Glen Ellen
Location: This group stewards the stretch of Sonoma Creek from the intersection of Saddle Road through downtown Glen Ellen along O'Donnell Lane, Carmel Avenue, and Yell Lane to the intersection of Arnold Drive and Oak Street. The Glen Ellen Stewardship also includes a stretch of Calabazas Creek.
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Description: Stewardship members include people living on or near the Glen Ellen stretch of Sonoma and Calabazas Creeks. We are actively looking for upstream and downstream residents who wish to join.
Stream Stewards walk Sonoma Creek below the Arnold Drive bridge with Sonoma Ecology Center staff as part of the Water Wisdom series.
Activities: Many homeowners on Sonoma Creek in Glen Ellen experienced extreme flooding during the New Year's Storm of 2005/2006. They recently took apart a large debris jam downstream from the Arnold Drive bridge, and they are beginning to plan other flood control and creek restoration projects. The stewardship leaders, Sonoma Ecology Center, and Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District also participate in the annual Glen Ellen Fair and host the Water Wisdom Forum. Be sure to stop by our booth at the Fair in mid-October 2011!
More Information and How to Join: Send an email to Bill Crawford, a Glen Ellen stewardship leader, or call him at 707-996-5995.
Confluence of Sonoma and Calabazas Creeks in a storm, fall 2010. Sonoma Creek is the muddy one, Calabazas looks darker because it is running clear and the rocks on the bottom are dark.
Calabazas Creek looking downstream from the O'Donnell Lane bridge toward Sonoma Creek where it passes under the Arnold Drive bridge.
Glen Ellen Village Fair 2010: The "Pollinator Pledge" where over 60 people pledged to plant sunflower and other pollinator favorite seeds for spring and summer blooms, and thus pollination.
Glen Ellen Village Fair 2010: Stewardship Co-Leader Bean Anderson showing his true colors.