Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District

Upcoming Workshop: "Spreading Compost on Rangelands" On February 9th 3-5pm, the Alameda County Resource Conservation District will be hosting a workshop highli...ghting our carbon farm projects, spreading compost on rangelands. What: Join the Alameda County Resource Conservation District and its partners for a discussion about spreading compost on rangelands. We will look at costs, compost quality, and lessons learned from demonstration carbon farming projects. We will hear from ranchers about their experiences applying compost through CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program Demonstration and Incentives projects. Who: Hear a range of perspectives from varying entities, including the Alameda County Resource Conservation District, StopWaste, Paulo Farms, Calhoun Ranch, and the Carbon Cycle Institute. When: February 9, 2021 3-5pm on Zoom. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spreading-compost-on-rangeland. Zoom details will be sent upon registration. Save the date!

Join us today at 12 p.m. for the weekly lunch time organic seminar series. This week: Evaluating Biochar for use in California Agriculture. In this 30-minu...te talk, Dani Gelardi will cover the basics of biochar: What is it? How is it made? What can it do? #organic #growers https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm

On January 20, President Biden issued an Executive Order emphasizing a commitment to improve public health and protect our environment; to ensure access to cle...an air and water; to limit exposure to dangerous chemicals and pesticides; to hold polluters accountable, including those who disproportionately harm communities of color and low-income communities . . . The President has directed all executive departments and agencies to take action consistent with his order. This directive is important not only because of what it says, but because of how swiftly it was issued. Political observers are always keenly interested in the first 100 days of a new Administration, because this early period reflects the priorities of the new President. Marginalized communities did not have to wait 100 days to see how President Biden views them. He signed the Order on his first day in office. The KRRC project is completely consistent with President Biden’s Executive Order. Removing the Klamath dams improves public health by eliminating reservoirs that foster massive blooms of toxic blue-green algae. Dam removal helps reverse decades of devastating environmental, cultural and economic impacts to Tribal and low-income communities that have disproportionately suffered from the numerous negative impacts of dams. Dam removal reopens more than 400 miles of historic habitat for salmon and steelhead, which can revitalize tribal, recreational and commercial fishing operations for Northern California and Southern Oregon communities. KRRC looks forward to implementing a project that supports several goals embodied in this important Order.

Forest owners: UCCE produced four new videos to demonstrate techniques and tools to survey forestland trees. Accurate data will help you make management decisio...ns to achieve your goals, such as reducing wildfire, controlling invasive species, protecting the natural beauty or maximizing timber harvest. https://ucanr.edu/News/?routeName=newsstory&postnum=45682

Register today! ONLINE Beef Quality Assurance Training and Certification on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 5:30-7:00 pm. https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surve...ynumber=32813 The online training will include presentations on antibiotic stewardship, vaccine administration and handling, record keeping, and carcass quality. There will also be a Question and Answer session with Dr. Gabriele Maier, DVM, Cooperative Extension Specialists in Veterinary Medicine.

Today, #NACD submitted public comments to NRCS regarding guidance for identification of nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF). For more than 75 years, cons...ervation districts have been leaders in locally-led efforts by engaging private landowners to partake in voluntary conservation practices on the ground, NACD President Tim Palmer said. Conservation districts across the country have worked with forest landowners and have not previously raised concerns with the definition of non-industrial private forest land (NIPF). Read more here: https://www.nacdnet.org//nacd-submits-comments-to-nrcs-on/

Help Wanted: Shasta Valley RCD is seeking highly qualified candidates for District Administrator. Please find the job announcement and other particulars at svrcd.org.

Media Release submit date: December 5, 2020

biochar in the news alot right now

Check out the latest Word of Mouth Mendocino issue, featuring an article highlighting a variety of the carbon farming efforts throughout Mendocino County https://wordofmouthmendo.com//juiiz6d640fcbh039eh9si17rquf Word of Mouth Magazine

Happy World Soil Day 2020! This year's theme of #WorldSoilDay is "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity." We join the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...the United Nations (FAO) "to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management, fighting soil biodiversity loss, increasing soil awareness and encouraging governments, organizations, communities and individuals around the world to commit to proactively improving soil health." http://www.fao.org/world-soil-day/en/ See more

Excitement in Scott Valley! Over the next week, the Scott River Watershed Council will be conducting a demonstration project up Patterson Creek (Etna) on a lar...ge fuel break being constructed on EFM land that will run clear behind the City of Etna and into Ruffy Gap (similar work will be done in Quartz Valley behind the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation). Large amounts of wood will be used to create biochar using innovative large scale and efficient carbonator technology. The project will create value-added biochar which will be provided to local agricultural producers, Hanna Brothers Ranch, Rockside Ranch, French Creek Ranch, Scott River Ranch and Harris Heritage Farms, as a soil amendment. The production of biochar will be evaluated for economic feasibility, quality, scale, and market demand. These types of collaborative projects are making a different in our community and we hope the lessons learned can collectively help us create a healthy, sustainable future together. A huge thank you to our project manager, Alexis Robertson, EFM (landowner), the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation, Jefferson Resource Company, Pat Johnson Logging, Falk Forestry, Sonoma Ecology Center, North Coast Resource Partnership, Cal FIRE and California Climate Investments. See more