*Please note, that this event has been CANCELLED. If you have any questions or comments, please call our office at 707-544-7284. 

Climate Crisis Series: Fire Ecology at Calabazas Creek 

Calabazas Creek Open Space Preserve

Sunday, March 29th, 10am-2pm

 with Monica Delmartini, Resident Fire Ecologist for the Ag+ Open Space 

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LandPaths and the Ag+Open Space invite you to a day of fire ecology at Calabazas Creek. Co-hosted by Monica Delmartini, Resident Fire Ecologist for Ag+Open Space, participants will hear more about climate change in relation to our local landscapes. At Calabazas Creek Open Space Preserve, we’ll discuss how practices like prescribed burning, selective forest thinning, and grazing can be used to increase the resiliency of natural lands to the changing climate, encourage biodiversity and health, and help protect the lands we love and depend on from the impacts of wildfire and major weather events. 

LandPaths invites you to take a deeper dive into understanding the human-induced climate crisis that our Mother Earth is enduring through our climate crisis series. In this series of outings, we hope to bring awareness to issues directly affecting the lands we call home, while incorporating collective and ongoing solutions. Participants can expect to hear from local experts and enthusiasts in selected topics such as Fire Ecology, Soil Health, and the State of our Oceans. 

Where: To reduce or impacts on the land, we will be caravaning from a nearby location to the preserve. We will meet at the Safeway in Rincon Valley (corner of Hwy. 12 and Calistoga Rd), off Highway 12, and will then caravan over to the preserve. Look for a LandPaths sign, or staff and volunteers to direct you in. Rincon Vallley Safeway Parking Lot, 100 Calistoga Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95409

What to bring:

• Lunch and snacks for the day
• Comfortable hiking shoes and clothing in layers
• Sun gear( sun hat, sunscreen, sunglasses. etc.)
• Hiking poles (Suggested as footing may be difficult for some people)
• Binoculars 
• Something to write with/on

What to expect:

•  This hike will be led by Monica Delmartini, Resident Fire Ecologist for the Ag+ Open Space district and LandPaths staff 
• Our route will be 5 miles total, with rocky/uneven footing on steep terrain. 
• We will stay together as a group
• You will be asked to sign a liabilty waiver upon arrival
• No pets, no smoking, and no smoking pets of course!

Contact: For more questions, please contact our offices by calling 707-544-7284 #107

Registration is closed.

Ag + Open Space protects land in Sonoma County and LandPaths connects you with that land. This program is made possible through a partnership between the District and non-profit partner LandPaths. It is sponsored by the voters of Sonoma County who funded the District's work with a quarter-cent sales tax, and is coordinated & guided by LandPaths