This eight-acre preserve is owned by the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation and is free and open to the public throughout the year. Views overlook the Laguna de Santa Rosa and across the Santa Rosa Plain to Sonoma Mountain and Mount St. Helena.  The property was purchased in 1996 by the Sonoma County Agricultural and Open Space District with the assistance of the Laguna Foundation. Besides being a nature preserve and recreation area for people, the Laguna Uplands Preserve is an active experiment in effective, science-based, community supported ecological restoration. Teachers and educators also regularly use the site as an outdoor classroom to learn about the Laguna de Santa Rosa ecosystem.

Class and Field Activities for the Laguna Uplands Preserve

Laguna Uplands Interpretive Guide

The elements in this interpretive guide are designed to be studied with the interpretive markers on site.

Laguna Uplands Preserve Interpretive Guide 

Species Lists

Click on the links below to view or download lists of species that occur in the Laguna de Santa Rosa area:

Birds

Fish

Mammals

Reptiles and Amphibians

Plants

Plants by Habitat

Visit the Preserve

The Laguna Uplands Preserve is located behind Palm Drive Hospital, which is located at 501 Petaluma Avenue in Sebastopol.  From Highway 116, turn east on Palm Avenue and follow to the end of the street.  Park at the edge of the Preserve or down the street if space is limited.