Protected Lands

Archives for February, 2022

Our Impact

  • Staff Spotlight: Kim Batchelder, Vegetation Management Coordinator

    February 24, 2022

    This month, we’re checking in with Kim Batchelder, the County’s Vegetation Management Coordinator. Kim has been with Ag + Open Space for over a decade, and recently moved into this role focused on the planning, development and implementation of funding …

  • Cordage-making and stewardship at Dogbane Preserve

    February 24, 2022

    For centuries, Indigenous peoples have harvested the Dogbane plant for use in making cordage, nets, bags, and belts. With many years of community care, the Dogbane plant has thrived on the special three-acre, culturally-significant Dogbane Preserve in what is now …

Gallery

  • Close up of dogbane plants, with green leaves along reddish brown stalks.
  • Close up staff and community members braiding cordage.
  • A crowd of community members stand in the grass and listen to speakers share about the Dogbane plant.
  • A former Ag + Open Space staff member helps a young community member practice braiding cordage.