Past Events & Workshops

Forest Health Community Workday

April 29, 2023
Community workday at Tan Oak Park focused on forest health and restoration.

Intensive Natural Building Workshop

August 20-27, 2023
Week-long workshop on sustainable building with local materials at Tan Oak Park.

Regenerative Uprising Workshop

October 6-9, 2023
Skill sharing workshop at Tan Oak Park focused on regenerative practices.

Latest News & Updates

  • Report from Gomde

    On April 23, 2022 we held our next event at Gomde California Buddhist Center in South Leggett. It was a beautiful day after rain. In the morning we held a discussion of forest health and all the work that needs to be done. In the afternoon we had a fascinating workshop on Cultivating Mushrooms led…

  • See our article in the latest Forest & River News

    A great place to read up on North Coast California ecological news and thinking is the Forest & River News from the Trees Foundation. Forest & River News | Trees Foundation | Recent Issues Forest & River News works to inform and educate our communities in Northern California. It is published three times a year.…

  • Next Up–Forest Health: A Buddhist Perspective and Mushroom Culture Workshop

    Join us April 23rd for our ongoing forest health conversation. This time, at Gomde California, a center for Study and Practice of Buddhism. The day will begin with a sharing circle facilitated by our friends at Gomde. An invitation to engage with our regional community in ecologically and emotionally focused dialogue. Following the morning discussion…

  • Forest Health Workshop: Thinning and Skinning

    UPDATE: We have changed the ultimate location of this event but not the date or time. Following great success at the first Forest Health and Fire Resilience workshop at Tan Oak Park, NM-ERA and ERRP are excited to announce their second event. Where: We will meet at the Leggett Valley Fire Department at 66255 Drive…

  • Our First Event

    Join us on Sunday April 3rd, 2022 at Tan Oak Park for the Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliances (NM-ERA) kick off event and biomass cycling workshop. The Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance is a new group focused on forest health and fire prevention education, community building, and workforce development.Forest health management and fire prevention brings…

  • What we are doing here

    It is a part of our modern folly that we think we can live without fire, especially for a culture based on the explosion (internal combustion at 2000 rpm). Fire is one of the four elements. You can’t live without Air, Water, or Earth. How then can we live without Fire? We can’t. All the…