The CCRCD a local, grassroots special district operating within Calaveras County that helps private landowners and residents with conservation education and field projects. Calaveras County voters approved its formation in the November 2016 election — it was the last rural California county to establish an RCD.

Resource Conservation Districts, or RCDs, across California serve as local hubs for conservation, connecting people with the technical, financial and educational assistance they need to conserve and manage natural resources.

RCDs are established under California law to be locally governed with independent boards of directors that are accountable to our communities. Our relationships with the communities we serve and their trust are critical to how we accomplish our work.

The CCRCD's focus is mainly on projects that benefit private lands, through our Forest Health, Working Lands and Watershed Programs. These projects include education/outreach and on-the-ground work. To learn more about the projects under our various programs, click the "Program" tab on the top of the website.

No. The CCRCD doesn't collect dedicated county or state tax funding. Instead, it relies on grants and donations to build programs fund projects.

As a local government body, the CCRCD can often act more efficiently and with more local context than state or federal agencies. It serves as a bridge between landowners and agencies like the Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Forest Service, CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, and CA Department of Water Resources. We also work to partner with our local agencies and organizations such as CALFIRE TCU, Calaveras County Water District, our local UCCE office and the Calaveras Band of Mi-Wuk.