Resource Toolbox
Water Conservation:
- Valley Water: Free Water Conservation Devices
- Valley Water: Water Conservation Partner Toolkit
- California Water Board: Water Conservation Information
- San Jose Water: Customer Drought Updates
Workshop Presentations:
Hands-on Oak Planting Workshop (GCRCD/NRCS/CAL FIRE - 11/29/17)
- Flyer: Planting and Protecting Oaks: A Hands-on Workshop for Rural Land Managers
- Agenda: Planting and Protecting Oaks: A Hands-on Workshop for Rural Land Managers
- Landscape Valley of Oaks (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
- Cost and Benefits of Oak Woodland Restoration (Pelayo Alvarez, GCRCD)
- Providing Habitat with Snags and Large Woody Debris (Stephanie Moreno, GCRCD)
- Oak Planting Overview (Jennifer Benson, Point Blue/STRAW Program
Rural Roads (GCRCD/NCSPF/CAL FIRE/NRCS - 09/20/17):
- Flyer: Maintaining and Improving Rural Roads
- Agenda: Maintaining and Improving Rural Roads
- Welcome (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
- Fundamentals of Rural Roads (Richard Harris, NCSPF)
- Geology of Roads (Michael Fuller, California Geological Survey)
- Improving and Maintaining Roads to Reduce Impacts on Erosion and Water Quality (Richard Harris, NCSPF)
- Rural Roads Erosion Control Assistance Program (Angie Gruys, RCD of Santa Cruz County)
- California Forest Improvement Program: Key Concepts for Landowners (Topher Henderson, CAL FIRE)
- Public Resources Code 4291 - Road Requirements (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
- Santa Clara's Resource Conservation Districts (Stephanie Moreno, GCRCD)
Wildlife Management (GCRCD/Loma Prieta RCD/NRCS):
- Flyer: Wildlife Management for Working Landscapes (02/11/2016)
- Collaborating with Beavers - Increasing Land's Resilience to Drought (Brock Dolman, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center)
- Big Dogs, Hot Fences and Fast Sheep: A Rancher's Perspective on Predator Protection (Dan Macon, Flying Mule Farm/UC Davis CWRL)
- Working Lands and Conservation Lands: An Essential Partnership (Stuart B. Weiss, Ph.D., Creekside Science)
- A Stitch in Time Actually Saves Nine: California Ground Squirrel Control (Sheila Barry, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor)
Ranching and Carbon Farming (GCRCD/Loma Prieta/NRCS):
- Flyer: Ranching at the Urban Interface (10/06/2016)
Other Resources:
Agriculture and Ranching:
- Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities: A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development (September 2020).
- Livestock Guardian Dogs (Tomkins Conservation Wildlife Bulletin)
- Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California (Douglas D. McCreary/University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources)
- Enriching Soil, Enhancing Life: An Action Plan for Soil Health (Soil Health Institute)
- Fish Friendly Wine YouTube Video (California Land Stewardship Institute)
- 2017 Central Coast Forestland EQIP Fund Pool (USDA-NRCS)
- An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California
Pollinator (Bird and Bee) Habitat
- NRCS Plant Materials Program
- Pollinator Habitat Initiative and the Conservation Reserve Program
- Plant and Create Pollinator Habitat Gardens (National Wildlife Federation)
- Project Pollinator: Building Gardens for Pollinators (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
- Pollinator Habitat Guide (Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund)
- Funding Programs for Pollinator Habitat (Pollinator Stewardship Council)
- Pollinator Conservation Program (Xerces Society)
- Helping in Your Backyard - Pollinators (U.S. National Park Service)
- Planting for Pollinators (The Nature Conservancy)
Trees and Plants:
- Urban Forestry Organizations in the Bay Area and Beyond (Benicia Trees Foundation)
- Forestry/Landowner Assistance (CAL FIRE)
- California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
- Spring Nursery Survey - 2016 Fact Sheet (Plant Right)
- Forestry and Conservation for Kids (treeremoval.com)
Wildlife and Habitat Conservation:
- Wildlife and Nature Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area (sfbaywildlife.info)
- Urban Wildlife Research Project (UWRP)
- Pathways for Wildlife
- Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Group (SSRG)
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