Bike Monkey
Bike Monkey is a bicycle culture portal that promotes the adventure and passion of cycling through organized events, print media, and online interactive content. Active since 2005, Bike Monkey hosts over 10,000 participants in12 rides covering multiple formats, from classic cross-country mountain bike races like the Annadel XC to road cycling “cyclosportive” events like Levi Leipheimer’s King Ridge GranFondo. Bike Monkey also publishes a quarterly print cycling journal to a nationwide subscriber base, telling the story of the bike and the heart of those who ride them. In between issues,...
Read MoreConservation Corps North Bay
Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB) is the nation’s first local nonprofit conservation corps and the premier provider of environmental services for some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most exquisite natural resources. CCNB’s success at linking stewardship of our environment with employment preparation for local at-risk youth has been recognized nationally. Since Conservation Corps North Bay’s inception in 1982, thousands of youth aged 18-28 have participated in CCNB’s year round job training program. CCNB joins forces with local land management agencies and businesses, such as...
Read MoreJack London Lake Alliance
The Jack London Lake Alliance, dedicated to the restoration of the lake and dam on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain, is a special project of the Valley of the Moon Natural History Association. See a short video of the park and the project at: www.jacklondonlake.org
Read MoreSonoma County Agricultural and Open Space District
Sonoma County’s residents are passionate about land conservation and voted in 1990 to create and fund the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. That commitment again was expressed in 2006, when voters reauthorized the District’s sales tax with a 76% approval. Since its inception, the District has invested more than $283 million to permanently preserve 85,000 acres of open space and agricultural land that includes farms and ranches, greenbelts and scenic hillsides, natural areas, and lands for public recreation. As a proud partner of local, regional and state...
Read MoreSonoma County Trails Council
The SCTC, established in 1967, works in partnership with others to advocate, plan, build, and maintain a network of sustainable, shared-use public trails for non-motorized recreation throughout Sonoma County, California. The Trails Council has trail work days on the 3rd Saturday of the month to help maintain trails in Annadel State Park. Contact Ken Wells, Executive Director, at kenwells(at)sonic.net, for work day details and other trail news and volunteer opportunities. Learn more: www.sonomatrails.org
Read MoreSonoma Ecology Center
The Sonoma Ecology Center has worked for over 20 years in Sonoma Valley and the region to enhance and sustain the health of our community’s world-class ecological heritage. We conduct cutting-edge research, share science and nature with thousands of students and adults in the classroom and on the land, and offer examples, guidance, and resources to hundreds of citizen stewards striving to sustain their part of this remarkable place. Sonoma County’s parks are jewels in the crown of nature’s diversity. The thousands of species that reside in our parks represent a critical part of our...
Read MoreSonoma Land Trust
Since 1976, the private, nonprofit Sonoma Land Trust has protected more than 26,000 acres of scenic, natural, agricultural and open land in and around Sonoma County for future generations by developing long-term land-protection strategies; promoting private and public funding for land conservation; acquiring land and conservation easements; stewarding and restoring conservation properties; and promoting a sense of place and a land ethic through activities, education and outreach. In response to the threatened park closures and also the degradation of service levels at all of the state parks...
Read MoreSonoma Petaluma State Historic Parks Association
Learn more about their efforts at petalumaadobe.com
Read MoreStewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Since 1985, Stewards has been working in partnership with State Parks in the Russian River area to protect and preserve the natural and cultural history through education and stewardship volunteer programs. Stewards serves over 5,500 children who visit our state parks annually to use them as their outdoor classroom. Environmental Education programs include redwoods ecology, tidepool exploration, watershed education and an Environmental Living Program. A corps of 400 volunteers staff two visitor centers, provide public education through Whale Watch, Seal Watch, as Tidepool Roving Naturalists...
Read MoreUnited Camps Conferences and Retreats
United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), was created over 40 years ago so that nonprofit organizations could enjoy beautiful sites for their camping and retreat experiences. Our mission is “Creating partnerships to provide positive life-changing experiences”. Our mission is two-fold: to fully supporting your program while you are enjoying one of our facilities; and to provide excellence in the stewardship of the properties with which we have been entrusted. UCCR’s expertise in managing and operating property gives the owner organizations confidence that their facility has...
Read MoreValley of the Moon Natural History Association
Valley of the Moon Natural History Association is an important partner to three California State Parks in Sonoma Valley: Annadel, Sugarloaf Ridge, and Jack London State Historic Park. Our all-volunteer non-profit organization funds special projects, educational exhibits, maps, and publications for the parks. We support horseback and bicycle patrol groups and sponsor yearly docent training classes. Membership dues, special events, donations and sales revenue at Sugarloaf Ridge and Jack London visitor centers also provide monies for a handicap cart and garden care at the London cottage. Working...
Read MoreValley of the Moon Observatory Association
The non-profit VMOA built the Robert Ferguson Observatory (www.rfo.org) with three large public-access telescopes in the heart of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park from donated funds. We operate it with an all-volunteer team of docents under a concession contract with the Department of Parks and Recreation. Visitors to the observatory enjoy views of the sun through eye-safe filters during the day, and at night, spectacular views of island universes, giant gas clouds, brilliant clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars, and the planets in our own backyard Solar System. Come for an open public event...
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