About Friends of the Land

About 50 years ago a bunch of folks got together and purchased The Land, not for monetary investment but to grow and nurture this beautiful place in Northern California. Its 300 acres are full of meadows, oaks, firs, flowers and oh so many grasses.

  • A white goat with a long beard looks up at the camera.
  • A meadow of tall golden grass below a forested ridge.
  • Looking up through sunlit tree branches beside the eave of a wooden building.
  • Morning fog fills the valleys beyond a dry meadow and fir trees.
  • Tall firs around a small red cabin at the edge of a green meadow.
  • A purple thistle flower in dry grass, with a person in a sun hat on the hillside behind.
  • Clouds lit by a low sun over a shaded meadow edged with tall firs.
  • Bright green moss on a lichen-covered rock.
  • Pink blossom buds on bare branches in front of a green meadow and firs.
  • Red tubular firecracker flowers among tall green grass.
  • Looking up the mossy trunk of a large old tree into its branches.
  • Three people walk down a mown path through a dry hillside meadow.
  • A tent under a spreading madrone at the edge of a sunny meadow.
  • A two-story weathered board cabin with large windows, among trees.
  • A leaning madrone and a tall fir frame a view over forested hills.
  • Orange California poppies among quaking grass beside a solar panel.
  • A small wooden platform in a grassy clearing below trees.
  • The view from Marker Rock: mossy boulders on a grassy slope above miles of forested ridges.
  • Two people part dry grass by hand to look at small native plants.
  • A view through trees across a dry meadow to forested ridges.
  • A weathered wooden shed in a dry meadow under a blue sky.
  • A purple wildflower among dry quaking grass seed heads.
  • Goats grazing on a green hillside above forested hills.
  • Garden greens gone to yellow flower against a blue sky.
  • An old metal folding chair on a dry hilltop overlooking forested ridges.

Community. Over time, the people who founded The Land Group grew into a chosen family. Weddings and memorials were held. Kids were born and celebrated. And of course too many pot-lucks and nights of music making to count. Most of The Land Group members stayed in the city and visited when they could, while a few moved to The Land and became its resident stewards.

Conservation. Their knowledge of The Land increased over time, alongside their efforts to:

Read more about the conservation efforts.

The Next Generation. Now, a second generation of folks is building on their great work by:

Interested? Find out how to get involved!

Future Stewards. The Land Group is also looking for future resident stewards. Read more about the steward opportunity.

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