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Soil Health Hub Development in Sonoma County

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Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Monitoring and Assessment
Soil Health Assessments
Soil Health Hub Development in Sonoma County

Completed
A collaboration between RCDs and partners in Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa Counties to establish a regional soil health hub for vineyards that will promote adoption of soil health-beneficial vineyard practices such as compost application, reduced tillage, improved cover cropping, and adding hedgerows to vineyard lands. Sonoma RCD's role included assisting in development/maintenance of soil health hub website, establishing a field demonstration project, completing 2 vineyard carbon farm plans, conducting 5 soil health assessments, and hosting 3 workshops. Costs noted are for Sonoma RCD only (does not include regional partner costs).

2017
2018
2019
12/29/2022

Project Attributes

Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None

Location

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Project encompasses all of Sonoma County

  • Upper Sonoma Creek (180500020301)
  • San Antonio Creek (180500020602)
  • Sausal Creek-Russian River (180101100602)
  • Porter Creek-Mark West Creek (180101100706)
Watersheds selected encompass the demonstration project and soil health assessment locations. However, all watersheds within the Sonoma RCD district boundary were covered in outreach/education events.

Organizations

Funders
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Private party
Lead Implementer
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Partners
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
  • LandSmart
  • Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
  • Napa County Resource Conservation District
  • U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • University of California, Cooperative Extension
Primary RCD
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 02
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 02

Contacts

Keith Abeles - Sonoma Resource Conservation District (Sonoma RCD) (kabeles@sonomarcd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Events Event Type: Workshop 2
Planning Document Plan Type: Carbon Farm Plan 2

Reported Performance Measures

Events
Event Type Total 2019 2018 Units
Workshop 3 1 2 number
Total 3 1 2 number

Planning Document
Plan Type Total 2019 2018 Units
Carbon Farm Plan 2 2 N/A number
Total 2 2 0 number

Financials

Budget

$75,302.00
$75,302.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Landowner Cost Share (Private) $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Specialty Crop Block Grant (CDFA) $65,302.00 $65,302.00
Total $75,302.00 $0.00 $75,302.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2017 2018 2019 Total
Specialty Crop Block Grant (CDFA) $13,643.00 $30,609.00 $31,050.00 $75,302.00
Grand Total $13,643.00 $30,609.00 $31,050.00 $75,302.00

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

Gathering soil health data from vineyard sites to build database and develop appropriate goal values for healthy soil in Pacific North Coast region vineyards and also developing carbon farm plans to increase carbon sequestration potential on vineyard lands.
Hosted 3 workshops to educate winegrowers on multi-benefits of soil health beneficial vineyard practices and discuss pros- and cons- of adoption.
Healthy soils leads to better infiltration and water storage capacity, in turn improving streamflow and reducing flooding and runoff thereby benefiting the watershed.

Project Details

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Notes

06/28/2019 1:04 PM Anya Starovoytov Visit soilhub.org to learn more about this regional initiative

External Links

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Photos

Photos

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    Collecting soil health assessment samples
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Credit: Sonoma RCD

    Collecting soil health assessment samples
    (Timing: During) (~3,858 KB)
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    Field workshop about reduced tillage
(Timing: During) (~2,600 KB)
Credit: Sonoma RCD

    Field workshop about reduced tillage
    (Timing: During) (~2,600 KB)
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    Soil Health Symposium audience
(Timing: During) (~2,036 KB)
Credit: Sonoma RCD

    Soil Health Symposium audience
    (Timing: During) (~2,036 KB)
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    View of field demonstration project site
(Timing: During) (~2,838 KB)
Credit: Sonoma RCD

    View of field demonstration project site
    (Timing: During) (~2,838 KB)

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