Reciprocity: Giving back to the Sonoma Developmental Center
Reciprocity: Giving back to the Sonoma Developmental Centerby Tracy Salcedo We want so much from this land. We want it to host a thousand homes, or half that many, or something between. We want it to support workspace for a thousand people, or more, or less. We [...]
Meg Beeler: Carrying the Voice of the Mountain, Building Connection
Meg Beeler: Carrying the Voice of the Mountain, Building Connection This is the fourth of a series of monthly interviews we are conducting with the Sonoma Mountain Preservation board members. Meg Beeler, SMP’s Chair for ten years, lives on the mountain. She is an author and Shamanic Guide, founder [...]
Larry Modell, Lafferty, and the Petaluma Perspective
Larry Modell, Lafferty, and the Petaluma Perspective This is the third of a series of monthly interviews we are conducting with the Sonoma Mountain Preservation board members. Larry Modell grew up in Mill Valley and became an avid hiker on Tamalpais and Marin's coastal hills. After graduating from UC [...]
The Life and Times of Nancy Evers Kirwan
The Life and Times of Nancy Evers Kirwan This is the second of a series of monthly interviews we are conducting with the Sonoma Mountain Preservation board members. Nancy Evers Kirwan is a native of the Bay Area. She currently lives at the base of Sonoma Mountain on [...]
Getting to know SMP board member Tracy Salcedo
I had found my tribe in many ways during that summit, but the moment it crystalized was when board member Kim Batchelder led us to the pile of rocks that marks the high point and assured us that he'd banged around on them to let the rattlesnakes know that we were coming.
Winners Announced for Sonoma Mountain Photo Contest!
Winners Announced for Sonoma Mountain Photo Contest! #SonomaMountainPhotoContest Congratulations to the winners of our first Sonoma Mountain Photo Contest. Our theme was "A Sense of Place." We had a great time viewing all your beautiful and proud images of Sonoma Mountain. Our first-place winner is the gorgeous [...]
Creating the North Sonoma Mountain Ridge Trail
Creating the North Sonoma Mountain Ridge Trail by Kim Batchelder, Natural Resources Planner, Sonoma County Ag + Open Space “My first assignment for Sonoma Ag + Open Space was to develop the North Sonoma Mountain Ridge Trail. I remember visiting a small redwood grove on Jacobs Ranch – [...]
Glen Ellen and Eldridge/SDC Are Inseparable
Glen Ellen and Eldridge/SDC Are Inseparable: This Reality Needs to Be Reflected in The SDC Specific Plan This clear and impassioned description of the relationship between Glen Ellen and Eldridge/SDC was written by Tracey Salcedo, Glen Ellen resident and member of the Leadership Team of the SDC Coalition. [...]
Heart full of trails, head full of leave no trace
Heart full of trails, head full of leave no trace By Tracy Salcedo I am an outlaw. A trespasser. And worse, I’m a repeat offender, in cahoots with other scofflaws like myself. Many of us here in Glen Ellen – heck, throughout Sonoma Valley – are members [...]
SDC 3-Year Agreement Between County and State
SDC 3-Year Agreement Between County and State If you are interested in details of the agreement between the State and County regarding the SDC "hybrid" transition plans, the four documents below provide a fairly robust idea of what's going to be happening. The State has committed to [...]
SDC Agreement—Woo Hoo!
SDC Agreement—Woo Hoo! Legislators Announce Tentative Agreement on Sonoma Development Center 4/2/19 ELDRIDGE – Senators Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, announced today a tentative agreement on the Sonoma Development Center that will empower neighbors, the community, and the County of Sonoma to conduct a comprehensive community planning process focused [...]
Trek Across the Mountain
Sense of Place: Two-day Trek Across the Mountain On SMP’s first 2-day hike across the Mountain, a small group of intrepid hikers got to sleep overnight on private land and spend a fabulous two days trekking. Sponsored by Landpaths in honor of Pat Eliot, and led by [...]
Sonoma Mountain – The Book!
Where the World Begins: Sonoma Mountain Stories and Images draws you into our inspiring natural treasure at the heart of southern Sonoma County. Local Bestseller, IPPY Award 2020. Two purchasing choices below:
