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Promoting Climate Beneficial Practices for Environmental Enhancement and Resiliency of Working Lands

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Project Overview

Basics

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Carbon Farm Planning & Implementation
Promoting Climate Beneficial Practices for Environmental Enhancement and Resiliency of Working Lands

Completed
As part of a Bay Area partnership with RCDs and land preservation organizations, the Sonoma RCD has provided LandSmart Planning and Carbon Farm Planning services to 18 landowners, and designed 11 climate-beneficial projects in partnership with landowners.

2015
2015
2018
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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Entire Sonoma RCD Disrict

40 Selected
  • Upper Sonoma Creek (180500020301)
  • Fowler Creek (180500020302)
  • Lower Sonoma Creek (180500020303)
  • Schell Creek-Frontal San Pablo Bay Estuaries (180500020502)
  • Petaluma River (180500020601)
  • San Antonio Creek (180500020602)
  • Tolay Creek-Frontal San Pablo Bay Estuaries (180500020604)
  • Adobe Creek-Frontal San Pablo Bay Estuaries (180500020605)
  • Burdell Mountain-Frontal San Pablo Bay Estuaries (180500020606)
  • Marshall Creek (180101090101)
  • House Creek (180101090102)
  • Upper Wheatfield Fork Gualala River (180101090103)
  • Lower Wheatfield Fork Gualala River (180101090104)
  • Buckeye Creek (180101090105)
  • Rockpile Creek (180101090106)
  • South Fork Gualala River-Gualala River (180101090108)
  • Russian Gulch-Frontal Pacific Ocean (180101090202)
  • Little Sulphur Creek (180101100301)
  • Alder Creek-Big Sulphur Creek (180101100302)
  • Galloway Creek (180101100501)
  • Warm Springs Creek (180101100503)
  • Lake Sonoma-Dry Creek (180101100504)
  • Pena Creek (180101100505)
  • Mill Creek (180101100506)
  • West Slough-Dry Creek (180101100507)
  • Gill Creek-Russian River (180101100601)
  • Sausal Creek-Russian River (180101100602)
  • Franz Creek (180101100603)
  • Maacama Creek (180101100604)
  • Brooks Creek-Russian River (180101100605)
  • Upper Laguna De Santa Rosa (180101100701)
  • Upper Santa Rosa Creek (180101100702)
  • Lower Santa Rosa Creek (180101100703)
  • Lower Laguna De Santa Rosa (180101100704)
  • Windsor Creek (180101100705)
  • Porter Creek-Mark West Creek (180101100706)
  • East Austin Creek (180101100801)
  • Ward Creek-Austin Creek (180101100802)
  • Porter Creek-Russian River (180101100902)
  • Dutch Bill Creek-Russian River (180101100903)

Organizations

Funder
  • U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Lead Implementer
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Partners
  • LandSmart
  • Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Primary RCD
  • Sonoma Resource Conservation District
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 02
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 02

Contacts

Robert Heim - Sonoma Resource Conservation District (Sonoma RCD) (rheim@sonomarcd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

People Participating in Activity Constituent Type: Agricultural Community Primary Service Type: Techncial Assistance 27
Planning Document Plan Type: Conservation Plan 18

Reported Performance Measures

People Participating in Activity
Constituent Type Primary Service Type Total 2018 2017 2016 2015 Units
Agricultural Community Techncial Assistance 27 27 0 0 0 number
Total 27 27 0 0 0 number

Planning Document
Plan Type Total 2018 2017 2016 2015 Units
Conservation Plan 18 18 0 0 0 number
Total 18 18 0 0 0 number

Financials

Budget

$250,000.00
$250,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (NRCS) $250,000.00 $250,000.00
Total $250,000.00 $0.00 $250,000.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2015 2016 2017 2018 Total
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (NRCS) $31,411.00 $141,040.00 $58,070.00 $15,000.00 $245,521.00
Grand Total $31,411.00 $141,040.00 $58,070.00 $15,000.00 $245,521.00

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

This project assists ag producers in planning and design for climate-beneficial practices.
Many of the planned climate-beneficial ag procatices have watershed co-benefits.
This project supports the conservation goals of local producers of food and fiber producers.

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