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District Agenda Items: Dickson Ranch Conservation Easement Agreement Sebastopol Skategarden Expansion Matching Grant Project View the full agenda here >>

Discover the magnificent, moldy world of fungi. We’ll join Autumn Summers for a leisurely saunter on a Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District protected property near Santa Rosa, highlighting edible, medicinal & common mushrooms, their amazing lifecycle, and how to find them. Register here  

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Este será un evento muy especial. Acompáñenos a explorar el maravilloso mundo de los hongos. Nos acompañará una experta en la identificación de hongos mientras exploramos la bello propiedad de Rancho McCullough. Esta propiedad has sido protegida por el Condado de Sonoma Agrícola Preservación y Distrito de Espacio Abierto y …

District item(s): Amendment to Agreement with City of Healdsburg for Land Management Services at Healdsburg Ridge Preserve View the entire meeting agenda here >>

There is nothing more lovely than a day out at Rancho, mingling with other families who love the outdoors, while the kids explore, discover and play.  This fun-filled day of nature games may have your kids (and you!) leaping like a deer, creeping like a fox, or camouflaging like a …

Join us for a winter birding hike at the spectacular Poff Ranch (aka Wright Hill Ranch) just south of Red Hill on the Sonoma Coast.  These 1235-acres are protected by your Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District.  The property features breathtaking coastal views from Wright Hill (1190 feet), …

Come celebrate a National Day of Service on MLK Day by volunteering with the Watershed Stewards Program and Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District! Help remove invasive plants, reduce erosion, spread native seeds and improve salmonid habitat in the Paulin Creek Open Space Preserve. Paulin Creek Open Space …

Join Sonoma Ecology Center naturalists for a hike at Calabazas Creek Open Space Preserve to explore the natural wonders that this cool, damp weather brings us. The preserve is known for its stunning vistas, open meadows, waterfalls, and oak woodlands. Hikers will experience a multitude of microclimates as well as …

The Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District’s Matching Grant Program makes grants available to Cities, the County, other public agencies, and non-profit  organizations for urban open space projects that provide open space preservation, natural resource enhancement and restoration, community recreation, and public access opportunities. The District’s 2016 Matching Grant Program …