Linda MacElwee

Project Manager, Mendocino County RCD

Linda has worked for Mendocino County RCD since 2005, first serving as the part-time Navarro Education and Outreach Coordinator, and since 2011, full-time as the Navarro Watershed Coordinator. Linda specializes in California native plants and has designed and implemented numerous riparian re-vegetation projects. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, and brings with her 25 years of experience in organic gardening and permaculture. Linda has helped to develop the Navarro River Flow Enhancement Program and the Soils program for the MCRCD, focusing on Storage and Forbearance, Carbon Farm Planning and helping farms, vineyards, and ranches become more climate resilient.