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Archives for May, 2024

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  • Staff spotlight: Mary Thayer, Executive Secretary

    May 23, 2024

    Mary is  a California native who graduated from Madison High School in San Diego and attended college in San Bernardino and Sacramento before graduating with an AA degree from Santa Rosa Junior College. Mary now lives in Rohnert Park, and …

  • Ag + Open Space and Sonoma Water purchase Mark West Wikiup Preserve for conservation

    May 23, 2024

    SANTA ROSA, CA – Today, Ag + Open Space and Sonoma Water are announcing the purchase of the 30-acre Mark West Wikiup Preserve in the Larkfield-Wikiup area of Santa Rosa. Home to half-a-mile of Mark West Creek, oaks, riparian habitat, …

  • Lorri Duckworth remembered

    May 23, 2024

    We at Ag + Open Space are profoundly saddened by the recent passing of long-time farmer and community advocate, Lorri Duckworth. As some of our most well-known easement landowners, Lorri, her husband Oscar, and their children have been inspirational in …