Sonoma County Awards Gold Ridge and Sonoma RCDs as Part of the 9 organizations for Fire Prevention Projects
Nine community-based organizations will soon receive a total of $1 million in grant funds from Sonoma County to manage vegetation on fire-prone land.
The various nonprofits and government agencies will now have 18 months to complete projects across nearly 50,000 acres in the Mayacamas Mountains and along the Russian River corridor — all of which must wrap up by Dec. 31, 2025.
The groups that were awarded varying amounts of the $1 million include Coast Ridge Forest Council, Conservation Corps North Bay, North Sonoma County COPE (Communities Organized to Prepare for Emergencies), Sonoma Ecology Center, Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District, WiConduit and Hacienda Improvement Association, Occidental Community Services District, Fire Safe Sonoma, and Gold Ridge and Sonoma Resource Conservation Districts.