Once a year, nature lovers come together in an effort to rid our beaches and waterways of trash. Across the nation, plastic bags, wrappers, cans and bottles, cigarette butts, etc. — literally millions of pounds of trash — are picked up in just a few short...
It’s the dry time of year. So how is our creek flow going? The water in creeks is the lifeblood of riparian forests, water creatures like fish and kingfishers, land animals needing to drink, and water well users who irrigate vineyards and landscapes. Recently, Sonoma...
A flood plain restoration project by the Sonoma Ecology Center that incorporates storm water management, habitat enhancement and educational elements has broken ground along Nathanson Creek near East MacArthur Street. For the next few weeks, workers will displace...
This June, your favorite parks in Sonoma Valley and beyond – Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Jack London State Historic Park and the entire Sonoma County Regional Parks system – are allowing pass holders for one park to use that pass at all of the other parks, free of...
Before it even had an official name on the June 7 ballot, Measure AA, the Clean and Healthy Bay measure, has enjoyed broad support from environmental groups around the Bay, including us. That’s because Measure AA – a Bay Area-wide parcel tax of $12 per year for the...
Learn a new simple method to manage burn piles and make biochar, a useful soil amendment. By replacing conventional open burn methods with the top-down conservation burn you can significantly reduce emissions (visible smoke and invisible chemicals and particles)...
