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OCTOBER 2017
T Tr r a a s s h h H H e e r r o o e e s s W W h h a a t t ’ ’ s s A r t G a l l e r y G u i d e ~ 2 2 - 2 3
Contemporary Addiction Treatment ~ 28
Creative Halloween Makeup ~ 67
Clean Up our Watershed ~ 10
on Those Vines? ~ 19
HALLOWEEN & more 68-69
Sonoma County Ag & Open Space District asks for Public Input on Proposed Land Conservation Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
community leaders and thoughtful citizens, Sonoma County voters approved the creation of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and a quarter-cent sales tax that provides funding for land conservation, including planning, acquisition, and stewardship of the region’s working, natural, and scenic open space lands. Over two and a half decades later, the District is one of the leading farmland and open space preservation programs in the nation with a mission to preserve the best of Sonoma County’s agricultural and natural resources. In 2015, the District celebrated 25 years of preserving the region’s agricultural heritage by protecting working farms and ranches, and maintaining the health
BLUEPRINT cont’d on page 8
By David Abbott
As the celebration of the 50th
By Amy Ricard
In 1990, through the foresight of
anniversary of the Summer of Love runs its course, and Sonoma County hails the half-century mark of its Regional Parks Department, there is another local institution celebrating its 50th this year, the Sonoma County Trails Council (SCTC).
Formed in 1967, the Council has become a vital partner in the maintenance and creation of trails for recreational opportunities for both residents and visitors to the wine country.
“The original logo looked like a badge, but that was the style in the ’60s, and it was similar to the Parks logo,” SCTC Executive director Ken Wells said. “I think it was intentionally from the beginning a multi-use group of horse, hikers, bikers, etc.... As far as I know it was the first multi-use organization in the country.”
Anyone who has hiked at Fitch Mountain, Taylor Mountain, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park or Annadel has been beneficiary of the SCTC’s trail work. As Sonoma County continues to acquire properties to maintain its rural charm,
TRAILS cont’d on page 12
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