Resource Conservation District Project Tracker

Resource Conservation Districts work with private citizens, businesses, and local, state, and federal partners to protect and enhance millions of acres of natural and working lands across the State of California.

The RCD Project Tracker is a tool that tracks and showcases the conservation work of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) across California. RCDs and their partners enter project-level data, accomplishments, and funding expenditures or needs over the course of a project’s timeline from proposal development through planning and design, implementation, post-implementation, and completion. Project-level data can then be aggregated by jurisdiction, funder, and watershed boundaries, etc. The information is publicly accessible for stakeholders, project partners, funders, and legislators. Benefits of the RCD Project Tracker include:

Tracking accomplishments and conservation investments
Improving storytelling and outreach
Facilitating partnerships
Enabling multi-agency strategic planning

Check out some of the featured projects below to see examples of how individual projects appear in the Project Tracker, or click the “Add Project” button to the right to start adding your own!

Project Map

This map shows participating RCD boundaries and approximate Project Locations. For more detail, view the comprehensive map page.

Cluster Project Locations

Project Stage

Featured Projects

Carbon Farm Plan: Ocean Breeze Dairy

Verdant pastures in the Estero Americano.

Program	Carbon Farm Planning & Implementation
Lead Implementer	Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Other Organizations	California Conservation Corps, Carbon Cycle Institute, LandSmart, Point Blue Conservation Science
Stage	Implementation
Duration	2018 - 2023

The Dairy offers significant opportunity for enhanced capture of atmospheric carbon consistent with increased agricultural productivity, water quality and quantity enhancement, and wildlife habitat improvement. As the dairy produces organic milk, pasture health is of significant importance. Prescribed grazing, combined with rangeland compost applications will improve pasture condition and increase forage production. Over the long term, the application of compost to the pastures and silage fields on the dairy offer the greatest potential for carbon capture (11,341.9 metric tons CO2e over 40 years).

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program Expansion at Huerta del Valle Community Garden

Local high school group learning about composting.

Program	Outreach and Education
Lead Implementer	Huerta del Valle Community Garden
Other Organizations
Stage	Implementation
Duration	2017 - 2018

IERCD partnered with Huerta del Valle Community Garden (HdV), an Ontario-based urban farm and community garden to expand its Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program via the hiring of a CSA Coordinator at IERCD. The CSA Coordinator's tasks include expanding subscriptions to CSA boxes distributed by HdV; implementing public workshops on nutrition, soil health, and other similar educational topics; and coordinating with IERCD staff to implement NRCS Conservation Practices at HdV.

Huichica Creek Sustainable Demonstration Vineyard Carbon Farm Plan V.1

Huichica Creek Vienyard

Program	Carbon Farm Planning & Implementation
Lead Implementer	Napa County Resource Conservation District
Other Organizations
Stage	Planning/Design
Duration	2017 - 2020

Beginning in 2015, the vineyard has become a demonstration site of drought resilient and climate mitigation farming practices. A carbon farm plan was developed for the vineyard. Using COMET-Planner and published regional research, we estimate a potential of 55.62 tons of CO2 equivalent sequestered or mitigated as greenhouse gas emissions per year for the entire property.

Shasta-Trinity National Forest OHV Ground Operations

FS Road 28N10G at mile marker 0.35 - After. 100% plugged culvert at stream crossing was excavated, extensive brushing to open route was also completed.

Program	Rural Roads Improvements
Lead Implementer	Trinity County Resource Conservation District
Other Organizations
Stage	Completed
Duration	2018

Ground operations within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, South Fork Trinity River Watershed. Project activities include, but are not limited to, traffic control, signage repair and installation, brush removal, removal of route hazards, erosion and/or sediment control.

State Coastal Conservancy Grant Pond Projects

7. Embankment with blow out

Program	Upland Habitat Restoration
Lead Implementer	U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other Organizations	Alameda County Resource Conservation District, East Bay Regional Park District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Stage	Completed
Duration	2015 - 2017

Livestock ponds supply water for cattle while providing important habitat for protected species like the CRLF and CTS. The Wildlife-Friendly Ponds initiative helped ranchers restore pond habitat, increased water availability for cattle and improved downstream water quality. These goals were accomplished through pond restoration, including de-sedimentation, embankment and spillway repair, fencing and turtle rafts. The initiative streamlines regulatory hurdles and provided a cost-sharing to EQIP-eligible ranchers. The initiative restored 11 ponds on public and private land (two of the ponds were primarily developed under ACRCD’s Rangeland Resilience Project and are quantified in that project.)