Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) is seeking a new team member! The position of Administration and Finance Manager will work closely with the Executive Director in achieving goals related…
Beginning the week of Monday, February 28th, contractors hired by the Placer County Resource Conservation District (RCD) will be conducting a pile burning project in Applegate, California. This work is…
As of 3/22/2022, this position has been filled. Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) is seeking a new team member to manage projects to improve wildfire resiliency and forest health,…
On Tuesday, February 8, Placer County Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD, District) is assisting a private landowner in Meadow Vista with a 2-acre low-intensity prescribed burn to reduce carrier fuels and improve defensible space. The burn is part of the Prescribed Burning on Private Lands (PBPL) pilot program, funded by CAL FIRE to empower landowners with the skills and knowledge to use prescribed burning as a fuels reduction and forest stewardship tool. The event is part of a series of understory burns that Placer RCD will help coordinate over the next several years.
On Friday, February 4, 2022, Placer County Resource Conservation District is assisting a private landowner in Meadow Vista with a 1-acre low-intensity prescribed burn to reduce carrier fuels and improve defensible space. The burn is part of the Prescribed Burning on Private Lands (PBPL) pilot program, funded by CAL FIRE to empower landowners with the skills and knowledge to use prescribed burning as a fuels reduction and forest stewardship tool. The event is part of a series of understory burns that Placer RCD will help coordinate over the next several years.
The Placer Resource Conservation District and its Backyard and Community Ag program, in collaboration with UCCE Placer County Master Gardeners, CalFresh Healthy Living, and Rock Creek School Garden, is offering…
What is conservation technical assistance? Similar to consulting, conservation technical assistance, or just technical assistance, equips farmers, ranchers, land managers, homeowners, backyard gardeners, orchard growers, and forestland owners with advice, support, and resources to promote the productive and wise use of the land. This is offered at no cost and is completely voluntary – we are not a regulatory authority.
The RCD is seeking proposals from qualified and experienced contractors to provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete Phase II of the Placer County Coordinated Fuel Break (Project).…
The Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) is seeking proposals from qualified and experienced contractors to provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary (excluding RCD-provided tracked chipper) to carry out…
AUBURN– The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for…
AUBURN, CA – The Placer Resource Conservation District has been awarded an urban agriculture conservation grant through a partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to boost technical…
The Placer County Chipper Program, operated by the Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) provides a low-cost, residential chipping service to help landowners manage their vegetation and meet defensible space…
