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Jack London and Sugarloaf Ridge State Parks - We ask for a commitment of only 4 hours per month and you will receive a park pass for your service. Trainings are specific to park and activity. Feb 24 ~ Trail Patrol on horse, bike or foot, Park and Trail Maintenance and Hike Leaders; Jack London and Sugarloaf Ridge State Parks; 9-1:30p Mar 10 ~ 9-1p; Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. April 7, 14 ~ 9-4:30p (two-day training); Jack London State Historic Park For information and to sign up, please email or call Volunteer, 707-938-4827, Susan St.Marie, sstmarie@jacklondonpark.com
Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District - Lend a Hand! As a District volunteer you will play an important role in preserving and stewarding the open space lands in Sonoma County – while enjoying many other great benefits for you and your family, such as: Experiencing Sonoma County’s diverse natural and working lands; Gaining new skills and understanding of the outdoors. Please tell us about yourself using our Volunteer Interest Form. 707-565-7366, Receptionist, sonomaopenspace.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Land Stewards: 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.
Preserve Partners: 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.
Volunteer Patrol: Help us be the “eyes and ears” of spectacular Sonoma County Open Space Preserves that are otherwise closed to the public by hiking around to observe and report on conditions of trails, waterways, vegetation, and access.
Volunteer Easement Monitors: Help us monitor privately-owned District-protected properties as part of our easement monitoring program. Volunteers visit many properties each year, hiking, monitoring, taking photos, talking with landowners, completing reports, and identifying issues of concern for our stewardship team.
Sonoma State Histori Park (SHP) and Petaluma Adobe SHP are historical sites that benefit the greatest from our docent volunteers. Depending upon need, recruitment and training take place at least once per year in September and October. Additional volunteer opportunities may exist and are available year round in museum curation, bookstore sales, landscape maintenance and special events. For information on becoming a docent or volunteering at the park, please contact the Sonoma/Petaluma State Historic Parks Volunteer Coordinator at (707) 938-9547 or Joleen.Ossello@parks. ca.gov. Please complete an application with references and deliver to coordinator by electronic mail or U.S. Mail to 20 E. Spain Street, Sonoma, CA 95476.
VOLUNTEER for LandPaths 618 4th St. Santa Rosa, outings@ landpaths.org, 707-544-7284
Jan 4 ~ Stewardship Workday at Riddell Preserve - During the next two years, LandPaths is installing a brand spankin’ new trail system and you can be a part of it. New trails will be used for LandPaths educational and outings programs. By helping build these trails, you will be a part of the Riddell Preserve forever! Trail work includes brushing vegetation, bench cutting, building structures, and clearing dirt off the trail. There are tasks for everyone! REGISTER: Event # 1029
Jan 5 ~ The Grove of Old Trees Stewardship Workday. Help ensure that this unique wild space continues to be a healthy and flourishing habitat. Free, 9a - 1p, Occidental, REGISTER: Event # 1354
Jan 12 ~ Fitch Mountian Workday - Maintain the trails, preserve natural resources, meet new people, learn new things, and feel good. 9a-1p REGISTER: Event # 1034
Jan 17 ~ Stewardship at Riddell Preserve - Come lend a hand to help steward LandPaths’ Riddell Preserve! 9a - 1p. REGISTER: Event # 1039
Jan 18 ~ Stewardship Workday at Bohemia Ecological Preserve. Give nature a hand! Come and join us at the stunning, 1,000-acre Bohemia Ecological Preserve. Free, 9a-1p, Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 6773 Bohemian Highway, Occidental, REGISTER: Event # 1044
Jan 18 ~ Stewardship Workday at Healdsburg Ridge - During this workday, we will be removing some of the preserve’s invasive plant species to help our native plants to thrive. 9a - 1p. REGISTER: Event # 1054
TrekSonoma Volunteer Training & Orientation - help connect landscapes and community. Earn points toward future treks. Participate in a weekend orientation to get a basic overview of the TrekSonoma programs and have an opportunity to sign up for volunteer slots for the 2019 trek calendar. (Treks typically run March - November) Pre-registration is required. CONTACT Emmett Hopkins, emmett@ landpaths.org
Russian River Friendly Landscaping Planting Resilience: Stories, Science, and Strategies
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 7:30 am to noon - FREE
The Russian River Watershed Association will hold a Russian River Friendly-Landscaping event for landscapers in the Russian River watershed at the Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office, 35 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa.
Event presentations will cover restoring, replanting, and regrowing Russian River watershed landscapes after the October fires.
The keynote speaker is Douglas Kent, author of several titles including Firescaping and Ocean Friendly Gardens. Other speakers include Chris Grabil, Steve Quarles (UC Berkeley), Kristin Maharg Suarez (Community Soil Foundation), Scott Sherman (ReScape), and Veronica Bowers (Native Song Bird Care). The event will end with a panel discussion on the free, easy-to-permit landscape design templates for the fire rebuild developed by Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership.
Planting Resilience: Stories, Science, and Strategies is a free event funded by the Russian River Watershed Association and its member agencies. Doors open at 7:00 am and registration is required.
TO REGISTER visit RRFL2019.Eventbrite.com or the Russian River Watershed Association’s website www.rrwatershed.org/project/rrflg.
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