Wildflower Wonders
Sonoma County's beautiful landscape is enhanced every spring by gorgeous displays of wildflowers. Sonoma County’s Regional Parks offer some of the best opportunities to see a variety of wildflowers in bloom [...]
Climate Talk Moves to Climate Action
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report with a stark warning: every part of the world is already facing the impacts of climate change, and these impacts are more severe than expected. However, we still have a chance to prevent much more severe impacts by halving greenhouse gas emissions and scaling up adaptation [...]
Who Once Lived Here?
While walking in Spring Lake Regional Park near the proposed Southeast Greenway on a recent morning, I was sharing my knowledge of the history of this land and the indigenous people who lived here with a friend, one of the founding members of the Greenway Campaign. She asked how I had learned this? [...]
Celebrating Arbor Day
In California Arbor Day is celebrated on Luther Burbank's birthday, March 7th. Arbor Day—which literally translates to “tree” day from the Latin origin of the word arbor—is a holiday that celebrates the planting, upkeep, and preservation of trees. [...]
Spring into Action
Spring is here! It’s a great time to get outside and enjoy the Greenway while it’s green. Do you know which creeks cross the Greenway and where features such as trails, community gardens, and mixed-use housing might be located in the future? [...]
Year End Fund Drive Success!
The Southeast Greenway Campaign wishes to thank the many supporters who generously contributed to our year-end fund drive for acquisition and development of the Greenway. Over the years, the Campaign’s fundraising efforts have shown that parks, open space, and the great outdoors are important to members of our community [...]
Southeast Greenway Project Update
The long process of reviewing maps, files, and title reports for the 47 parcels that make up the Greenway to ensure clean title and an accurate map for appraising the property is nearly over [...]
Water Management on the Greenway
Considering the changing climate, and specifically more extreme precipitation patterns, we need to rethink how to capture, direct, and dissipate water to best benefit our community and local ecology. The five- and 100-year rain events of the past—used as parameters for designing urban drainage system capacities—no longer fit changing weather patterns [...]
A Livable Future for our Kids
Speaking as a mother who has raised two sons in the Montgomery Village area, I believe the Greenway will prove positively transformational for families, allowing us to convert portions of our days that are currently stressful and unpleasant into moments of joy, connection, and health [...]
Roseland Creek Park Plan Approved
Parks feed our minds and our spirits. We enjoy them while walking our dogs, lapping up some sun, relaxing on a bench, playing with our kids, and sharing picnics with friends and family [...]