Caitlin Cornwall is a Senior Project Manager at Sonoma Ecology Center. She also serves on the Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency Advisory Committee. By Sonoma County Groundwater Sustainability Agency When Caitlin Cornwall walks along Sonoma Creek and...
It’s been an incredible year for water in California. The influx of rain has eased the prolonged megadrought. Yet, our state of water is more complex than abating the drought. As we head into another wet season this year, we spoke to Sonoma Ecology Center’s Senior...
There are many factors at play when determining whether a prescribed burn moves forward or not. A team of collaborators is in a state of constant assessment of temperature, humidity, site preparedness, wind speed, availability of personnel and equipment, and much...
The Chinook salmon that have been making their run up the Sonoma Creek watershed are reaching the end of their life cycle. In the video below you can catch a glimpse of changes their bodies undergo as they enter a rapid senescence – a process observed in salmon...
The Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) has worked to preserve, protect and improve the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor since we originally identified and championed this critical natural resource component of the Sonoma Valley landscape back in the 1990’s. The initial idea,...
We all feel like celebrating over this news: Sonoma Creek has salmon again! Research Program Manager and aquatic scientist Steven Lee assembled this inspiring video of the Chinook (King salmon) as they made their journey upstream and began settling into their spawning...
