Resource Categories
Agriculture
- Agricultural Water Conservation:
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- American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (arcsa.org)
- On-Farm Agricultural Water Stewardship Practices – California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative
- Sonoma County Rainwater Harvesting Rebate Program – Sonoma- Marin Saving Water Partnership
- Water Conservation – Drought Resources – Daily Acts
- Rainwater Catchment Rainy Season Maintenance | by Gold Ridge RCD | Medium
- Water Resources | Sonoma Resource Conservation District
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- North Coast Soil Hub:
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- North Coast Soil Health Hub
- Soil Health – Napa County RCD (naparcd.org)
- 2021 Soil Health Symposium, Day 1 – YouTube
- 2021 Soil Health Symposium, Day 2 – YouTube
- North Coast Soil Hub Receives 2022 Outstanding Conservation Planning Partnership of the Year Award from USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service | by Gold Ridge RCD | Resource Conservation Network | Medium
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- North Coast Soil Hub Partners:
- Soil Health Technical Assistance
- Soil Sampling
- Pasture and Rangeland Management
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- Building Healthy Pasture Soils – NCAT publication
- Nutrient Cycling in Pastures – NCAT publication
- The Grasses and Grasslands of Marin and Sonoma Counties
- Conservation Priorities for Coastal Prairie in Sonoma and Marin Counties
- California Coastal Prairies – A comparison of grasses, sedges, and rushes
- Field Guide for Common Rangeland and Pasture Plants
- Guide to Common Native Flowers of Sonoma County – Sonoma Land Trust
- Livestock and Range Management – UCCE Sonoma
- Pasture and Rangeland Management Fact Sheets – UCCE Sonoma
- Bay Area Working Rangelands
- Understanding Working Rangelands – Cows Need Water, Too: Water Sources, Wetlands, and Riparian Areas
- Understanding Working Rangelands – Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Horses: What’s the Difference for Working Rangelands?
- LandSmart
- No-Till
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- Soil and Solid Waste Cleanup
- Partners:
Climate
- Conservation Plans and Carbon Farm Plans
- LandSmart Carbon Farm Plans
- Templates & Reference Guides | LandSmart
- NRCS Conservation Practices
- CCI’s Carbon Farm Plan Resource Binder
- CDFA – Conservation Agriculture Planning Grants Program
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems – Chico State
- CDFA Healthy Soils Program – Marin RCD
- USDA-NRCS – Climate-Smart Agriculture: Soil Health & Carbon Farming Fact Sheet
- Apply for Carbon Farming TA — Zero Foodprint
- What is Carbon Farming? | Carbon Cycle Institute
- Compost
- CDFA Healthy Soils
- General Partners
Forest
Forest Management Planning
- Forest Stewardship 101
- Planning and Permitting Forest Fuel-Reduction Projects on Private Lands in California
Forest Stand Improvements
Water
- General Water Conservation Strategies
- Agricultural Water Conservation
- American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (arcsa.org)
- Water Conservation Resources – Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership
- On-Farm Agricultural Water Stewardship Practices – California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative
- Sonoma County Rainwater Harvesting Rebate Program – Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership
- Water Conservation – Drought Resources – Daily Acts
- Rainwater Catchment Rainy Season Maintenance | by Gold Ridge RCD | Medium
- Water Resources | Sonoma Resource Conservation District
- Groundwater Management
- Santa Rosa Plain
- Wilson Grove
- Bodega Bay
- Fort Ross Terrace
- California State Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM)
- Water Quality and Sediment Reduction
- Rainwater Catchment and Water Security
- Stormwater Management
Watersheds
- Watersheds
- District Watershed Map
- Coastal Tributaries
- Dutch Bill Creek
