Page 60 - Sonoma County Gazette - August 2017

Aug 12 ~ Willow Creek and Goat Rock State Park - Meet at the junction of Highway 1 and 116, at the triangular dirt parking area by the stop sign at the north end of the Russian River Bridge on Highway 1 8:30- 2:30p. Trip Leader: Tom McCuller, t.sisyphus@comcast.net, 707- 546-1812
Aug 12 ~ Seaweed and Sea Vegetables for Lunch - Bring the family discover edibility of seaweed. Free. Parking $7, 8 - 10p, Stillwater Cove Regional Park, 22186-22304 Shoreline Hwy, Jenner, 707- 847-3245, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 13 ~ Wild-Cam Adventures - Learn to use Cams tips Free, Registration Required/Parking $7 9 – 11a, Shiloh Regional Park, 5750 Faught Rd, Windsor, 707-483-0940, sonomacountyparks. ticketleap.com/wild-cam-adventures- shiloh/
Aug 15 ~ Trail Manners and Your Dog Workshop - Free, Registration Required/Parking $7, 5:30- 6:30a, Spring Lake Regional Park, 391 Violetti Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-542-0882, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 19 ~ Bill and Dave Hikes - Sonoma County Parks~ Shell Beach Hike - 10a- No Sign up required, billanddavehikes. com/
Ongoing
Weds. Wellness Walks ~ Free, Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd Guerneville, CA 95446, Guerneville, 707-869-9177, stewardscr.org/cms/pages/index.html
Sats in Aug ~ Gualala Point Regional Park Sat. Speaker Series - Free. Parking $7, Gualala Point Regional Park, 42400 Leeward Rd, The Sea Ranch, 707-785-2377, parks.sonomacounty. ca.gov/_templates_parks/EventDetail. aspx?id=2147538941
Sats. In Aug ~ Junior Ranger Program - Bullfrog Pond Campground at Austin Creek Free, 10 – 11:30am, Bullfrog Pond Campground, Austin Creek State
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Aug 19 ~ Family Nature Hike - Sugarloaf
Ridge State Park. Free, no registration
required, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park,
2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707-
833-5712, facebook.com/sugarloafpark/ Recreation Area, 17000 Armstrong
Aug 19 ~ Mobile Marine Education Van/Steward Ship
Aug 19 ~ Volunteer Training
Aug 29 ~ The Life & Legacy of the Burbanks, Armstrongs & Jones
Aug 31 ~ Armstrong Redwoods Docent Training Walks -Every Wednesday- Stewards of the Coast
Modini Mayacamas, Audubon Canyon
Ranch - Pine Flat Road, Healdsburg, david. self@egret.org
Aug 24 ~ Less Traveled Gems - Free, 10 - 11:30a, Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris S, Sebastopol, 707-565-2041, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov
Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-9177, stewardscr.org/cms/pages/index.html
Aug 26 ~ Parks Rx - Forest Therapy
Sats in Aug ~Fitness Program - Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, sugarloafpark.org
Aug 5: White Barn to Uranus Sugarloaf. Aug 12: Meadow Hillside Loop.
Aug 19: Stern Ranch/Pony/Canyon. Aug 26: Vista Trail Loop.
Every Saturday - Tidal Marsh Interpretation - volunteer docents are on hand 9-12p Parking area on Reclamation Road just south of the Lakeville Hwy/Hwy 37 intersection. www.sonomalandtrust.org/outings. html
Landpaths
707-544-7284, landpaths.org
Aug 4 & 17 ~ Stewardship Work Day – Aug 12 ~ Bat Potluck, Hike
Aug 22 ~ Summer Bounty - Bohemia Ecological Preserve
Pepperwood - 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-591-9310, pepperwoodpreserve.org
- $20 for non-members, registration required, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, brownpapertickets.com/event/2914032, e2914032@staticfiles.com
Aug 4 ~ Birds and Botany- 6:30- 9:30p, Aug 12 ~ Access Orientation and Optional Hike -2p. $20
Aug 25 - Photograph (or sketch, paint, or write about) wild owers: $20 non- member, 6:30p - 9:30p,
Aug 30 ~ Settle Down at Sunset - Taylor Mountain Regional Park. Free-Parking $7, 6:30p - 8:30p, Taylor Mountain Regional Park, Kawana Terrace, 3820 Petaluma Hill Road, Santa Rosa, 707- 565-7888, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 27 ~ Wild ower Walk - $20 non- member 6:30 - 9:30p,
Aug 30 ~ Winging It Wednesday -
Robert Ferguson Observatory
Free admission / $8 Parking, 8a- 12p, Sugar Loaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707-833-6979, rfo.org/calendar_by_date.html
Aug 14 ~Night Sky Series 8-12p I
Aug 19 ~ Public Solar Observing 11-3p
Aug 19 ~ Public Star Party 8-12p
Aug 21 ~ Solar Eclipse Viewing - An 82% partial solar eclipse occurs with the eclipse maximum at 10:15 am. Warning Use safe approved viewing methods to observe the eclipse to avoid eye damage or blindness.
