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  • Board of Directors Meeting

    December 15, 2015

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

  • Mushroom Madness

    December 18, 2015

    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 …

  • Fiscal Oversight Commission Meeting

    January 7, 2016

    Download the January 7, 2016 Meeting Packet (PDF)

  • Vamos Afuera al Rancho McCullough

    January 10, 2016

    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 …

  • Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Meeting

    January 12, 2016

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

  • Nature Games & Warm Cider – A family outing at Rancho Mark West

    January 16, 2016

    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 …

  • Winter Birding at Poff Ranch

    January 16, 2016

    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 …

  • Paulin Creek Preservation Party

    January 18, 2016

    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 …

  • Cool Weather & Watershed Ecology Hike

    January 23, 2016

    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. …

  • 2016 Matching Grant Program Kick-off Meeting

    January 28, 2016

    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, …