Bruce Hall, a former Sugarloaf staff member and volunteer, who is a retired mechanical contractor, built a new accessible ramp at the park’s Community Science office. This ramp installation was funded by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). This...
In our mission to bring high quality environmental education to all students in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Ecology Center hosted a UC California Naturalist for Teachers (UC CalNat) course last Fall to support our Valley’s educators in their environmental education...
Raymond Baltar, SEC’s Biochar Program Manager. Sonoma Ecology Center has for many years been a leader in the movement locally and throughout California to expand the production and use of biochar. Biochar, a specially made form of charcoal that is suitable for use in...
By Hannah Aclufi Hannah Aclufi, our Native Plant Nursery Manager. Photo courtesy of Marielle V Chua. Hannah Aclufi, our Native Plant Nursery manager, is excited to share with you her top native plant picks for your garden this Spring. All of these species will be sold...
The endangered scorpion species Paruroctonus tulare that Galen Freed-Wilhelm, a Sugarloaf volunteer, spotted at Kern National Wildlife Refuge. His observation of the species was uploaded onto iNaturalist and used by scientists to understand the scorpion’s habitat...
Sonoma Botanical Garden (SBG), in partnership with Sonoma Ecology Center and Habitat Corridor Project, has proudly announced our dynamic, new collaboration to design and establish a leading-edge California native plant demonstration garden at SBG. The project aims to...
