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Preservation » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Working to preserve Sonoma Mountain is multi-faceted:. Advocating protection of land through purchase by conservation buyers and acquisition of conservation easements. Supporting public access and trails in publicly protected lands. Ensuring citizen-friendly management of State and Regional parks. Preserving scenic and visual resources through design guidelines, development standards, citizen participation in permit issues, and the establishment of heritage roads.
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coalition » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. What is The Future of the Sonoma Developmental Center? For over 100 years the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) near Glen Ellen has provided a safe and secure place for the developmentally disabled. Now SDC faces certain closure by the State. The only question is how long the institution will remain open. What Is the Status of SDC? SDC’s lands connect Sonoma Mountain and the Mayacamas Mountain Range on the eastern slopes. SDC is the linchpin. Its valley floor lands ...Coali...
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Geography » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Sonoma Mountain is one of the most prominent landforms in the North San Francisco Bay Region of California. it lies approximately 50 miles due north of San Francisco, in southern Sonoma County, roughly equidistant from the cities of Santa Rosa (to the north), Rohnert Park and Cotati (to the northwest), Petaluma (to the southwest) and Sonoma (to the east). Sonoma Mountain contains an accumulation of relatively recent (four to nine million year-old) sedimentary and volcanic r...
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Sonoma Mountain Journal » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Sonoma Mountain Journal 2015. Highlights the artists, visionaries and. Spiritual leaders connected with the mountain. Sonoma Mountain Journal 2014. Highlights the Sonoma Developmental Center–. Its past, present and future. One Response to “Sonoma Mountain Journal”. December 28, 2015 at 12:16 am. If you need help posting the other journals, please let me know. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You may use these. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Friends of the Mountain.
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The Mountain » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Where the World Began. The world was made by O-ye the Coyote-man. the earth was covered with water. The only thing that showed above the water was the very top of Oona-pa’is. When o-ye was sitting alone on top of Oona-pa’is and all the rest of the world was covered with water, he saw a feather floating toward him, blown by the wind from the west – the direction from which he himself had come. He asked the feather, “Who are you? The feather made no reply. In another version,...
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SMP History & Accomplishments » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Raquo; SMP History & Accomplishments. SMP History & Accomplishments. SMP has championed preservation of open space on the mountain from 1993 to the present. It organized the community to prevent development on critical mountain parcels, including:. Freiberg and Schlumberger (1993-94). Developmental Center upper parcels, transferring 600 acres to Jack London State Historical Park (1995-2002). Redesigned SMP’s website and FaceBook page. Encouraged county to add Mayacamas Moun...
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Diamond A » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. A Short History of the Diamond A on Sonoma Mountain. The largest subdivision on Sonoma Mountain is known as Diamond A,. A rural residential community accessed via Grove Street on the SE slope of the mountain. How did this 1,200 acres transition from Miwok hunting grounds to a subdivision of 240 parcels during the past two centuries? Who were the central characters in this history? Was there any public oversight of the subdivision process? Tagged with: Diamond A. On April 29...
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Water » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. To understand water on Sonoma Mountain, it helps to understand stone. The mountain resembles a layer cake of rocks ranging in age from 10 million years old at the base to 3 million near the top. Over the rocks rests a thin skin of modern river gravels, slumps of loose rocky debris and soil (known popularly as landslides), and oak-fir-redwood woodlans in a mosaic whose character depends in part on soil moisture. Also on the mountain is the Glen Ellen Formation, which lies ea...
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farming » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Home-Coming: The Lee Family on Two Moon Family Farm. We sell eggs and produce to several local restaurants and at the farmer’s market ( Kenwood Community Farmers Market. In addition we raise goats and the occasional turkeys and lamb for our own family. Our children understand where food comes from and we are carrying on the tradition of having a small homestead farm on the side of Sonoma Mountain. Photography by Shannon Lee. This post is the first installment of the Why I L...
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Benzinger » Sonoma Mountain Preservation
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SMP History & Accomplishments. Recreation on the Mountain. Recreation on the mountain can include wine tasting, visiting Morton’s Warm Springs. Attending a retreat at the Westerbeke Ranch. Or, as most visitors and residents do, heading to a park, principally Jack London State Historic Park. First time visitors often start by touring the historic buildings, including the burned-out Wolf House, the summer cottage and museum, and the barn and must-see Pig Palace. Then on to the hikes. Signage along the way ...