Page 57 - Sonoma County Gazette January 2017

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Jan 7 ~ 7:00 PM GENERAL MEETING.
Jan 7 ~ Nuestros Parques Hike ~ Spanish- language nature hikes in the Sonoma County Regional Parks. Free - 10a-12p. Then we enjoy a potluck picnic in the park! Parking $7 - Heavy rain cancels. For more information, call Irma Cuevas at (707) 657-3783.
Jan 7 ~ Sonoma Valley Regional Park Science Saturday ~ Features tangible experiments & projects that let children explore the world around us. This month: Health Ecosystems. Park Parking is $7, Event is FREE - 1p-4p Activities start on the hour at 1, 2 or 3 p.m. Environmental Discovery Center -5585 Newanga Ave, Santa Rosa, Spring Lake Regional.
Stewards of the Coast and
Creek Open Space Preserve
1/16 ~ MLK Day Volunteer Clean-up 1/16 ~ MLK Day Family Nature Hike 1/21 ~ Redwood Forest Ecosystem Hike 1/21~ Bill & Dave Brushy Peaks Hike 1/26 ~Trail Work& Maintenance Day 1/28 ~ Mushroom Seminar $30-$40
Modini Mayacamas Preserves
Redwoods ~ Volunteer, learn, or teach! Register at www.stewardscr.org or 707-869-9177. Email: stewards@stewardscr. org. All events $20 unless noted otherwise. (2nd Wednesday of the Month) – Trail Crew at Armstrong Redwoods – Meet at the Maintenance center. Armstrong Redwood Visitor Center: 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville
Jan 19 ~ Trailbuilding Stewardshop Workday at Riddell Preserve 9a-1p
1/21 ~ Redwood Ed ~9a -12:30p
1/22 ~ Bald Eagle Viewing & Photography
2nd Wednesday ~ Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods - www.stewardscr.org and 4th Wednesday Sonoma Coast State Park Willow Creek. www.stewardscr. org
- 7a-10a.
1/28 ~ General VIPP #1 & Docent/Public
Relations 101 - FREE. 9a-3p 1/29 ~ Steward Ship & Early Childhood Program Volunteer Training - FREE. 9:30a -1p
Stewardship - trail maintenance at Bohemia Preserve with LandPaths
Pepperwood Preserve ~ 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Rd, Santa Rosa. (707) 591-9310 x204 www.pepperwoodpreserve. org. Event Line: 707-524-9318. FREE of charge unless otherwise
Redwood Forest education - LandPaths
1/7 ~ Volunteer Workday
Jan 21 ~ Piecing Together the Past from Pieces: An Interactive Archaeological Experience 3 - 5PM @ Heron Hall, Laguna Environmental Center
Jan 6 ~ 9am - 2pm: First Friday's ~ Birds and Botany(recurs on first Fridays) ~ MEETS AT SCHOOLHOUSE FLAT, 30 minutes up Pine Flat Rd from Jimtown. Hike led by Patrick Woodworth - Birder & ACR Volunteer, and Dave Self, ACR Resource Ecologist.
Laguna de Santa Rosa ~
900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa. www.
Jan 25 ~ Stewardship Workday ~ Healdsburg Ridge Open Space Preserve 9a - 1pm Leader: Erin Mullen, Landpaths staff
Jan 14 ~ Don't miss Ducks Day on Saturday - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - a FREE special themed Open House and a waterfowl presentation
Madrone Audubon -
Jan 21 ~ Ferns of the Preserve - 9am - 2pm: Join ACR Preserve Ecologist Dave Self for an introduction to ferns of the Preserve (10 species).
Jan 15 ~ Waterfowl of the Laguna de Santa Rosa and the Pacific Flyway Sunrise Walk -$30 - 7:30a-11a - 707-527-9277 - anita@lagunafoundation.org
The Board meets at 7PM the first Wednesday of the month except for the months of Jan, July and Aug. at 55 Ridgway Ave, Ste. A, Santa Rosa, in the Environmental Center. madroneaudubon.org for more details.For Field Trip Info: Gordon Beebe gdbeebe@ earthlink.net 707-583-3115
Jan 27 ~ Wildflowers of the Preserve 9am - 2pm, recurs the fourth Friday of each month Jan-August.
