Please visit our website regularly for news, events, policy updates, and other announcements that are relevant to California's conservation community.
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 76th Annual Conference Call for Presentations
The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) is accepting presentation proposals for our 76th Annual Conference! CARCD will be continuing the tradition of bringing together representatives from federal and state agencies, non-profits, private industries, farming communities, and resource conservation…
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…
RFP Released For Development of CFDN Website
Click here to view the full RFP. The California Farm Demonstration Network (CFDN) was formed in 2016 by six of California’s biggest agricultural organizations to help turn vision into reality. Those organizations included: The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts…
Partner Spotlight: NRCS State Conservationist Carlos Suarez
Carlos Suarez is the California State Conservationist for USDA-NRCS. After his parents emigrated from Cuba in the sixties to Puerto Rico, Suarez grew up aiming for a career in mechanical or electrical engineering. Attending University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on a…
CARCD annual report highlights successes for RCDs and California
In the spirit of reflection following New Year’s, the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts is proud to present our Annual Report for 2019-2020. Despite all the challenges the past year has brought, we are proud what we have accomplished as…
San Mateo RCD releases 10,000 coho salmon into Pescadero Creek
The San Mateo RCD released 10,000 endangered coho salmon into Pescadero Creek in November 2020. The release was a culmination of decades of work to restore the watershed, which could not have supported the salmon otherwise. Community members, federal and…
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 Association of Resource Conservation Districts Funds Four Specialty Crop Technical Assistance Hubs Grants
The grant project seeks to expand and strengthen the California Farm Demonstration Network, a project partnership that also includes the California Department of Food and Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service; University of California at Davis; University of California Agriculture and…