Fuels Management, Fuel Breaks, and Defensible Space
Slow the rate at which wildfire spreads and protect your home! Living in the California foothills, you are annually at risk for wildfires. During drought years, the risk of fire…
Forestland Steward: Community Resilience
Winter 2021 Play a part in community resilience! In this issue of Forestland Steward, learn how to improve your home against wildfire exposure, the basics of wildfire preparation, managing erosion,…
Burn Notification for the Auburn Shaded Fuel Break Project
The Placer County Resource Conservation District, in partnership with the California State Parks and the US Bureau of Reclamation, will begin a large pile burning project on 2/17/2021. As a part…
Placer RCD Is Working to Save Troubled Western Monarch Butterflies
AUBURN, CA – Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) is one of six resource conservation districts awarded pollinator habitat plant kits by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation to help…
Chipper Program Resumes October 1, 2020
ATTENTION: PLACER RCD CHIPPER PROGRAM RESUMES OCT. 1 AUBURN, CALIF. (September 29, 2020) — Placer Resource Conservation District’s (Placer RCD) Chipper Program will resume services on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Although…