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

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