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Registration is Open! 2023 Living with Fire: Sonoma County Forest Conservation Conference
The Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group, in partnership with the County of Sonoma and the Santa Rosa Junior College, is excit...
May 16, 2023 / Read More
STRAW Milkweed Planting Event at Crane Creek Regional Park
On February 21st, Gold Ridge RCD staff participated in a milkweed planting field trip hosted by Point Blue Conservation Science at Crane ...
Feb 22, 2023 / Read More
Grazing for Resilience
Targeted grazing is an effective practice with numerous environmental benefits, including reducing wildfire risk, sequestering carbon dio...
Feb 10, 2023 / Read More
Update on the Dutch Bill Creek Winter Habitat Project after 2023 January Storms
Each winter and spring, coho salmon and steelhead trout hatch from eggs laid in streambed gravels by spawning adult fish. Juvenile coho a...
Feb 06, 2023 / Read More
Carbon Sequestration Through Compost Application Pilot Program
The Gold Ridge and Sonoma Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are happy to announce that new funding has become available to assist wi...
Jan 27, 2023 / Read More
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Gold Ridge RCD.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Gold Ridge RCD reflects on our commitment to community, justice, education, and stewardship. This year...
Jan 16, 2023 / Read More
Rainwater Catchment in the Salmon Creek Watershed
A decade ago, the Gold Ridge RCD launched a program to improve summer instream flow in the Salmon Creek mainstem by designing and buildin...
Jan 13, 2023 / Read More
North Coast Soil Hub Receives 2022 Outstanding Conservation Planning Partnership of the Year Award…
This month at the 77th Annual California Association of Resource Conservation Districts statewide conference, the North Coast Soil Hub wa...
Dec 20, 2022 / Read More
Invasive Woolly Distaff Thistle Is Increasing in Marin and Sonoma Counties at an Alarming Rate
Woolly distaff thistle (Carthamus lanatus) is a highly invasive and noxious weed that has become increasingly established on rangelands i...
Dec 12, 2022 / Read More
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