Hosted by: Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group Location: Online. Zoom video conferencing link is provided in the agenda. Description: Monthly meeting for the membership to discuss all Working Group business. Special guests at this meeting are Chief Ben Nicholls, Sonoma County Operations Chief and Chief Tom Knecht, Pre-Fire Division Chief of the Vegetation Management […]

Our planet is facing an unprecedented ecological crisis of our own doing: climate change. Catastrophe is looming, yet we seem unable to act quickly enough. What can we do? How can we become more motivated to correct our destructive behavior? This workshop explores the use of mindfulness practice to awaken a spirit of compassion and […]

Online beginning April 21, 2021 - June 16, 2021 and in-person Saturday, May 15th in San Bernardino County, CA. Join the workshop to better understand and protect your forests by developing a Forest Management Plan. Topics include: Forest management objectives and planning Forest health, insects and disease Forest and fire ecology, wildlife, watersheds Fuels reduction and forest […]

Whether you’re managing an urban garden plot, ½ acre suburban backyard, 1,000 acres of parkland or a mountain range of wilderness, climate change is becoming the primary issue for most land managers. It’s encouraged many of us accustomed to ecological restoration to transition towards ecological resilience: the ability of a natural landscape to sustain necessary […]

Help control this destructive forest pathogen! Now in its 14th year, this statewide citizen science project is vital to managing Sudden Oak Death, which is widespread in Sonoma county. Join us to contribute to science while getting your own bay laurel or tanoak trees tested at no cost. This is a bilingual event (English and Spanish). ¡Ayuda a […]

Hosted by Fred Euphrat for the Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group Date: Saturday, May 8, 2021 Time: 11am-3pm Location: Bear Flat Forest, 6699 Mill Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA (visitors welcome by invitation) Description: Join the Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group on an afternoon tour of Bear Flat Forest's salvage logging operation in west Healdsburg. […]

Hosted by: Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group Location: Online. Zoom video conferencing link is provided in the agenda. Description: Monthly meeting for the membership to discuss all Working Group business. Special speaker at this meeting is staff of the Sonoma County Agricultural and Open Space District who will present on the recently adopted Vital […]