The Forestry and Natural Resource Career Mentorship Program has just released their 2021-2022 Annual Report. The Forestry and Natural Resources Career Mentorship Program aims to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion…
AUBURN, CA – On Monday, July 18, a wildfire ignited at Atwood Nature Preserve in Auburn. The blaze was quickly contained at approximately .25 acre. The cause of the fire…
AUBURN, CA – CAL FIRE’s Wood Products and Bioenergy Team awarded the Placer County RCD a grant amounting to $250,880 to fund a Forestry and Natural Resources Career Mentorship Program. This program, which…
The Outreach and Program Specialist works to expand Placer Resource Conservation District outreach efforts and performs administrative support and customer service for the Chipper Program. The position will interact with…
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…
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.
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 Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) is seeking proposals from qualified and experienced contractors to provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete Phase I of the Placer…
AUBURN, CA, January 26, 2021 – Work within the 300 acre, five-mile long, Auburn Shaded Fuel Break continues and is nearly 60% complete. “It is a huge undertaking in scale and…
[AUBURN, CA] – The Placer Resource Conservation District (PRCD) is seeking candidates for two open seats on the Board of Directors. The selected applicants will serve the remainder of a…
