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Private forest landowner assistance workshop

3/27/2023

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​Join workshops offered to learn about assistance programs to help you complete forest health, and fire resilience work on your land! The workshop series will be live and slot time for questions.
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Upcoming FOrest Health & FIre Prevention WOrkshops

7/15/2022

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The Amador Resource Conservation District is partnering with University Cooperative Extension (UCCE) to host several workshops relating to fire prevention and forest health. If you’re looking for some local education opportunities to learn about defensible space, forest health, and fuel reduction practices check out the workshop fliers below for more information.
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Fire-Adapted Landscapes and Wildfire Preparation Workshop

 RESCHEDULED to August 8th, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Free to attend at the Pine Grove Town Hall 19889 Hwy. 88, Pine Grove. For more information and to register: www.ucanr.edu/jacksonwatershed
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​Forest Stewardship Virtual 9 week Training Course

August 24th- October 19th, online workshop once per week. $60 Registration Information can be found at http://ucanr.edu/forestryworkshops/. For additional information or questions, please contact Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucanr.edu.
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Green waste services

6/16/2022

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Amador County residents are being provided with various opportunities to dispose of Green Waste for FREE! The ARCD is currently working with the Amador Air District and ACES Waste Services to offer this service to our community, and the response has been tremendous! Options for participating in this program are as follows:
  • 40 yd Green Waste Bins are located at the following addresses:
                   Sutter Creek Fire Protection District - 350 Hanford St., Sutter Creek 95685
                   Lockwood Fire Protection District - 23141 Shake Ridge Rd., Volcano 95689
  • Starting in June 2022, the Amador Air District will be providing vouchers for 4 cubic yards of green waste disposal at no charge through the Pine Grove Transfer Station. Please refer to the flyer below for more information or call (209) 257-0112.
                   
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Zero Foodprint's Restore CA Grant Now Open!

3/22/2021

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Zero Foodprint is offering $25,000 grants to producers interested in implementing healthy soils practices on their property through the Restore CA Grant Program. Zero Foodprint is private funding available for farmers/ranchers to improve soil health and sequester carbon on working landscapes. The solicitation period is open until April 22, 2021. This grant funds many of the same practices as the CDFA Healthy Soils Incentive Program, a state funded program which will open again later this summer. You may apply to both programs as long as they are for different practices. Practices include:
  • compost application
  • cover cropping
  • prescribed grazing
  • hedgerow establishment 
  • and more!
If you are interested in applying, please contact our Technical Assistance Provider Molly Taylor. TA is required for submittal of the application. You can email her at healthysoil@amadorrcd.org or call 650-863-3610. The full link to the application can be found here. 

If you would like to apply for CDFA's Healthy Soils Program, please keep an eye out for a following newsletter announcing the opening of this solicitation period. You can read more about CDFA's HSP here.  

Questions?

Contact Molly Taylor:
 HealthySoil@AmadorRCD.org
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Upcoming Healthy SOils Webinar

3/25/2020

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Healthy Soils Incentive Program Application Overview Webinar Join the Amador RCD on April 2nd 9am for a one-hour webinar designed to help you apply to CDFA's Healthy Soils Incentive Program.

Topics will include:
  • Explanation of application process & eligibility
  • Overview of practices
  • Implementation assistance

Click here to Register.
PictureFrom top down: Water infiltration test designed to quantify compaction levels and water holding capacity.
Water infiltration test designed to quantify compaction levels and water holding capacity.
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Compost being spread on rangeland as part of Amador RCD's Soil Health Research and Education Project.
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Dan Port, local rancher and 2019 recipient of HSP funding, showing off his no-till drill.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is awarding $28 million dollars for agricultural land managers to implement healthy soil practices through the Healthy Soils Incentive Program. Through a Healthy Soils Incentive grant producers can apply for up to $100,000 for adopting 'healthy soils' practices. here are a total of 28 healthy soil practices; including cover crops, compost application, hedgerows, mulching, silvopasture, and many more. The Amador Resource Conservation District is hosting a webinar to guide producers in applying for these funds.  Register for this webinar to learn more about this funding opportunity. 

For additional soil health resources visit Amador RCD's website. 

Questions about Healthy Soils Funding
Contact Molly Taylor: (209) 202-3102 or HealthySoil@AmadorRCD.org
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Wildfire Safety Townhall Meetings

3/4/2020

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CalFire will be hosting their annual Amador County townhall meetings. Join us and many other partners at your local meeting to learn more about the fire preparedness and prevention in Amador County. The Amador RCD will be introducing it's newest project, the Community Chipping Project at these meetings. The goal of this project is to help landowners accomplish vegetation management on their properties by providing roadside chipping. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter by CLICKING HERE to keep up to date on ARCD happenings and attend a townhall mtg to learn more. 

