Past Projects

These are a few of the projects and assessments the CCRCD has conducted in the past.

Colusa County Community Wildfire Protection Plan 2021

In 2019, the CCCRCD recieved funding through the California Fire Safe Council and from Colusa County to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This plan covers all wildland within the county addressing potential risks to wildfire and identifying project that would protect the people and property of our county. These project range from organizational such as developing a locally-led fire…

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Oak Woodland Management Plan

Colusa County's Oak Woodland Management Plan

Upper Little Stony Inholders Alliance Fuels Treatment Project

USDA AWARD OF DOMESTIC COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

May contain: vegetation, bush, and plant

Colusa County Grown

The Colusa County Resource Conservation District (CCRCD) was a recipient of a 2014 SCBGP grant to enhance and expand the Colusa County Grown campaign with a focus on specialty crops. The goal of the project is to enhance the marketability and competiveness of specialty crops within the County and beyond. There are four specialty crops among the County’s top ten commodities which include; almonds…

May contain: water, nature, land, and outdoors

Colusa Basin Watershed Managment Plan

The health of our communities and natural resources is dependent upon the overall health of our watershed. Similarly, the health of our watershed is dependent upon the actions of those living within its boundaries. The Colusa County Resource Conservation District (CCRCD) Watershed Coordinator has created the Colusa Basin Watershed Management Plan (Plan) to function as a road map to watershed…

May contain: plant, blossom, flower, sprout, and bud

Colusa County Wildflowers

CURRENT Wildflower viewing information can be obtained from local Bear Valley rancher Jim Keegan at keeganranch@gmail.com.

May contain: dry creek bed, invasive weeds, arundo, sand, gravel, plants, dry landscape

GIS Weed Mapping Project in the Colusa Basin Watershed

In an effort to identify areas of invasive weed infestations in the watershed, the Colusa Basin Watershed Coordinator is creating GIS mapping of 8 species of invasive weeds:

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Colusa Basin Watershed Assessment

The Colusa County RCD was granted funding through the Department of Water Resources (DWR) as an implementing agency for the CALFED Bay Delta Watershed Program grant under the Water Security, Clean Drinking Waters, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 (Proposition 50) for developing and implementing the Colusa Basin Watershed Assessment.

Colusa Basin Streambank Analysis

Following the completion of the Colusa Basin Watershed Assessment, a Streambank Analysis study was completed on 36 foothill streams in the watershed. These streams were mapped for erosion potential, riparian habitat quality and invasive species infestation. Next, 24 critical management reaches were selected that showed potential for restoration projects.

Colusa County Grown-Specialty Crop Grant

Project Title: Colusa County Grown-Specialty Crop

May contain: nature, outdoors, field, grassland, countryside, slope, farm, and rural

Bear Creek Watershed Assessment

6.15.2010

Department of Conservation- Capacity Building Grant

Name of Grant: Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, RCD Funding Assistance Program