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SDC Specific Plan Update

The Sonoma Developmental Center campus Starting with the establishment of the County’s first recognized wildlife corridor across the Sonoma Developmental Center in 1998, and the eventual transfer of 600 acres of SDC’s open space lands to Jack London State...

Wildfire Risks Along North Bay Creeks

Creeks in some settings act as barriers to wildfires, with flowing water, moist soils, and shady groves of trees. However, riparian (creekside) vegetation can also provide an avenue for rapid spread of fires owing to dense vegetation, infestations of invasive...

Staff Highlight: Ross Adams, Restoration Project Manager

Meet Ross Adams: Restoration Project Manager Ross Adams has helped support and lead our restoration crew through a wide variety of projects over the past year with Sonoma Ecology Center. Whether it’s pulling broom or wielding a chain saw we’re grateful to...

Staff Highlight: Alma Shaw, Senderos Naturales Project Coordinator

Alma Shaw is Sugarloaf Ridge State Park’s Bilingual Events Coordinator and the Program Lead for the Spanish-speaking hiking and workshop program Senderos Naturales. In her tenure here with us Alma has significantly grown our program to reach widely throughout Sonoma,...