Nathanson Creek Preserve
Location: The stewardship starts at the top of Gehricke Road in Sonoma and continues downstream to the confluence with Sonoma Creek near the southern end of Broadway. Most stewardship work takes place at the Preserve located east of Sonoma Valley High School and Adele Harrison Middle School, both on Broadway.
- For maps showing stewardship locations, click the Maps tab, Stewardship Groups.
Description: The Nathanson Creek Stewardship is a large group. Stewardship members include Sonoma Valley High School and Adele Harrison Middle School students, local Girl Scout and Cub Scout Troops, and Sonoma residents and businesses. The group is actively looking for stewardship members for the creek stretch upstream and downstream of the Preserve. We hope you will join us!
All ages and skill levels are welcome, and children must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers will be getting dirty, so please dress appropriately: wear sturdy shoes and bring gloves, a snack and refillable water bottle. If you are bringing a group of ten or more people, RSVP to Julie Jehly at 707-996-0712 x115 or julie@sonomaecologycenter.org.
Activities: Join us Saturday, April 16th from 9:00 to noon for our Earth Day Creek Cleanup!
More Information and How to Join: Send an email to Marti Murray, Nathanson Creek Preserve Stewardship Leader, or call Marti at 707-996-4970.
2010 Coastal Cleanup
It's important to collect garbage before it washes downstream. When garbage reaches the ocean, it degrades and becomes small. Animals think it is food, eat it, and eventually die as they cannot digest it. Also it is important not to litter.
Thank you to Whole Foods and MacArthur Place for providing refreshments to our volunteers!
Over 40 volunteers including teens, scouts, SEC Enviro-Leaders and staff, and Nathanson Stream Stewards collected 41 pounds of garbage and 51 pounds of recyclables!
Creek Habitat Restoration
Stream Stewards help staff from Sonoma Ecology Center with restoration of native habitat for fish, birds, and other animals.
Boy Scouts learn how to put trees in the ground.
Girl Scouts and their families plant native roses, snowberry, and other bushy plants.