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Notes from the field
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Read MoreRCD San Cruz Completes an Instream Habitat Improvement Project on Zayante Creek
The RCD of Santa Cruz County, in partnership with the City of Santa Cruz, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District and the County of Santa Cruz and many others completed an instream habitat improvement project along approximately one mile of…
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Read MoreCalifornia’s resource conservation districts are restoring the habitat the imperiled monarch butterfly needs to survive
Early counts of western monarchs arriving to coastal California for overwintering this year are alarmingly low, making work to save the species more urgent than ever. Fortunately, resource...
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Read MoreSan Mateo RCD releases 10,000 coho salmon into Pescadero Creek
The San Mateo RCD released 10,000 endangered coho salmon into Pescadero Creek in November 2020. The release was a culmination of decades of work to restore the watershed, which could not have supported the salmon otherwise. Community members, federal and…
What's New
11/18/2021 KSBW 8 News Story on Monarch Overwintering Signage Project
11/18/2021 Water For Farms
10/25/2021 CARCD Post-Fire and Partnership Dicsussion Webinars