Landpaths ~ 618 4th St #217, Santa Rosa LandPaths.org - Pre-registration required, FREE unless specified. Event Message 707- 544-7284#1 outings@LandPaths.org
Jan 7~ Tolay Lake - Important! We will meet to carpool at the following location: From Petaluma, take Lakeville Highway towards Highway 37. Continue about one mile past the junction with Stage Gulch Rd. Immediately after Papa’s Taverna on the right, there is an unmarked parking lot with boats in it (if you pass Cannon Lane, you have gone too far). There might be a small fee to leave your car here. Tolay Lake requires at least three participants to be permit holders. 8a- 2p -Gordon Beebe, gdbeebe@earthlink. net, 583-3115, and Larry Broderick, northcoastraptor@gmail.com
Jan 28 ~ Wildflowers at the Center (226 Center St. Healdsburg) 3 -4pm recurs the fourth Saturday of each month (January-August)
Jan 4 ~ Biodynamic, Organic, Diversified, Community-Supported Farming for the future 1pm - 3:30pm Open Field Farm, Petaluma
WALKING IN SONOMA COUNTY... MOSTLY ~ sign up for Lynn Millar’s BLOG to find out where she’s walkig and when. backtowalking.wordpress. com/about/ These walks start at 10am. We are usually done between 11:30 and noon
Jan 14 ~ Stewardship Workday at Fitch Mountain Preserve, with Erin Mullen 9a - 1p
WORK DAYS: STEWARDSHIP ~ Lend a hand to help support and maintain our local parks! Without help from you, many parks wouldn't exist! 2nd Wednesday ~ Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods ~ alternating sites: Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, and Austin Creek State Recreation Area www.stewardscr.org
Jan 20 ~ Stewardship Workday Bohemia Ecological Preserve, with Erin Mullen 9a - 1p
First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa.“ Local hawks in the region: migration, resident and over-wintering; identification and natural history.” This is a free eventJan
Whale Watching Begings a Bodega Head
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park ~ www.sugarloafpark.org/event. FREE unless specified. 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood. $8 parking fee.
Jan 21 ~ LAKE SONOMA Bird Watching
- 3799 Westshore Rd. Bodega Bay - State Parks Volunteer Docents are stationed at Bodega Head on weekends from Jan. - Mother's Day
1/7 ~ Trail Work Day
1/12 ~ Trail Work Day
1/14 ~ Homesteaders Hike at Calabazas
Walk Our first Saturday walk of the year. We frequently see a variety of birds, including Wood Duck, Merganser, riparian species, and more on this trip. Meet at the Lake Sonoma Visitor Center below the dam. From Highway 101, take Canyon Road to Dry Creek Road, then Rockpile Road to the Center. 8:30 AM– Noon Lunch optional. Leader: Gordon Beebe, 707-583-3115.
The Modini Mayacamas Preserves are located 8 miles northeast of Healdsburg on Pine Flat Rd, 4 miles above Hwy 128 and the Alexander Valley. Pre-registration for events is appreciated. More info can be found at MeetUp page: www.meetup.com/ Friends-of-the-Modini-Mayacamas/
lagunafoundation.org
Jan 29 ~ Bohemia Ecological Preserve Workshop Series: Wild about Mushrooms, Bohemia Docents & George Hiner from SOMA - Fee - 10a-2p Madrone Audubon ~
Jan 20 ~ Orientation and Nature Walk - Orientation (required for hiking permit) + Nature Walk (optional) 9:00am - 11:30am + optional Hike 'til-2 usually recurs on the second Saturday of the month. Join Dave Self,
Jan 6 ~ Volunteer Day ~ First Fridays of the Month starting 9:00am - Noon Maggie Hart, Outreach Coordinator (707) 527.9277 x.100 maggiehart@ lagunafoundation.org
1/7 ~ Mushrooms of the Redwood Forest - 10a-12:30p
4th Wednesday ~ Sonoma Coast State Park Willow Creek. www.stewardscr. org
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