Sonoma Land Trust

Did you know the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has flagged 13 miles of Highway 12 in Glen Ellen as a critical barrier to wildlife movement? When roads and development fragment habitat, wildlife populations decline and vehicle collisions increase. That's why Sonoma Land Trust and our partners are conducting on-the-ground research along Highway 12 to pinpoint the landscapes most critical for wildlife movement. Once complete, our study will deliver science-based recommendations to identify landscape solutions and potential structures—like wildlife crossings or underpasses—that allow animals to move safely and reduce vehicle collisions. As development pressures grow, this research becomes more critical every year. Now through May 31, every dollar you give is doubled. Support wildlife corridor research today and help build a Sonoma County where both wildlife and people can thrive. Link in bio → give.sonomalandtrust.org 🐾 - - - #SonomaLandTrust #WildlifeCorridors #SonomaCounty #ProtectWildlife #CaliforniaWildlife #LandConservation

Child in the Wild is just around the corner! Join us for some at Santa Rosa’s Howarth Park on Sunday, May 31 from 12-4pm for a free, multicultural family-friendly celebration. There will be nature activities, a bounce house, face painting, food trucks, a live animal presentation with Classroom Safari, and a martial arts demo by Wu Academy. There will also be performances by the Sonoma County Pomo Dancers, Danza Xantotl, Redwood Empire Chinese Association Dragon Dancers, Quercus Quire, Grita Marimba! Ensemble, and Grupo Folklórico Quetzalén! Visit our website to learn more (link is in our bio). ------ Niños en la Naturaleza es una celebración familiar multicultural en la naturaleza para concientizar sobre la creación del futuro parque de la vía verde del sureste de Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway) y fomentar la participación comunitaria. En domingo de 31 de mayo, disfruta de más de una docena de puestos con actividades en la naturaleza, un castillo inflable, pintacaras, aros hula hula, ¡y mucho más! Habrá actuaciones de Classroom Safari, We Academy Martial Arts, los Danzantes Pomo del Condado de Sonoma, Grupo Folklórico Quetzalén, los Danzantes del león y dragón de Redwood Empire Chinese Association, Danza Xantotl, Quercus Quire y Grita Marimba! Ensemble. ¡Esperamos verte en este evento familiar gratuito! @southeastgreenway @sonomaopenspace @cityofsr @sonoma4cs @communityequityfoundationsoco @theclimatecenter @CaliforniaNativePlantSociety @LagunadeSantaRosaFoundation @konaicesantarosa @sonomalibrary @GSNorCal @mommysyummys

April showers bring May flowers, and this year is no exception🌼 Join us for a weekend outing observing wildflowers, exploring wildlife corridors, or learning about marsh restoration. Every Wednesday, breathe and reconnect at the Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway with gentle yoga, sound healing, and forest bathing on offer all season. We'll also be out in the community this spring. Stop by our booth if you're at Future Fest 2026 in Petaluma, Roseland Cinco de Mayo in Santa Rosa, or the Native Arts Festival in Windsor. Full event listings and registration at the link in bio. 🌿 #SonomaCounty #WildflowerSeason #ForestBathing #SonomaLandTrust #GetOutside

We’d like to give a huge thank you to our 2025–2026 interns! 🙌 During their time with us, students from @santarosajc and @sonomastateuniversity contributed over 1,200 hours of service—the equivalent of a part-time staff position! They supported outings and events, performed community outreach, assisted with field monitoring, synthesized data and created reports, and more. At our annual internship showcase, each intern had the opportunity to share photos and stories. Public speaking and leading groups were areas many of the interns gained confidence in. A surprise for many of the students was how learning more about birds increased their passion for conservation and the path they are on.

How has funding cuts and government shutdowns inpacted our public lands? Join us on Wednesday, May 20 at 7pm for our free Language of the Land webinar, “Trail Work—A Legacy of Public Lands” with geologist, author, and professional mountain biker @dillon.osleger as he traces the past, present, and possible futures of America’s public lands through a cartographer’s lens. Click the link in our bio to register for free. 🔊 Spanish interpretation will be available. @heydaybooks is offering a 20% discount on the book for our webinar participants during the month of May. During checkout, use code TRAILS20 at https://f.mtr.cool/cfzmrgjqlo ---- En una época marcada por los recortes presupuestarios y los cierres gubernamentales, las tierras públicas se encuentran en riesgo de ser sacrificadas. Acompáñanos el miércoles 20 de mayo a las 7 p. m. en nuestro seminario web gratuito de “Lenguaje de la tierra: el mantenimiento de los senderos, un legado de los terrenos públicos” con el geólogo, autor y ciclista de montaña profesional Dillon Osleger. Osleger nos guiará por el pasado, el presente y los posibles futuros de las tierras públicas de Estados Unidos con la perspectiva de un cartógrafo. 🔊 Habrá interpretación al español. Puedes obtener más información e inscribirte en este seminario web gratuito haciendo clic en el enlace de nuestra biografía. Durante el mes de mayo, Heyday Books ofrece un 20 % de descuento en el libro para los participantes de nuestro seminario web. ¡Usa el código TRAILS20 en https://f.mtr.cool/xsjxwmwrct para pedir tu ejemplar!

