Conservation projects utilize the full potential of partnerships, planning, and other resources to influence and encourage larger-scale changes within the community and on the landscape. Placer RCD is uniquely resourced to assist and administer the project management of large-scale projects and engage with community initiatives that enhance the quality of life for the Districts residents. Its staff, with support from partnering agencies, continue to support existing projects while building capacity to engage in new activities that benefit its community.
Current programs
![Western Bumble Bee hovering near flower.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Bombus-occidentalis.png?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Climate Resilience Through Habitat Restoration on California Lands
![Three people standing in an orchard talking about conservation.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-01-19-Douglas-Steward-Visit-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
CDFA Healthy Soils Program (2021)
![Inside view of the Firewise Trailer.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/0501210956-rotated.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Firewise Trailer Education Program
![Four people walking and talking on a gravel road in a forest.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Forestry-and-Natural-Resources-Mentorship-Program-01-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Forestry & Natural Resources Career Mentorship Program
![Three people talking in an apple orchard.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/04a-Image-01-What-is-Technical-Assistance-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Landowner Technical Assistance
![Photograph of a wildfire in mountainous area.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Mosquito-Fire-Image.png?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Mosquito Fire Recovery and Reforestation
![A large storage tank in a grazing field.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Water-Tank-in-Field-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
PCWA Water Storage Tank Rebate Program
![People listening to a lecturer at an almond orchard.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ag-Tour-LrC-02150-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Placer County Ag Tour
![Workers chipping brush with a wood chipper in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC00051-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Placer County Chipper Program
![People tending a prescribed fire in a forested residential area.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-02-05-PBPL-Mary-Cleary-Meadow-Vista-Backyard-Orchard-Pruning-Care-01595-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Prescribed Burning on Private Lands
![People tending a broadcast prescribed burn.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-02-05-PBPL-Mary-Cleary-Meadow-Vista-Backyard-Orchard-Pruning-Care-01591-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Placer Prescribed Burn Association (Placer PBA)
![Fallen trees in a pine forest.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Picture5-enlarged-smooth.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
![Staff doing an irrigation test at a community garden.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20210823-Armed-Forces-Community-Garden-Site-Visit-00526-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Urban & Community Initiative (2023)
![A watercolor illustration of two people in an orchard in Placer County, California, working on a plan to sequester carbon.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-07-12.50.40-A-watercolor-illustration-of-two-people-in-an-orchard-in-Placer-County-California-working-on-a-plan-to-sequester-carbon.-The-orchard-features-rows-o-e1731012894597.webp?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Conservation Agriculture Planning Grant Program (CAPGP)
Current projects
Past Projects and Programs
![A closeup of a pile of vegetation being burned with workers in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Auburn-Shaded-Fuel-Break-5770-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Auburn Shaded Fuel Break
![Green pasture with blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Agriculture-Images-2-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Carbon Cycle Institute: Carbon Farming
![Two people displaying tomato plants inside a building.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Edited_Container-Garden-Kit-Project-11-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Container Garden Fresh Food Access Initiative
![Photograph of red sesbania along a stream.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2008-06-Hansen-Ranch.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Doty Tributary Riparian Restoration Project
![Photograph of boxes of garden vegetables.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/7-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Planting Hope
![View of a small organic farm and rolling hills.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Xerces-Pollinator-Hedgerow-at-Hillview-Farms-4374.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Hillview Farms Pollinator Hedgerow
![A person walking through a community garden surrounded by vegetable and corn.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC00807-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
2021 Placer County Community Gardens Review
![An illustration of an accessible raided garden bed.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Accessible-Raised-Bed-01-e1663214370530.png?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Accessible Raised Garden Bed Design Plans
![A white flower of a citrus tree.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-10-22-Lincoln-Salt-Mine-Urban-Orchard-8-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Lincoln Salt Mine Urban Orchard
![Staff doing an irrigation test at a community garden.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20210823-Armed-Forces-Community-Garden-Site-Visit-00526-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Urban Ag & Community Initiative
![A large storage tank in a grazing field.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Water-Tank-in-Field-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
PCWA Water Storage Tank Rebate Program
![An open forest in a shaded fuel break.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PCCFB-1686-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)
Placer County Coordinated Fuel Break
![Workers in boom lifts cutting vegetation next to a highway.](https://i0.wp.com/placerrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-3.45.25-PM.png?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1)