CARCD WCB Climate and Wildlife Project: Howat Ranch CFP
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Project Overview
Basics
CARCD WCB Climate and Wildlife Project: Howat Ranch CFP
Planning/Design
In 2019, the Yolo County RCD (YCRCD) completed an extensive carbon farm plan for 760-acre property owned by the City of Davis. The property is part of a large regional planning effort and is located east of the City of Davis. The YCRCD proposes to take the first step of the plan by installing 2,000 feet of hedgerow on one corner of the property. The initial planting will be done by high school students from a disadvantaged community in Sacramento, and led by the Center for Land-Based Learning, a local non-profit with 20 years of experience taking high school students on to farms and wildlands for habitat restoration work. The project is strongly supported by the City of Davis.
2023
2023
2027
1/19/2024
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
True
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
31 high school students have three opportunities to come out to the site and learn about hands-on science through restoration, pollinator plants, wildlife and soils.
EnviroScreen
We had a total of 31 students with following self-identified demographics represented:
Alaska Native/American Indian - 0% (captured in the "multi-racial/multi-ethnic)
Asian - 38.7%
Black/African-American - 6.5%
Hispanic/Latinx - 19.4%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - 0% (captured in the "multi-racial/multi-ethnic)
White - 9.6%
Multi-racial/Multi-ethnic - 22.6%
Decline to state - 3.2%
Free and Reduced Lunch
True
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
We all benefit when we have better habitat for pollinators, healthy soils and better-educated students.
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Organizations
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Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft.) | Conservation Practice: 422 - Hedgerow Planting Operation Type: Cropland | 500 lf |
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ft.) | Conservation Practice: 422 - Hedgerow Planting Operation Type: Cropland | 2,300 lf |
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) | $19,669.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $19,669.00 |
| Grand Total | $19,669.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $19,669.00 |
| Note: | Project planning and implementation started in May 2023. |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Reducing the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change are necessary to increase our wildlife’s ability to survive the effects of climate change. This project reduces GHG in the atmosphere, improves soil health, improves water retention, and improves wildlife habitat by implementing carbon farm plans.
The initial planting at this farm will be done by high school students from a disadvantaged community in Sacramento, and led by the Center for Land-Based Learning, a local non-profit with 20 years of experience taking high school students on to farms and wildlands for habitat restoration work.
The site of the property is part of a large regional planning effort for habitat restoration and carbon sequestration, including wetlands, and is located between the City of Davis, the Davis Wetlands Water Treatment Plant and the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, and will provide connectivity for birds and pollinators between those three areas. Plants will be installed that provide nectar and pollen for beneficial insects and monarch butterflies.
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