Page 56 - Sonoma County Gazette December 2017

Wildfire Impacts
The following Regional Parks remain closed due to the impacts of the Sonoma County wildfires:
Sugarloaf Park
Robert Ferguson Observatory
Hood Mountain Regional Park & Preserve Shiloh Ranch Regional Park
Sonoma Valley Regional Park
OPEN North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park & Preserve OPEN Crane Creek Regional Park -
Regional Parks’ main office in Santa Rosa and the camping reservations line are open for regular business hours and can be reached at (707) 565-2041.
PARTIALLY OPEN Trione-Annadel State Park partially reopened after Santa Rosa fires The unburned portion of the park is now open to the public, including all areas north and west of Lake Ilsanjo, the hilltop reservoir itself and the Canyon Trail fire road that runs along its southern edge, according to park officials.
OPEN Sonoma Overlook Trail and Montini Preserve were not impacted by the Nun’s Fires of October 2017, and are both now open.
Volunteer at Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District ~ Volunteers visit many properties each year, hiking, monitoring, taking photos, talking with landowners, completing reports, and identifying issues of concern for our stewardship team. 707-565-7366, sonomaopenspace. org/get-involved/volunteer/
Every Monday ~ Guerneville Town Cleanup ~ Help Cleanup Riverkeeper Park, The Plaza, The Footbridge and Downtown Guerneville. We meet in the town plaza every Mon. at 4p and clean until 6p. Gloves, trash pickers, brooms, dust pans and trash buckets will be available for use during the cleanup. Chris Brokate at 707-322-8304. cleanriveralliance.
org/,
By Date
Nov 25 ~ Sonoma Petaluma Parks – Twilight Nature Hike - Join this casual hike through portions of the park and the Montini Trail. This is a one-mile, slow-paced hike with minor elevation change. 4p; Meet at the Vallejo Home parking lot. West Spain Street Sonoma All ages, free of charge.
Nov 29 and Dec. 6 ~ Armstrong Redwoods Wellness Walks @ Visitor Center, Armstrong Woods; 10-11a
Dec 2 ~ Sonoma Overlook and Montini Preserve Trails - Free Community Gratitude Hike Saturday. Music, coffee and muffins and hike the Overlook Trail weather permitting. 9a; Contact Jeni Nichols at jeninichols@icloud.com.
Dec 2 ~ Holiday Wreath Making Pepperwood Preserve, Bechtel House, $25 ($20 for members), includes materials. For ages 7 and up. Use a palette of materials gathered at Pepperwood. 10:30a or 12p Pepperwood Preserve Rd, Santa Rosa, 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Rd., Santa Rosa, 707-591-9310
Dec 2 ~ Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County - Open House ~ Additional Day Added after Fires to give families something to do and see. Meet a few of our resident Raptor Ambassadors. Bird Rescue Center, 3430 Chanate Rd, (Note: Physical address is on County Farm Drive), Santa Rosa, 707-523-2473, birdrescuecenter.org/open-house/
Bill and Dave Hikes -
Sonoma County Parks
Dec 2 ~ East Slope of Sonoma Mountain Hike at Jack London State Historic Park 10a - No Sign up required, Call ahead to ensure this hike is still happening, billanddavehikes.com/
Dec 9 ~ Holiday Gathering at Rancho Mark West | Reunión Navideña en Rancho Mark West Santa Rosa 12- 4p; Rancho Mark West, Santa Rosa
Dec 16 ~ Sonoma Petaluma Parks – Twilight Nature Hike - Join this casual hike through portions of the park and the Montini Trail. This is a one-mile, slow-paced hike with minor elevation change. 3:30p; Meet at the Vallejo Home parking lot. West Spain Street Sonoma, All ages, free of charge.
Dec 16 ~ Fall Mushrooms of Austin Creek - Stewards of the Coast. George Riner (Mycologist & SOMA member) Come learn about the mycology of Austin Creek SRA. $20 non-members, 10-1:30p, Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-9177, Tracie Riedel,stewardscr. org/cms/pages/programs_orientations_ seminars.html, tracie@stewardscr.org
chris@cleanriveralliance.org
Sonoma County Regional Parks
707-565-2041, parks@sonoma-county.org.
Nov 24 ~ Taylor Mountain Kawana Terrace - Opt Outside Turkey Burner; 9-12p
Nov 25 ~ Beachside Campfire Program - Doran Regional Park 6-7p
Nov 26 ~ Creature Feature - Sunset Beach River Park 2-3:30p
Nov 29 ~ Winging It Wed. - Riverfront Regional Park 8:30-10:30
Dec 7 ~ Theiller Fields Dedication - Ragle Ranch Regional Parks 12-1p
Contact ACR Education Specialist David Self by email or phone 707-431-8184 ext. 503; david.self@egret.org
Dec 1 ~ Biodiversity Bioblitz –$20 per person 9-3p
Dec 9 ~ Access Orientation & Nature Walk $20 per person
Modini Mayacamas Preserves $20 per person; 9-2p
Dec 15 ~ Field Botany Friday $20 per person; 9-3p
Dec 16 ~ Tracking with Meghan Walla Murphy $15 per person; 9-2p
Dec 22 ~ Nature Photography Friday $20 per person; 9-3p
Sonoma Ecology Center Events & NEED for Volunteers
#SonomaStrong
This is the time of year for giving thanks. And despite the di culties of recent weeks, we have much to be thankful for.
We’ve started the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which brings local volunteers to high-priority sites to help us isolate the toxic ash and debris using sandbags and wattles until it can be hauled away. We need help identifying landowners with properties that should get immediate attention – places where structures burned on sloped land close to waterways. We’d like them to sign our consent form and give us permission to help shore things up until authorities can get to the site.
If you know of such landowners, or if you are one, please contact us at info@sonomaecologycenter.org. For more on the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, including a list of online forms, see our webpage at www. sonomaecologycenter.org/watershed-protection/ Speaking of re recovery, we are hosting a community forum later this month to nd out what we all can do to help. Features presentations and a Q&A period.
Nov 27 ~ Healing the Land - 7:30-9p; First Congregational Church of Sonoma’s Burlingame Hall, 252 W. Spain St., Sonoma. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3181065.
Dec 6 ~ Food, drinks and the opportunity to help Sugarloaf Ridge State Park recover and reopen. More than three-quarters of Sugarloaf (which we manage) burned and although the land will heal, trails, campsites and a few structures must be rebuilt. Location TBD; $35 per person; sonomaecologycenter.org/event/20131/
State Parks
Dec 28 ~ Modini Mayacamas Preserves
Stewards Program 9-1p
Jack London State Park is open with FREE parking & Admission through Dec 31,2017
State Park Hikes
All hikes start at 10a; Meet in the Ranch parking lot 2400 London Ranch Rd. in Glenn Elen. Rain cancels unless otherwise noted. Deborah Large at dlarge@jacklondonpark.com
Nov 25 ~ Carolyn Greene hike leader Dec 2 ~ Ron Berchin hike leader
Dec 9 ~ Bob Long hike leader
Dec 9 ~ Mindful Walk – 10:30-1p
Dec 16 ~ John Lynch hike leader
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