On Oct. 8, 2017, several fires ignited around the North Bay including in Sonoma Valley. They spread quickly and uncontrollably, burning huge swaths of land and turning the lives of Valley residents upside-down. Exactly one year later, on Monday, Oct. 8, Sonoma Ecology...
Late last year, as locals were picking up the pieces following historic wildfires, we at Sonoma Ecology Center put our heads together to figure out how best to leverage our strengths – which include community outreach, mobilizing volunteers, and an unparalleled...
Not long after the fires, Sonoma filmmaker Tim Wetzel of 9 Mile Productions came to us with an idea: he’d photograph various burned locations in Sonoma Valley, then return to those same spots over time and photograph them again to record how the land was healing. The...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a map worth? For many Sonoma Valley residents, maps displaying the regions burned in October’s wildfires have been invaluable. Three such maps produced recently by Alex Young, our geographic information systems (GIS)...
UPDATE: For more complete tips and information, please see our new Sonoma Valley Fire Recovery page. Wildfires swept through more than a quarter of Sonoma Valley in October 2017. Many returning residents want to expedite the healing of their land but aren’t...