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601, 2024

The Urbanization of Sonoma Mountain

By |January 6, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

The Urbanization of Sonoma Mountain By Will Shonbrun   A sailor on horseback “I ride over my beautiful ranch. Between my legs is a beautiful horse. The air is wine. The grapes on a score of rolling hills are red with autumn flame. Across Sonoma Mountain wisps [...]

811, 2023

The Night the County Supervisors Met to Sell the Mountain

By |November 8, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

Nursing a bruised heart not far from here, I raised my daughter alone. I rose at dawn to work long days in the woods, gauged the mountain’s creeks and springs, stood knee-deep with staff and stopwatch in chilly flow. Owls called, resting in shadows. Muddy deer trails bore lion prints the size of tea-plates, mixed with hieroglyphic scrawls of turkey and heron.

709, 2023

The Three Watersheds of Sonoma Mountain

By |September 7, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

“I think of watersheds as living lifeboats from ridge to river, from summit to sea, from stem to stern." Brock Dolman The springs and creeks of Sonoma Mountain feed into three different local watersheds: the Petaluma River, Sonoma Creek, and Laguna de Santa Rosa. 

105, 2023

Helping at the Wildlife Fair

By |May 1, 2023|Tags: , , |

Helping at the Wildlife Fair by Nancy KirwanThere is deep concern for the piecemeal approach that is requiring enormous effort on the part of the residents of and communities surrounding Sonoma Mountain to protect local open space and to sustain the wildlife corridor. There are interconnected watersheds, [...]

105, 2023

Developer chosen for SDC campus

By |May 1, 2023|Tags: , , |

Developer chosen for SDC campus By Melissa Dowling and Tracy SalcedoOriginally published in the April 15th edition of Kenwood Press California’s Department of General Services (DGS) has selected Rogal & Partners and The Grupe Company as buyers for the 180-acre developed campus of the former Sonoma Developmental [...]

204, 2023

Support the Lawsuit to Save SDC

By |April 2, 2023|Tags: , |

Support the Lawsuit to Save SDC Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to build 620 homes, 410,000 square feet of commercial space, and a resort hotel on the 180-acre campus of the former Sonoma Developmental Center. A deeply flawed environmental impact report sanctioning up [...]

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