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	<title>Sonoma Mountain Preservation</title>
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	<description>Speaking for Sonoma Mountain since 1993. Advocate for Open Space, recreation, and scenic preservation.</description>
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		<title>Pondering the Public Path</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Salcedo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Britain, the public path is both history and expectation; they simply exist, and the concept of private property doesn’t come into play. In the United States, and on Sonoma Mountain, public paths are rare and exceptional, and they end where private property begins. There’s a fence, a no trespassing sign. The way beyond is closed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sonoma Mountain Newts (Do Not Eat)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soneile Hymn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sonoma Mountain is home to remarkable diversity, much of it easily overlooked. Paying attention to creatures like newts—small, ancient, and persistent—reminds us that the mountain is alive with stories unfolding at our feet.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Scoping for the Revised SDC Environmental Study Opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scoping for the Revised SDC Environmental Study Opens Community Meeting has been set for September 25th Our first opportunity to weigh in on a revised environmental impact report (EIR) for the redevelopment of the Sonoma Developmental Center’s 180-acre campus has arrived. SMP will submit a letter reiterating the need to scale back the size of  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>County planners, stakeholders gear up for round two of SDC planning process</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Salcedo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For many of the folks who’ve been involved in the redevelopment process for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) over the past decade, this juncture feels like déjà vu all over again. But the planning process for the 180-acre Glen Ellen campus has entered a new phase, and all parties are gearing up to meet the challenge.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Help Protect Our Oaks: Join the Sudden Oak Death Bioblitz</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 05:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oak woodlands are a defining feature of Sonoma Mountain’s landscape and ecosystem. However, since the mid-1990s, these woodlands have faced a critical threat: Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death (SOD). Fortunately, we can take action with citizen science. Sonoma Mountain Preservation and Sonoma State University’s Center for Environmental Inquiry (CEI) invites you  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Time-Sensitive Need for Observations at SDC &#8211; iNaturalists!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SonomaMtn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 20:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Targeted observations we make right now on the former Sonoma Developmental Center lands can strongly affect land use decisions there. Intense residential and hotel development is proposed for the campus, and recreational uses and a CALFIRE facility are proposed for open space areas. There are over 18K observations of 1,467 species already!   Members  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keep the Valley Wild</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Salcedo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 01:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the puma and the pond turtle,
the black-tailed deer and the black bear, Sonoma Mountain
is an integral link in a vibrant wildlife corridor that stretches from the Pacific shoreline to the coastal ranges. At the base of the mountain, in Glen Ellen and Eldridge, that corridor narrows to a pinch point, where all creatures great and small are funneled into a narrow swath of oak woodland and savanna that offers safe passage to the far side of Sonoma Valley.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SMP Past and Future: A Talk with David Hansen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soneile Hymn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  SMP Past and Future: A Talk with David Hansen We recently sat down with David Hansen, a founding board member still active at SMP, to discuss the organization's past, present, and future. From advocating for sustainable land use to inspiring public appreciation for the mountain, David's contributions have played a vital role in local  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The David Hansen Trail</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy Salcedo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My curiosity about trails named for people usually works this way: I walk the trail first and ask questions after. Who was this person? What did they love about this place? In the case of the David Hansen Trail, though, the usual sequence was flipped. I have been privileged to work closely with the namesake  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mark Hannon, from his perch on Sonoma Mountain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soneile Hymn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The ruins of the Wolf House in Jack London Park are a special place for me. I have been a Jack London fan since reading The Call of the Wild in high school. Jack London was a pioneer in the preservation of Sonoma Mountain]]></description>
		
		
		
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