Our Stewardship Technician Grant Coleman is on the land year-round, and he's sharing exactly what to see and where to go right now. From gray whales heading north to peak migration along the Pacific Flyway and a newly expanded hiking and biking trail system connecting the redwoods to the Sonoma Coast. Get Grant's full recs on our blog at sonomalandtrust.org/blog. 🌿 Natural Attractions is our new monthly column featuring staff picks for exploring Sonoma County right now. - - - #SonomaCoast #SonomaLandTrust #NaturalAttractions #GrayWhales #PacificFlyway #Redwoods #SonomaCounty #GetOutside #CoastalHiking

UPDATE (5/14): Sen. Cabaldon voted yes and SB 954 is now on its way to the Senate Floor for a final vote on May 29! — Polluting facilities could soon be approved near homes and schools with fewer safeguards and less public input. But there’s still time to change course if we speak up now. ⚠️ Last year, the California Legislature passed what's being called the "Toxics Pollution Loophole"—an exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that strips away your Right to Know protections. Under this exemption, industries are no longer required to disclose environmental and health risks before projects are approved. –No environmental review. –No transparency. –No real community say. –No mitigation. This covers 75+ types of heavy industry facilities that use and can release arsenic, PFAS, cyanide, and other toxic chemicals into our air, our water, our rivers, our land. Doctors, scientists, labor leaders, and frontline communities are sounding the alarm. We cannot allow polluting industries to operate outside of CEQA's protections, and SB 954 (Blakespear) would close this loophole. We need to make sure that our State Senator Christopher Cabaldon knows his constituents care, and that we are relying on his leadership to protect the environment and public health. Tell Senator Cabaldon to close the Toxics Pollution Loophole and protect your community at righttoknow-cabaldon.org #CEQA #ToxicsPollution #RightToKnow #SonomaCounty SB954

We honor the many forms of motherhood and we celebrate the strength, resilience, and care necessary to making life possible. Thank you to @benedictajustine1971 , a mother of two humans and countless plants and animals that live around her home and garden, for bringing us closer to what motherhood in nature looks like through her wildlife photorgraphy. We paired her images with this lovely tune from LUMINARY and hope you will pause with us and reflect on the wonders of motherhood.

Are you passionate about nature and want to make a real impact for something you care about? 🌿 Sonoma Land Trust's internship program puts you in the field—habitat restoration, community outreach, conservation research, and more—doing meaningful work on the landscapes that make Sonoma County extraordinary. You'll learn, grow, and leave with experience that shapes a career in conservation. Applications open through May 23. Learn more at the link in bio. #ConservationInternship #SonomaLandTrust #SonomaCounty #NatureJobs #GetInvolved

How do you reconcile what is owed to those who came before us with those who will come after us? Join us for a free Language of the Land Webinar: Kuleana—A Story of Native Hawai’i on Wednesday, May 13 starting at 6pm. Journalist and senior news executive @saragoo.author tries to answer that question as she shares the story of how she and her family were forced to make a decision about the land they owned on Maui’s rugged east shore. She will discuss her journey of reconnecting with her Hawaiian roots along with the displacement of Native Hawaiians. Register for free by clicking the link in the bio. 🔊 Spanish interpretation will be available. --- ¿Cómo reconciliar lo que se les debe a quienes nos precedieron con lo que se les debe a quienes vendrán después de nosotros? Únete a nuestro seminario web gratuito de Lenguaje de la tierra: kuleana, una historia de la gente nativa de Hawái, el miércoles 13 de mayo a partir de las 6 p. m. Sara Kehaulani Goo, periodista y alta ejecutiva de noticias, intenta responder a esa pregunta mientras comparte la historia de ella y su familia cuando se vieron obligados a tomar una decisión sobre el terreno que poseían en la escarpada costa este de Maui —tierra cedida por el rey Kamehameha III en 1848— tras recibir una factura del impuesto sobre la propiedad con un aumento del 500 %. Hablará de su viaje de reconexión con sus raíces hawaianas, así como del desplazamiento de los nativos hawaianos. Puedes obtener más información e inscribirte en este seminario web gratuito haciendo clic en el enlace de nuestra biografía.

Welcome to our new outreach coordinator: Nicole Curreri is a born-and-raised Sonoma resident who cares deeply about protecting the open spaces that make California such a special place to live. Her background includes community engagement and outreach in cultural institutions, the juvenile justice system, and human rights advocacy. Nicole holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of California, Davis, with a minor in human rights studies. She believes civic participation in environmental stewardship is not only fulfilling but also healing, and she is committed to making land conservation accessible and relevant to everyone. Outside of work, Nicole enjoys exploring the outdoors, especially hiking along the Sonoma Coast.

Become an ambassador for conservation by joining our first ever peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. It’s more than raising dollars—it’s sharing why you care, inspiring your community, and inviting others to join with you to invest in clean water and air, healthy habitats, thriving wildlife, and access to nature for all. We hope you will sign up to be a Sonoma Land Trust ambassador and we’ll send you our special toolkit and provide support along the way. Join us in celebrating today by protecting tomorrow by clicking the link in our bio.