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In 1992, the RCD Board of Directors applied for grant funding to increase local and regional outreach and to investigate exciting on-farm practices that local growers and directors had been perfecting for years. Years later, we have a wide variety of programs, from farm and ranch practices implementation to research and monitoring projects. All are funded by US EPA, the US Bureau of Reclamation, the state Department of Pesticide Regulations, the state Wildlife Conservation Board, with ongoing support from a number of other partners.

Multi-year projects have engaged dozens of Yolo County farmers and ranchers who have adapted or improved then demonstrated integrated conservation practices. Most projects involve the cooperation and support of local, state and federal agencies and require extensive local matching funds, in-kind contributions, and extensive landowner input. Projects have funded workshops, educational materials, slide shows, and a video, an irrigation management education program, and the installation of tail water ponds, seasonal wetlands, hedgerows, canal, roadside, and creek vegetation.

All of these down-to-earth programs focus on getting conservation practices on the ground while evaluating their multiple benefits and impacts on the farms and farmers who implement them. For more information on individual projects, select the appropriate button below.

RCD partners in these efforts include first and foremost our local farmer cooperators, with support from: the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Services Agency, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, UC Cooperative Extension, Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Yolo County Supervisors, Public Works, and Community Development Agency, City of Davis Parks and Recreation, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 5), the CA Wildlife Conservation Board, Davis Community Network, Ducks Unlimited, California Waterfowl Association, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Yolo County and California Farm, Bureaus, UC Davis, the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) Monsanto Corporation.