Calendar.aspx
Apr 22 ~ Earth Day Campfire - Spring Lake Regional Park 7-9:39p
Lend a Hand at Sonoma Agricultural
Preservation and Open Space District
Join a dynamic and dedicated stewardship work crew to assist with property maintenance and natural resource management activities including invasive plant removal, erosion control, road maintenance, and trail work. Enroll your middle or high school class in this service-learning program that teaches about the importance of conserving a particular habitat type (vernal pool, oak woodland, grassland or coastal prairie, riparian) through hands-on land stewardship and citizen science projects at “adopted” open space preserves. 707-565-7366, Receptionist, sonomaopenspace.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Apr 15 ~ Tracking: Seeing Patterns on a Landscape $16 - $20 9-3p Bodega Dunes Campground 3095 Hwy 1 Bodega
Apr 8 ~ Family Ties: String-Making for All - Cordage workshop Pre Register at Landpaths Free 9:30-1p
Apr 16 ~ Easter Sunday Kids Low Tide Colorful “Critter” Hunt Pre-registration recommended $10 per Family 8:30-11a Campbell Cove - Westshore Rd. Bodega Bay
Apr 8 ~ Azalea Occidental Hike at the Bohemia Ecological Preserve - Free 10-2p Apr 9 ~ Encountering the Mystery - A Different kind of Day walk at Bohemia
Apr 23 ~ The Wonders of East Austin Creek for Intrepid Hikers $16-$20 9-4p Carpool from Stewards office 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd. Guerneville
$25, 9 - 3p
Apr 10 ~ Bohemia Preserve Full Moon
Apr 29 ~ Dia Del Niño/Day of the Child/ Family Day Armstrong Redwoods State Park - Bilingual nature activities, guided walks, Free 11-3p - 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd. Guerneville SNR picnic area
Free, 9:30-12p
Apr 15 ~ Birding at Jenner Headlands /
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Hike and Picnic / Free 6:15 - 9p
Apr 12 ~ Wildflowers of Healdsburg Ridge
Free 10 - 2p
Apr 15 ~ Discover New Trails at Landpaths
Riddell Preserve Free 10a - 3p
Apr 22 ~ Earth Day on the Laguna Trail -
for Folks in Wheel chairs Free 10 - 1p Apr 23 ~ Bohemia Ecological Preserve: