MEADOW Hikers enjoy the environs of Calvi Ranch, which is part of the ancestral homeland of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Photo courtesy of LandPaths.

A Santa Rosa-based environmental nonprofit recently purchased a historic Sonoma County ranch complete with a trout-filled creek and a 13-foot-wide, 1,000-year-old redwood tree. Calvi Ranch, a 69-acre ...

The Fall season is a vibrant and inspiring time for the UC Master Gardener Program. As the days grow cooler and gardens shift into their final burst of color and productivity, communities across ...

“Bayer” Corn, a variety that has been planted at Bayer Farm in Sonoma County for17 years. Image by Sue Lovelace. Each year, Hispanic Heritage Month offers us a chance to pause and celebrate the rich ...

Breaking through the thick marine fog at Wildcat Gorge Trail in North Berkeley, hikers — new and seasoned, young and wise — arrive to meet at the Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round nearby, ready with their ...

Bay Nature’s 2023 community hero Omar Gallardo. (Illustration by Eric Nyquist) Omar Gallardo grew up among the mango orchards of Michoacán, Mexico, and the Geyserville vineyards in Sonoma County as ...

While large redwoods meccas like Henry Cowell, Reinhardt and Sonoma’s Armstrong get all the fame, the Bay Area’s full of intriguing microbursts of redwoods thanks to antilogging efforts and ...

Amid soaring temperatures over Labor Day weekend, Lesly Caballero Garcia led five Latino families on a camping trip to the Yosemite Valley. A senior bilingual education field specialist at LandPaths, ...

LandPaths is looking for a dozen teens and young adults between the ages 14 and 24 who have an interest in getting outdoors and learning about land stewardship through direct hands-on experience. Work ...

Chicanx educators encouraged the 50-plus attendees at April 8’s “Última: La Curandera” Zoom event to reconnect with the traditional healing knowledge of Chicanx and indigenous elders in their lives.

Santa Rosa-based LandPaths has secured a state grant of more than $2.4 million to purchase a wooded property west of Occidental that will help link up 5,000 acres of open space near the Sonoma Coast.