Volunteers Needed
Mons in Aug ~ Guerneville Town Clean-up with Clean River Alliance Footbridge Downtown Guerneville. Gloves, trash pickers, brooms, dust pans and trash buckets supplied 707-322- 8304, Chris Brokate, cleanriveralliance. org/, chris@cleanriveralliance.org
Weds in Aug ~ Riverkeeper Stewardship Park - 16153 Main St. Guerneville, located on the north bank of the Russian River Birkin Newell, russianriverkeeper.org/what-were- doing/riverkeeper-stewardship-park/, birkin@russianriverkeeper.org
Aug 5 ~ Cleanup on Prince Memorial Greenway - Olive Park, 105 Orange St., Santa Rosa, cleanup@ firstsaturdaycleanup.org, Stan@ saturdaycleanup.org
Aug 7 ~ Santa Rosa Square Cleanup and Fundraiser cleanup from 5-7 pm. Town Square, Downtown Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, 707-322-8304, Chris Brokate, cleanriveralliance.org
BY DATE
Aug 5 - Sep 23 ~ ParkRx for Health - Nature walks for health. See website for dates and programs. parkrx- sonomacounty.org/events/
Aug 5 ~ Eco Access -Designed for People with Visual Impairment and Their Friends - Ragle Park. Parking $7. 707-565-7888. $10, 2:30- 4:30p, Ragle Ranch Regional Park, 500 Ragle Road, Sebastopol, 707-565-7888, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 5 ~ Nuestros Parques- Maxwell Farms Regional Park Free, parking $7, 10- 1p, Maxwell Farms Regional Park, 100 Verano Avenue, Sonoma, 707-565- 7888, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 12 ~ Trails Challenge - Beat the Tide - Pinnacle Gulch Coastal to Doran Beach and back at low tide, Free, with registration, 7- 9:30a, Pinnacle Gulch Coastal Access Trail, 20600 Mockingbird Road, Bodega Bay, 707-565-3080, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 12 &16 ~ Madrone Audubon Society Field Trips - No sign-up is required. Free, no registration required, 7:30-1p, Madrone Audubon Society, Sonoma County, 707-583-3115, Gordon Beebe, madroneaudubon.org/activities-field- trips.php#325, gdbeebe@earthlink.net
Good Morning Laguna de Santa Rosa
900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707-527- 9277, lagunadesantarosa.org/ anita@ lagunafoundation.org
Aug 2 ~ Sunset Seekers-
Aug 12 ~ Watershed Perspectives Shady Creek Walk
Aug 29 ~ Morning Irwin Creek Walk
Stewards of the Coast
stewardscr.org/cms/images/2017_OTS_ brochure.pdf, stewards@stewardscr.org 707- 869-9177
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
PHOTO CONTEST
Submit your best images of
our sanctuary, from its gorgeous scenery to wildlife; from tiny marine invertebrates to birds,
fish, even giant whales. contest details, visit: sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ earthis.../photo-contest-2017.html
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Wohler Bridge - . Free, Parking $7, 8:30 - 10:30a, Wohler Bridge, 9765 Wohler Road, Forestville, 707-565-2041, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov
Aug 12 ~ Pepperwood Preserve - Public Hike 9a
Aug 18 ~ A Conversation with Jason Mark $10 suggested donation,
Aug 26 ~ Family Walk at Pepperwood Preserve - Hablamos Español!