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.

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.

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.

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...

Dear Contra Costa Farmers, Ranchers, and Land Stewards,

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 Wildfire Awareness and Meet First Responders

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”

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...

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.

For Immediate Release: May 21, 2024              

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.

CARCD is excited to announce the official release of the full report, Cover Cropping in the SGMA Era, and its standalone Executive Summary This is a comprehensive overview of water impacts, policy implications, and recommendations for California’s water managers. This report is the culmination of a convening series and subsequent collaborative development process between SusCon, CARCD, RCDs, and…

Amador Resource Conservation District in collaboration with Calaveras County and Tuolumne County Resource Conservation Districts has received Climate Resilience Through Habitat Restoration on California Lands funding through the California Wildlife Conservation Board and California Association of Resource Conservation Districts to install and monitor wildlife structures on private property across…

Knob 2021 and Six Rivers Lightning Complex 2022 Post-Fire Disaster Recovery
Responding to the statewide unprecedented wildfire events, Humboldt County Resource Conservation District works with communities to complete critical fire recovery work.

Post-Fire Disaster Recovery: $18.3 Million to Recover Private Lands Burned in California’s Recent Unprecedented Wildfire Events

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork announced $11.67 million in funding awards through their Urban Agriculture Program focused on urban and disadvantaged communities throughout the state. More than $68 million was requested in funding through this highly competitive program. Among the successful applicants was the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District…