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Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project

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Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Water Quality Improvement
Agricultural Lands Best Management Practices
Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project

Completed
The Laguna de Santa Rosa Dairy Enhancement Project was a planning and implementation project that offered assistance to dairy livestock owners/managers within the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed. This project focused on protecting the Laguna de Santa Rosa from potential nutrient loading by engaging 92% of watershed dairies – 4,093 acres of the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed – in nutrient management planning and implementation of prioritized projects. Specific goals included educating dairy livestock owners on nutrient management and other non-point source pollution prevention in their operations, developing comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMPs) with individual dairy operators in order to guide their management decisions and implementation of identified projects. The anticipated outcomes were to contribute to the long-term attainment and maintenance of water quality objectives primarily through nutrient management planning and implementation projects. These goals directly support the NPS Program Preference for identification and prioritization of potential restoration projects/sites that address nutrients and dissolved oxygen in the Laguna de Santa Rosa.

2014
2015
2017
2/27/2023

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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  • Lower Laguna De Santa Rosa (180101100704)

Organizations

Funders
  • Unknown or unspecified
  • California State Water Resources Control Board
  • Private party
  • U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Lead Implementer
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Partners
  • Private party
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
  • U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Primary RCD
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 02
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 02

Contacts

William Hart - Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District (Gold Ridge RCD) (william@goldridgercd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) Conservation Practice : 590 - Nutrient Management Operation Type: Cropland 4,093 acres
Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) Conservation Practice : 550 - Range Planting Operation Type: Cropland 20 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.)
Conservation Practice Operation Type Total 2016 2015 Units
550 - Range Planting Cropland 20 20 N/A acres
590 - Nutrient Management Cropland 3,960 2,960 1,000 acres
Total 3,980 2,980 1,000 acres

Nitrogen Reduction
Operation Type Total 2016 2015 Units
Range/Pastureland 12,332 12,332 N/A lbs
Vineyard 1,842 1,842 N/A lbs
Total 14,174 14,174 0 lbs

Sediment Load Reduction
Sediment Source Total 2016 2015 Units
Mass wasting 1,274 1,274 N/A tons
Total 1,274 1,274 0 tons

Financials

Budget

$1,061,255.00
$1,061,255.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Unknown/Unassigned (Unknown or Unassigned) $1,061,255.00 $0.00 $1,061,255.00
Total $1,061,255.00 $0.00 $1,061,255.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
319(h) Grant (Water Board) $100,000.00 $200,000.00 $278,280.00 $0.00 $578,280.00
EQIP (NRCS) $0.00 $0.00 $192,336.00 $0.00 $192,336.00
Landowner Cost Share (Private) $0.00 $0.00 $8,858.00 $0.00 $8,858.00
RCPP (NRCS) $0.00 $0.00 $38,451.00 $0.00 $38,451.00
USDA NRCS Field Office Staff Time (NRCS) $43,330.00 $100,000.00 $100,000.00 $0.00 $243,330.00
Grand Total $143,330.00 $300,000.00 $617,925.00 $0.00 $1,061,255.00

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

Improved soil management in pastures, and reduced methane emissions from grazing practices and manure management practices.
Expert technical assistance to dairy producers.
Reducing nutrients to Laguna de Santa Rosa a 303d listed watershed for nitrogen and phosphorus.
Increased forage production and access to milk.

Project Details

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External Links

  • Nutrient Management

Photos

Photos

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    Clean water diversion to protect water quality
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Credit: Gold Ridge RCD

    Clean water diversion to protect water quality
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    Silage pit improvements to protect water quality.
(Timing: Before) (~959 KB)
Credit: Gold Ridge RCD

    Silage pit improvements to protect water quality.
    (Timing: Before) (~959 KB)

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