CARCD Receives USFS Post‐Fire Disaster Recovery Grant Responding to the statewide unprecedented wildfire events, California’s resource conservation districts work with communities to complete critical post‐fire disaster recovery work. The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) announced the recent award of grants…
The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) is accepting presentation proposals for our 77th Annual Conference! CARCD will be continuing the tradition of bringing together representatives from federal and stat agencies, non-profits, private industries, farming communities, and resource conservation…
Increasing Pace and Scale: Taking Critical RCD Projects to Implementation Responding to the statewide unprecedented wildfire events, California’s resource conservation districts work with communities to complete critical fire resilience and reduction work to decrease the severity and impacts of wildfire…
The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District (MCRCD) has released their new roads video – a primer on best practices for rural road construction and maintenance. The video is based on their reference guide, Handbook for Forest, Ranch and Rural Roads.…
5-year trial begins on perennial cover crop and soil health at the NRCS Plant Material Center in Lockeford Click the photo below to learn more. Farm Visit Reports by Jennifer T. Wood, Soil Health Specialist, jennifer-wood@carcd.org
Click the photo below to learn about the journey towards soil health on a satsuma mandarin orchard in Placer County Farm Visit Reports by Jennifer T. Wood, Soil Health Specialist, jennifer-wood@carcd.org
Click the photo below to learn about the use of a no-till drill for pasture and forage production on the Silva Ranch near Sacramento Farm Visit Reports by Jennifer T. Wood, Soil Health Specialist, jennifer-wood@carcd.org
The dangers of releasing captive-bred monarch butterflies into the wild was recently covered by KSBW Action News 8. The segment discussed a project spearheaded by CARCD, RCD of Santa Cruz County, and Groundswell Coastal Ecology to work with California State…
“These farms, the food they grow, the jobs they provide… all of this abundance requires water.” San Mateo RCD, Trout Unlimited, NOAA and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service partner to ensure water for farms, fish and people. This episode…
CARCD & NRCS 2021 Awards and Speak Off Contest! As a kick-off to the Virtual CARCD Conference (coming in January 2022), let’s take some time to celebrate all the great work RCDs and NRCS have done together over the past…