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Mendocino County RCD has Released the Eel River Roads Video – a primer on best practices for rural road construction and maintenance
4/7/22The 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.…
Water For Farms
11/18/21“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…
RCDs Awarded $5.5M for Community Water Resilience Projects
7/13/20California resource conservation districts are awarded over $5.5 million through the Department of Water Resources' Integrated Regional Water Management Implementation...
Resource conservation districts jump into action to help save the monarch butterfly
5/29/20The recent staggering decline of the population of the western monarch butterfly to just 1% of its levels 20 years ago has prompted resource conservation districts (RCDs) throughout the state into...
Plant Trees, Not Too Many, Mostly Oaks: the Butte County RCD Reforests After the Camp Fire
4/29/20In the aftermath of the Camp Fire, the Butte County Resource Conservation District (RCD) has been collaborating with partners and the Paradise community to reforest the landscape. In spring alone, the RCD helped plant 137,000 trees on private lands. Their…
National grant funds wildfire mitigation and soil health through California Resource Conservation Districts
Funding from the Technical Assistance grant will increase on-the-ground conservation by allowing RCDs to hire foresters, soil health specialists, and other technical staff....
What have RCDs been up to during Shelter in Place?
Like everyone else in California, Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are adapting to California’s Shelter in Place Order by taking their meetings virtual and social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Many continue to provide essential services like…
Managing stormwater for cleaner watersheds and safer communities
2/18/20Resource Conservation Districts are helping their communities reduce vulnerability to stormwater damage through technical assistance and water quality...
What were RCDs up to in January?
2/14/20California is home to 95 unique Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) operating in ten regions throughout the state. RCDs are California’s boots-on-ground, providing everything from technical assistance to design and installation of conservation projects to community education — and more. Each…