SMP
Newsletter Articles

March 2002

• Galvin family
  turns down
  purchase offer
  by Open Space
  District
• Sudden Oak
  Death Syndrome
  on Sonoma Mtn
• Oak woodlands
  on Sonoma Mtn
• Transfer of SDC
  parcel to State
  Parks nears
• Publicly owned
  and protected
  lands
• History:
  Woodcutting and
  Logging on
  Sonoma Mtn

June 2001

• Galvin ranch --
  openspace or
  mansions?

• New vineyard
  on Galvin ranch

• Wildlife-friendly
  fencing

• Lafferty update

• Sonoma
  Developmental
  Center Parcel 2
  update

• SDC land added
  to Regional Park

• Sonoma Mtn
  trail not yet open

• Volunteer
  opportunities

• History: Over the
  mountain hikes
  to Whitney Falls

Library and Links

Here are links to some of the other organizations involved in preservation of Sonoma Mountain and adjacent areas (no affiliation or endorsement is implied):

• Fairfield-Osborne Preserve (Sonoma State University)

• Friends of Lafferty Park

• Jack London Historic State Park and California State Parks, Silverado District

• LandPaths

• Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District

• Sonoma County Regional Parks

• Sonoma Ecology Center

• Sonoma Land Trust

Documents of interest:

• Creation story of the Coast Miwok people, featuring Sonoma Mountain

• Images of upper Sonoma Mountain -- photos by Craig Anderson of LandPaths

• Letter by SMP in support of Petaluma's efforts to open Lafferrty Park, October 2001

• Press release on the expansion of Jack London State Park, Fall 2002