Introducing Bryn Miller, Environmental Planner and Project Manager

This previous October, Sonoma Ecology Center welcomed Environmental Planner and Project Manager, Bryn Miller. Having spent the last ten years living and working in California, Bryn brings a passion for the environment and background in field work and local government...

Looking Ahead: Headwaters to Headwaters 2025

This April, over one hundred community members will set out on the trail together for Sonoma Ecology Center’s annual Headwaters to Headwaters fundraiser hike. Over the course of the day, hikers wind through the northern half of Sonoma Valley and the Mayacamas...

Shaping the Future of SDC

Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) is at a turning point, and what happens next will shape Sonoma Valley for generations.  SDC is a jewel. Once the site of a visionary institution to care for California residents with developmental disabilities, it also encompasses a...

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park – Wildflower Update, February 17, 2025

Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus), photo courtesy of Jim Webb. By James Webb About James (Jim) Webb: Jim began volunteering with Sugarloaf Ridge State Park since February 2023 as a trail patrol volunteer. His experience in previous work with United States Forest Service...

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park-Wildflower Update, February 13, 2025

Hoary manzanita (Arctostaphylos canescens), photo courtesy of Jim Webb. By James Webb About James (Jim) Webb: Jim began volunteering with Sugarloaf Ridge State Park last February 2023 as a trail patrol volunteer. His experience in previous work with USFS lends itself...