Mission
SHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVE IS A 900-ACRE COMMUNITY FOREST, RETREAT CENTER, AND COLLECTIVE OF LAND PROTECTORS ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE ACCESSIBILITY TO NATURE AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LAND STEWARDSHIP. WE ARE BASED ON UNCEDED SOUTHERN POMO AND KASHAYA TERRITORY, ABOVE WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE RUSSIAN RIVER IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. SHELTERWOOD WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE PREMISE THAT ECOSYSTEM HEALTH CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BYCOMMUNITIES WHO ARE IN DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EARTH AND WITH ONEANOTHER. THROUGH LAND STEWARDSHIP, FOREST RESTORATION, ANDCOMMUNITY AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, WE HEAL INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEMS AND HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.