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Since 1988 Save Arnold Drive (S.A.D) has been involved in efforts to save the unique environment of the Arnold Drive Corridor principally from non agricultural and non residential development, and unnecessary road expansion. These efforts have been geared to prevent loss of native plants including endangered valley oaks, wetlands and related ecosystems.

The Arnold Drive Corridor stretches along the path of Arnold Drive from Glen Ellen to Schellville in Sonoma Valley California. Along Arnold Drive hundreds of endangered Valley Oaks stretch down from the hillsides and the valley floor and cascade over Arnold Drive.

Area residents, visitors and travelers feel a special bond to the unique environment of the Arnold Drive Area and most are interested in preservation efforts to help the Arnold Drive Corridor remain a special place to live and visit.

Efforts of S.A.D and many others helped to significantly scale back a large reconstruction project originally proposed in 1988 for Arnold Drive by then Sonoma County Supervisor Janet Nicholas which would have resulted in the destruction of hundreds of valley oaks and other native plants. Since that time, S.A.D. has remained vigilant in keeping an eye towards continued preservation of the area.

Pictured above is 'The El Verano Oak' which stands at the corner of Verano Avenue and Arnold Drive in El Verano. El Verano is an unincorporated area just west of Sonoma, California. The El Verano Oak was originally slated for destruction as part of the Arnold Drive Reconstruction Project. This tree was save but two others which helped to form a complete cascade over the roadway were destroyed by the county as part of the road-widening project.