Mission: Protect the scenic, natural, cultural, agricultural and open landscapes of sonoma county for the benefit of the community and future generations by developing long-term land protection strategies; promoting private and public funding for land conservation; acquiring land and conservation easements; practicing stewardship, including the restoration of conservation properties; promoting a sense of place and a land ethic through activities, education and outreach.
Programs: Acquisition, stewardship and on the land programs- continued work to enhance the sonoma valley wildlife corridor, including study of wildlife movement patterns. Secured $2. 1 million grant to further strengthen and protect the wildlife linkage system through sonoma valley. - continued collaboration with community partners to create a plan for the future use of the sonoma development center a critical link in the habitat corridor on the eastern slope of sonoma mountain. - transferred ownership of the recently restored 1,000-acre sears point wetlands to san pablo national wildlife refuge, including a 2. 5 mile extension of the san francisco bay trail system. - initiated long-term ecological monitoring of sears point wetlands restoration project and continued native habitat planting project. - acquired and transferred to sonoma county regional parks 162 acres of wildlands to be added to hood mountain regional park and open space preserve. - added new program in the russian river watershed to develop a reserve preserve system plan. - managed 16 properties covering over 3,800 acres to preserve, restore and monitor their natural, open space, scenic, cultural and agricultural resources. - monitored 44 conservation easements covering over 7,000 acres to ensure the terms of the easements are upheld and the conservation values are protected. - continued collaboration with the santa rosa southeast greenway campaign to protect 52 acres formerly slated for an extension to highway 12 within the city of santa rosa. - teamed up with graduate students to conduct biological studies of slt properties, provided environmental education opportunities for schoolchildren and offered public hikes. - engaged over a thousand people in the community through outreach, education, hiking and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
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