- Dutch Bill/Green Valley Water Reliability Program
- Dutch Bill Creek / Green Valley Creek Watersheds Hydrological Community Report
- Past Habitat Enhancement Projects:
- Dutch Bill Creek – Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership
- Dutch Bill Creek SHaRP Presentation | California Sea Grant
- Dutch Bill Creek Streamflow Improvement Plan
- Estero Americano
- Estero Americano Watershed Management Plan
- Estero Americano Water Quality Management and Sediment Reduction Program
- Estero Americano Dairy Enhancement Program
- Watershed Sediment Reduction Project: Quarterly Water Quality Monitoring Reports:
- Estero Americano – Sonoma Land Trust
- Estero Americano Watershed Management Plan (Marin RCD)
- Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area
- Green Valley Creek – Atascadero Creek
- Green Valley Creek Watershed Management Plan, 2021
- Upper Green Valley Creek Streamflow Improvement Plan, 2019
- Water Reliability Program – Funding for Small Scale Water Storage Projects, On-Going
- Upper Green Valley Fish Passage Improvement Project, 2017
- Green Valley Road Flooding Mitigation: Documents
- Green Valley Creek / Dutch Bill Creek Watersheds Hydrological Community Report, 2015
- Thomas Creek Ranch Off-Channel Winter Refugia Habitat Enhancement Project, 2015
- Sediment Source Assessment for Upper Green Valley Creek, 2014
- The Upper Green Valley Creek Watershed Management Plan, 2014 — represents the first phase in a multi-year effort to address factors that may be limiting salmonid health in the watershed and to provide a plan of action for landowners to conserve natural resources on their property.
- Upper Green Valley Creek Watershed Management Plan Final, 2010
- Green Valley Watershed Management Plan Fact Sheet, 2009
- Purrington Creek Bank Stabilization Project Fact Sheet, 2009
- Green Valley Creek Roads Implementation Project Fact Sheet, 2008
- Jonive Creek Stream Inventory Report, 2006
- Redwood Creek Stream Inventory Report, 2006
- Sexton Creek Stream Inventory Report, 2006
- Atascadero Creek Stream Inventory Report, 1995
- Green Valley Creek Stream Inventory Report, 1995
- Purrington Creek Stream Inventory Report, 1994
- Maps
- Final Report for the Green Valley Creek Winter Refugia Enhancement Project Monitoring | California Sea Grant
- Sonoma Water – Green Valley Creek High Flow Channel Project Available for Public Comment
- Green Valley Creek (SCC Report)
- Unraveling the Mysteries of the Atascadero Creek Watershed
- Laguna de Santa Rosa
- Lower Russian River
- Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership
- Russian River Watershed Council
- What Grows Here: Plants Found in the Watershed (from Calflora.org)
- Lower Russian River Area MAC with Subareas Map – Revised September 13, 2018 (ca.gov)
- Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council
- Determining Water Availability in the Russian River Watershed | U.S. Geological Survey
- California State Parks
- Sonoma Water – Russian River Biological Opinion
- Russian River Alliance
- Russian River Watershed Association
- Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership
- Lower Russian River Wastewater Citizens Advisory Group
- About Russian River Clean
- Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
- Salmon Creek
- Watershed Management Plans, Reports, Surveys:
- Salmon Creek Coho Monitoring Report, 2013
- Salmon Creek Water Conservation Plan
- Salmon Creek Integrated Coastal Watershed Management Plan
- Salmon Creek Watershed 2011 Juvenile Coho Salmon Snorkeling Survey Update
- Save Our Salmon (SOS): Salmon Creek Habitat Rehabilitation Program Phase I Fact Sheet
- Salmon Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan Fact Sheet
- Salmon Creek Watershed Assessment and Restoration Report Draft
- Salmon Creek Watershed Assessment and Implementation Process
- Salmon Creek Estuary Study Results and Enhancement Recommendations
- DFW Salmon Creek Habitat Reports:
- Water Quality Management and Sediment Reduction Quarterly Reports:
- Watershed Council:
- Watershed Management Plans, Reports, Surveys:
- NFWF
- California State Parks
