CARCD WCB Climate and Wildlife Project: Carbon Farm Planning
Project Overview
Basics
CARCD WCB Climate and Wildlife Project: Carbon Farm Planning
Planning/Design
Mission RCD will work with local growers, including those on Tribal lands, to further develop carbon farming planning in the region. We plan to support carbon farm plans with pollinator habitat and using native plants for beneficial cover crops, hedgerows, and/or windbreaks on ten different groves/farms/vineyards.
2023
2025
2027
2/25/2025
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
False
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
False
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
Introducing carbon farming methods to local growers will further climate mitigation goals, including improving wildfire/drought preparation and resilience for underserved members of the community.
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
False
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
This Project's Simple and Detailed location is considered private and is hidden from most users.
Locations will be primarily in MRCD's District - Fallbrook, Rainbow, Bonsall, Deluz, Oceanside, etc.
Organizations
| Funder | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| Stakeholders | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District | |
| Other Partners | San Diego Farm Bureau's Carbon Farming Task Force, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 327 - Conservation Cover Operation Type: Vineyard | 1 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 327 - Conservation Cover Operation Type: Cropland | 2 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 327 - Conservation Cover Operation Type: Orchard | 2 acres |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft.) | Conservation Practice: 422 - Hedgerow Planting Operation Type: Vineyard | 1,080 lf |
| GHG Reduction (Annual) | Accounting Method: COMET-Planner Land Use: Farm Property Ownership: Private Type of Mitigation: Sequestered | Not Provided |
| Special Status Insect Species Habitat | Action Performed: Created Focal Species: Monarch butterfly Listing Status: Federal Candidate | 0.5 acres |
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures are not relevant for Projects in the Planning/Design stage.
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total | |
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| CARCD Climate Habitat Block Grant (WCB) | $1,115.00 | $281.25 | $0.00 | $1,396.25 |
| Grand Total | $1,115.00 | $281.25 | $0.00 | $1,396.25 |
| Note: | We recently hired a staff member to work on carbon farm plans for this project. We expect to have expenditures this year. |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Many species of California pollinators and other wildlife are in peril due in large part to habitat loss and climate change. Restoring habitat and increasing carbon sequestration are necessary to increase our wildlife’s ability to survive the effects of climate change.
MRCD staff will include carbon farm planning when communicating with growers and providing other technical assistance. Staff will use existing relevant pollinator information and best management practices from Xerces, MJV, CCI, CDFW and others. As a partner in the So Cal Carbon Farming Hub and working with the San Diego Farm Bureau’s Carbon Farming Task Force will host two educational and demonstration workshops on native plants for cover crops and hedgerows, and build a peer-to-peer carbon farming community for information and resource exchange.
These projects will increase climate resilience and habitat corridors for Monarch butterflies and native bees. Monitoring of these sites will provide data to support conservation efforts.
This program will support carbon farm planning and provide consultation assistance with growers for implementation of pollinator habitat corridors including cover crop, hedgerow and windbreak habitats.
Project Details
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Notes
| 01/15/2025 2:18 PM | Lisa Dibbell | A new plan is in place for this funding and Miranda Vineyards is no longer a site. A new staff member, Emily Anderson, will be working on the carbon farm plans and workshops for this project. We should have new sites and more progress to report in six months. | ||
| 08/13/2024 3:07 PM | Lisa Dibbell | Our staff member Jameson Meyst is working on the carbon farm plans for identified sites in our district under the CAPGP grant administered by RCD of Greater San Diego. When these plans are complete, those sites interested in implementation and open to signing landowner agreements will be included in this project. | ||
| 01/11/2024 3:43 PM | Lisa Dibbell | Our first site visit is pending, however looking at the Miranda Vineyards property on Google Earth reveals potential areas for native plant conservation cover along the main drive and up the hill, and a hedgerow along the fence bordering the vines. |
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