Fire Recovery Walk: Arrowhead Mountain

Tues, 3/13, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Community: Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Start Diagram District

When: Tuesday, March 13, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Where: Scribe Winery, Sonoma, CA

Cost: Free (registration required)

Particulars: Join Sonoma Ecology Middle workers to search for the land rebound on Arrowhead Mountain, which burned in the October wildfires. We can understand at the chaparral vegetation sprouting, scrutinize for special “fire follower” wildflowers, assess burned timber, and be taught to define fire-affected landscapes. We can discuss: Why did this happen? What does it imply? How will we prepare for when it occurs all over again?

Nicholas Farms, honorable by the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Start Diagram District (Ag + Start Diagram) in 1995, is on the Sonoma-Napa County border east of the Metropolis of Sonoma, with the hills in the back of Scribe Winery on the property operating up to the county boundary. Its conservation easement protects the scenic landscape and permits for some agricultural spend. We can ascend the hillside on a tough fire boulevard to achieve the chaparral zone at the head, the keep we are in a position to abilities gargantuan views of the north bay and detect the adaptations and responses of this plant neighborhood to fireplace. Right here’s a moderate-to-troublesome, 2.5-mile hike, with a 600-foot elevation assemble. The terrain is uneven with areas of free rock and soil. We could simply stir through brushy areas, with brush alongside the fire boulevard presenting conceivable publicity to ticks or poison oak. As that is a non-public property, please invent no longer are trying and navigate the property with out the designated leaders.

There will not be any longer such a thing as a fee for at the present time out, as it is some distance made conceivable by the voters of Sonoma County who fund the work of Ag + Start Diagram with a quarter-cent sales tax. The Fire Restoration Stroll sequence is furthermore paid for by the Sonoma Valley Ecological Fire Support Fund. Donations to this fund dedicated to fireplace education, vigorous response, and prevention are gratefully welcome! DONATE: https://www.sonomaecologycenter.org/sonoma-valley-fires-fund/

REGISTER TODAY! This day out will trust immediate! Reservations are required on-line by 5pm on Monday, March 12, 2018:

Originally posted 2018-03-09 00:32:15.