The Amador Resource Conservation District (ARCD) was organized by the Amador County Board of Supervisors on October 16, 1950, under Division IX of the California Public Resources Code.

The district covers 445,500 acres, including all of Amador County, the western portion of Alpine County, and land in Calavaras County owned by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District.

District policies and programs are developed by an elected Board of Directors, consisting of five local landowners. Their primary responsibility is to plan and direct a resource conservation program, obtain assistance, coordinate the help of government agencies and other interested organizations, assign priorities to resource development tasks, and serve as a community clearing-house for information and services.

Rather than establish an independent technical staff, the district rely's on the personnel and facilities of several federal and state agencies. Chief among the cooperating agencies is the USDA Soil Conservation Service, the only agency that receives federal funding for direct technical assistance to districts.

Purpose and Function

The district works in two ways; first, to give technical assistance to in individual landowners in planning and installing conservation practices; second, to initiate and carry-out community-wide conservation programs. District-wide programs cover the areas of:

• Resource conservation planning and development
• Agricultural resource management
• Watershed management planning
• Woodland management
• Wildlife habitat management

Specific project areas include:

• Habitat restoration projects,
• Irrigation water management evaluations,
• Education materials concerning storm water, trees, soil, etc.
• Scholarships.

Directors

Steve Cannon, President
Lola Blevins, Vice Pres
Dan Port, Treasurer
Carole Marz

Associate Directors

Robert Long, Sutter Creek
Donald Jardine, Supervisor, Alpine Co.

NRCS Partners
Amy Rocha