News and Highlights

On Tuesday, March 4th, San Benito County Resource Conservation District in collaboration with Point Blue Conservation Science hosted a planting day at Bella Vista Ranch located in Hollister. California Association of Resource Conservation District's Communications Manager, Taylor Stubblefield, attended this planting day and learned more about the efforts Point Blue and San Benito RCD were making t

In July 2023, CARCD hosted an in-person outreach event with the Bay Area Chrysanthemum Growers Association specifically for Chinese speaking farmers in the Bay Area. Many of the farmers who attended are first generation immigrants who do not speak English. At the event, applications for the CDFA California Underserved and Small Producer (CUSP) grant were available in Mandarin and CARCD's Justice,

Join us at the CARCD 79th Annual Conference: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities. This year's conference will be held December 10-12, 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Sacramento. The agenda has been published and is linked here.Early Bird Pricing ends on September 30.Register now! Attendees are responsible for making and paying for their reservations. Hotel rates have been blocked at $15

The Sacramento Valley Regional Fall Meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 13th. The meeting will be hosted by Colusa RCD. Click here to view the flyer.

Each year, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) hosts their Annual Speak-Off Competition. High school students (Grades 9-12) compete to show off their public speaking skills and knowledge of resource conservation. First, students compete at a regional level with winners advancing to the state level which takes place during CARCD's Annual Conference. First place winner

"The Express explores the Yolo County Resource Conservation District’s efforts to support healthy land stewardship in this multi-part series.Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD)’s Fire Resilience Program Senior Manager, Tanya Meyer, focuses her expertise on working with the community to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire."Read the article here.

NACD has announced awards of Urban and Community Grants for 35 Recipients and California is well represented by three RCDs: East Stanislaus, Inland Empire, and Mission. As part of an ongoing effort to build capacity in the community-oriented agricultural space, NACD started offering UAC planning grants for up to $10,000 in 2022. Click here to read more about this year’s awards.

The Southern Baja Regional Meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 28. It begins with a Farm Tour at 9:00 followed by the Business Meeting and lunch.  Please see more about the location below. The agenda is linked here. Farm Tour9:00 - 10:00 AMSunset Grove Farm, Escondido1202 Rancho Luiseno Rd, Escondido, CA 92026 (24 minutes travel time between locations) Business Meeting, followed by lunch1

Yolo Resource Conserveration District has found about 20 monarch caterpillars using the milkweed they planted at Putah Creek Fishing Access. This habitat work is shown to be effective.

RCDMC is proud to be a part of a team receiving funding through a $71.1 million grant awarded to their partners at the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation from NOAA’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge. They will be working with 21 partner organizations to implement adaptation strategies that create a regional, collaborative approach for addressing flooding and wildfire risks while building

As the climate crisis fuels more high-severity wildfires, many forests – adapted to bounce back from frequent but less-intense fires – are struggling to recover quickly......Following the Caldor, Dixie and Tamarack fires during that year, disaster relief funds from CAL FIRE and the U.S. Forest Service enabled the establishment of pilot EFRTs in each of the affected regions. A key innovation was de

Dear Contra Costa Farmers, Ranchers, and Land Stewards, You are invited to help shape funding priorities and programs of both the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Your feedback will inform how NRCS conservation program funding is allocated in California!

Napa County Resource Conservation District will work towards improving fish passage at 7 sites in Napa County, collectively reopening 15 miles of river habitat for threatened Central California Coast steelhead. They will also develop an assessment document for the remaining dozens of barriers in the county, and begin design and permitting for the three highest ranking barriers from that assessment

ICE CREAM SOCIAL HELD IN ELK CREEK, CA ATTRACTS 120+ TO PROMOTE WILDFIREAWARENESS AND MEET FIRST RESPONDERSGLENN COUNTY, Calif. – Glenn County Resource Conservation District (RCD), Elk CreekVolunteer Fire Department, Tehama-Glenn Firesafe Council and its partners held an "Ice CreamSocial - Wildfire Awareness & Meet Your Partners" event in Elk Creek, CA on Friday, June 14 that the Elk

Please join California Association of Resource Conservation Districts for another session of CARCD's Virtual Conference Series titled: "Groundwater Sustainability in the San Joaquin Valley: Cover Cropping Under SGMA”Join CARCD & Sustainable Conservation to discuss the scientific findings and policy recommendations of their cover cropping white paper in the context of the San Joaquin Valley. We'd l

The Agriculture & Watersheds program dispersed over $222,000 in direct-to-producer drought relief grants through CDFA's California Underserved and Small Producers Program, with another $200,000 set to disperse in June. Click here to learn more about the program.

CARCD's Forestry Director, Sophia Lemmo, presented at CA Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee's May meeting in Sacramento on CARCD's Post Fire Playbook and Emergency Forest Restoration Teams. Click here to learn more about the committee and view previous meeting information.

"Lake County received over $16 million from a USDA Forest Service to reduce wildfire risk and invest in wood products as well as to provide innovation projects on May 21...Lake County Resource Conservation District (LCRCD), along with Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance (TERA) is awarded $7.3 million for its “Fire in Hand, Healing lands. “It is a project that practices traditional ecological knowledge

Facing a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, California is about to walk back critical investments in a climate-safe future. The best pathway we have to protecting climate resilience programs across the state is to introduce a robust, equitable climate bond on November’s ballot.We must act at the speed and scale the climate crisis demands, which means that we cannot let state leaders cut essentia

Press Release For Immediate Release              Contact:May 21, 2024                                Diana Ruiz, Public Affairs ManagerRiverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD)[email protected] , Cell: (909) 238-8338 The Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District has been recognized as the 2024 Organization of the Year by the Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (AEOE)