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CAL FIRE Awarded CARCD a 4 Million Dollar Wildfire Resilience Block Grant
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…
Mendocino County RCD has Released the Eel River Roads Video – a primer on best practices for rural road construction and maintenance
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.…
Farm Visit Report: NRCS Plant Materials Center Perennial Cover Crop Study
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
Farm Visit Report: The Journey Towards Soil Health Begins on a Satsuma Mandarin Orchard in Placer County
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
Farm Visit Report: No-Till Drill for Pasture and Forage Production
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
KSBW 8 News Story on Monarch Overwintering Signage Project
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…
Water For Farms
“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…
Adria Arko from San Mateo Resource Conservation District Has Earned Greenbelt Alliance’s Hidden Hero of the Greenbelt Award
Authored by: Greenbelt Alliance Introducing Hidden Hero of the Greenbelt: Adria Arko Adria Arko is awarded Greenbelt Alliance’s Hidden Hero of the Greenbelt Award for fostering nature-based climate adaptation. Adria has been working to support and protect agricultural viability in…
CARCD Board of Directors updates
PRESS RELEASE California Association of Resource Conservation Districts 801 K Street, MS 14-15 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 457-7904 info@carcd.org CARCD Board of Directors updates and vacancies Sacramento, June 1st 2021 – The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts announces changes…
Carbajal joins Rep. Panetta, Senator Merkley in Introducing Two Bills to Save the Western Monarch Butterfly
The MONARCH Act and Pollinator Highway Act have both been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon). How will the MONARCH and Pollinator Highway Act…
Northern California prescribed-burning community releases video to inspire action
Private-public partnership promotes community-based prescribed burning For immediate release: September 21, 2020 Media contacts: Wendy Coy, Communications Manager Audubon Canyon Ranch wendy.coy@egret.org | 707-829-9582 Lucas Patzek, District Manager Napa County Resource Conservation District (Napa RCD) lucas@naparcd.org | 707-690-3119 Napa, CA…
California Resource Conservation Districts Lend a Helping Hand
To address hardships caused by COVID-19, resource conservation districts leverage mini-grants to fund creative projects to support their communities in difficult times. SACRAMENTO, CA, August 17, 2020 – The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) is pleased to announce…
New COVID-19 Resources Page
We know that Resource Conservation Districts are working to adapt to the new landscape of the COVID-19 crisis, including complying with new requirements as employers and maintaining important services to their communities. The California Association of RCDs has compiled a…
Announcing the 28th Annual California Envirothon Competition
The California Envirothon Steering Committee is pleased to announce the 28th annual competition at the Springbrook Clubhouse in Riverside on March 28th. As a special project of the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, the first event was held in…
Yolo County RCD is restoring a unique wetland wildlife corridor
Travelers on the I-80 Causeway between Davis and Sacramento are able to rest their eyes on a beautiful stretch of managed wetlands and wildlife-friendly farming making up the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA), which is owned and operated by the…
Wildlife Conservation Board Approves $750,000 for Monarch and Pollinator Block Grant for RCDs
CARCD was recently awarded $750,000 from the Wildlife Conservation Board to manage a block grant program for RCDs to work on overwintering, habitat, and technical assistance projects to recover monarch and pollinator populations in California.
Join Us at the 73rd Annual CARCD Conference
Featuring four days of trainings, breakout sessions, panels, and networking opportunities, the Annual CARCD Conference is a highly anticipated event that brings together California’s diverse conservation community.
Call for Award Nominations
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…
CARCD Post-Fire and Partnership Dicsussion Webinars
CARCD has recordings of our partnership discussion with FSCs and our post fire timeline discussion forum. Below are descriptions of each discussion and links to view the webinars. FSC – RCD Partnership Discussion CARCD hosted a 90-minute partnership discussion on…
RCD San Cruz Completes an Instream Habitat Improvement Project on Zayante Creek
The RCD of Santa Cruz County, in partnership with the City of Santa Cruz, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District and the County of Santa Cruz and many others completed an instream habitat improvement project along approximately one mile of…