Residents of Sonoma Valley now have a chance to weigh in on a plan to help us manage the coming rains – which bring with them the possibility of floods. Called the Storm Water Resources Plan, its intent is to manage flooding, recharge groundwater, reduce soil erosion,...
Sonoma Ecology Center has managed Sonoma Garden Park for a quarter-century, and we’ve always strived to make this public park as community-friendly as possible. To further that goal, we’re proposing a number of improvements to the park in our Sonoma Garden Park Master...
Sonoma Ecology Center’s educators are wowed by the huge success of this year’s Summer Science Camps. An outpouring of positive feedback from campers and parents alike has confirmed for us that we are on the right track. “He had the most wonderful time at Creek Camp,”...
Our motion-activated cameras caught this beautiful black bear nosing its way around Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, not far from the Red Barn, in mid-July. This is the first bear seen in the park since the October 2017 wildfires, which burned more than 28 percent of...