Upcoming Townhall Meetings
March 12th
The Oaks Mobile Home Park Community Center 

5607 Jackson Valley Rd, Ione, CA 95640 

March 24th TBD

April 8th TBD

April 22nd
Lockwood FPD Station 152

19715 Shake Ridge Road Volcano, CA 95689
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Roadside Chipper
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Healthy Soils Workshop

2/22/2020

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Monday, March 2nd 6:30 p.m.
Amador City Community Hall
Downstairs: 14531 East School Street

This is a potluck event.  If you like, please bring a small dish and plates and silverware. 
 
The Amador RCD is partnering with the Foothills Agricultural Guild to host a workshop on the Healthy Soils Incentive Program. The ARCD will be leading this workshop and providing one-on-one assistance on the application process. The California Department of Food and Agriculture is awarding $28 million dollars for agricultural land managers to implement healthy soil practices through the Healthy Soils Incentive Program. There are a total of 28 healthy soil practices; including cover crops, compost application, hedgerows, mulching, silvopasture, and many more.  The request for applications is anticipated to open in late February or early March.  

Questions about the event: andreajmemail@gmail.com
Questions about Healthy Soils Funding: HealthySoil@AmadorRCD.org

Click Here to continue to receive update on this program by signing up for the ARCD newsletter.
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Meadow Restoration Work Days

7/22/2019

 
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Are you interested in spending time in a beautiful place and helping to restore a precious resource? We need hard working volunteers to help restore three high sierra meadows this summer. This is a perfect way to enjoy a summer day in the El Dorado National Forest and making a difference. 

This work is spearheaded by the  El Dorado National Forest, in partnership  with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Amador Calaveras Consensus Group, and the Amador Resource Conservation District.   Additional restoration of incised channels is planned for 2020 and 2021.  Volunteers have been a huge part of the hands-on restoration success including assessment, monitoring, and willow planting.

When:  Thursdays  - July 25th, August 1st, August 8th, August 15th, August 22nd
Sundays  - July 28th, August 4th, August 25th 
Come any day you are able.  One day or all!

RSVP: If you're interested in volunteering be sure to email Gwen Starrett. Please RSVP for the dates you plan to volunteer so I will know to wait for you! Email at gstarrett@volcano.net

What: We will use loppers and hand saws to cut small conifer saplings and seedlings in and around the meadow.  This improves meadow habitat and reduces fire danger.
 
What to bring:  Water, lunch, sunscreen, bug spray, hat, and work gloves.  If you are allergic to bees, please carry your epi-pen. Wear long-sleeves, long pants, and boots as we will be working in the woods.  We will have hard hats and tools available, so be sure to RSVP. 

We will be working at Upper Onion Valley which is accessible with AWD/4WD high clearance vehicles.  If we don’t have vehicles to haul everyone up to the meadow, it is about a one mile hike in.

Where to meet: First stop: Sutter Hill Transit Center at 7:15 AM.  Valley View Way, Sutter Creek. Second stop: Bear River Reservoir at the dam.  Meet at 8:30 AM.  (Take Hwy 88 to Bear River Road.  Go down to dam and pull off at first spot.)

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Amador Ranch awarded cover crop funding

6/5/2019

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A local rancher and board member of the Amador RCD was awarded funding to plant cover crops. Dan Port and his wife Susan run Winterport Farms raising grassfed beef on forage produced with limited irrigation. Susan’s family has been farming in the Ione Valley since 1867. Earlier this year the Winterports Farms submitted an application to the Healthy Soil Initiatives Program, in which the State of California funds incentivizes projects with soil health projects on agricultural operations. The project emulates one of the regenerative agriculture practices (no till) used by Gabe Brown on his North Dakota Ranch was funding on June 5th 2019. Regenerative agriculture produces multiple environmental and economic benefits including reduced soil erosion and soil compaction, increased water infiltration and preservation of soil moisture, increased quantity and diversity of soil life, increased crop production, reduced need for herbicides and pesticides, and greenhouse gas reduction. These environmental benefits mean greater economic returns and stability for the producer from reduced costs and greater production. The increased water infiltration and preservation of soil moisture achieved by regenerative agriculture provides resiliency in agriculture by enabling farmers and ranchers to better withstand these periods of drought. The goal of this project is to conserve and enhance agricultural resources, increase farm profitability and resilience, and reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases. Desired outcomes over the three years of the project are increasing soil organic matter by 50%, and increasing water infiltration rates by 50%. 
The Amador RCD is excited to have the first Healthy Soils Incentives Program project in Amador County be funded. Dan Port wrote the application himself; but the Amador RCD is hoping to be able to provide technical assistance in the next round of funding later this year.  If your interested in applying for funding join the Amador RCD email list to hear more about upcoming funding.  
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Amador Farmers Guild

4/12/2019

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Amador Farmers Guild Kick off! 

The Amador RCD is excited to be apart of a grassroots effort to connect ag. producers in Amador County to keep ag. viable and thriving. The Amador Farmers Guild aims to build a support network and build connections between the people that grow food and people who eat food and enjoy local products. The first meeting of the Amador Farmer Guild will be held on May 13th, bring a dish for the potluck and come share your goals and have input on the formation of the Guild. 
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