- Scotty Creek
- CalTrans: Hwy 1 Gleason Beach Realignment | Caltrans
- Gleason Beach Realignment – official project website
- Willow Creek
Wildfire
- Community Wildfire Protection Plans
- Education
- Fire Preparedness and Protection
- Fire Protection Planning Resources
- Post-Fire Recovery
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- Sonoma County Fire Recovery Workshop materials
- California Association of RCD’s Fire Recovery Resources
- Recovering from Wildfire: A guide for for California’s Forested Landowners – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Managing Competing Vegetation After High Severity Wildfire – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Managing Competing Vegetation with Herbicide – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Post-Fire Erosion Control: Mitigating Hillslope Erosion – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Recommendations for Managing Oak and Hardwood Resprouts – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Post-fire Considerations: Using prescribed fire to build forest resilience – Published by University of California Ag and Natural Resources
- Prescribed Fire Guidance and Resources
- Fire Forward Guide to Prescribed Fire – Published by Fire Forward
- UCCE_Options for Rx Fire on Private Lands in CA – Published by UCCE
- Sonoma County Burn Pile Guide
- LandSmart® Grazing for Community Resilience
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- “Community Grazing Fights Fire with Goats and Sheep” from the 2022 Stewards of the Land newsletter
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- “Community Grazing Initiative Increases Wildfire Resilience” from Medium
- Website – Tending the Land
- Website – Sonoma Resilient Landscapes Coalition
- Video – Sarah Keiser – Community Grazing Coops
- Video – Building Resilient and Fire-Wise Landscapes
- Video – Beyond Defensible Space: A Deep Exploration into Wildland Fuel Management
- Video – Sustainable Mgmt. of CA’s Fire-Prone Landscape: Grazing for Community Resilience 7/29/21
- Slide deck – How to Implement Grazing into a Vegetation Management Plan
- Resource – Targeted Grazing Handbook
- Resource – PRESCRIBED GRAZING SYMPOSIUM RESOURCES LIST
- Article – UCANR: Private Landowners and Contract Grazing FAQs
- Article – UCCE Sonoma: Will livestock grazing on rangelands reduce the potential for and severity of wildfires?
- Article – Cattle grazing reduces fuel and leads to more manageable fire behavior
- Article – UCANR: Benefits of Cattle Grazing for Reducing Fire Fuels and Fire Hazard
- Article – The Benefits of Livestock Grazing California’s Annual Grasslands
- Article – Targeted Grazing: A Primer for Landowners and Land Managers
- Article – The Art and Science of Targeted Grazing—A Producer’s Perspective
- Article – Grazing is a Wildfire Solution
- Article – Can goats and sheep stop wildfires? This shepherdess is rallying the flock
- Blog post – Grazing is a Wildfire Solution
- Interview — Grazing for Good, with Brittany Cole Bush
- Podcast — Shepherding the Next Generation of Shepherds
- Livestock in the Streets of Petaluma – TRANSHUMANCE FESTIVAL — Home
- North Bay Forest Improvement Program
Wildlife
Mammals
Monarchs
- Marin Monarch Working Group
- Western Monarch Society
- Western Monarch Count
- Xerces Society: Monarch Butterfly Conservation
- Pollinator Partnership: Monarch Butterflies Information page
Pollinators
- Hedgerows for California Agriculture A Resource Guide
- Recommended Plants for Sonoma County
- UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County: Native Perennials
- Tending The Edges: The Benefits of Hedgerows on Bay Area Working Lands
- Point Blue: Climate Smart Restoration Toolkit
- CalFlora: What Grows Here
- Xerces Society: Pollinator Conservation Resources for California
- Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kit: Planting Guide
- Bee Friendly Farming
- Pollinator Partnership
- NCAT – A Pictorial Guide to Hedgerow Plants for Beneficial Insects
- Regional guides for pollinators
- Native Habitat Garden: Corte Madera Town Park
Salmonids
