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Join Us in Creating a Wildfire Resilient Community! City of Napa Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
In partnership with local agencies and stakeholders, the City of Napa is preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) to help its community identify fire risks and actions to limit damages due to wildfire. A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a...
We’re Hiring- Conservation Project Manager
Napa RCD is hiring for a Full-Time Conservation Project Manager. The Conservation Project Manager will support exciting growth in Napa RCD’s Forest Health program and broader natural resource management goals. The Project Manager will be an important resource to...
Napa Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAAP) Website and Survey are Live
Para español, continúa abajo. The Napa County RCAAP is a multi-jurisdictional planning and engagement effort that aims...
2022-2023 Annual Report Release
Napa RCD would like to invite you to review the 2022-2023 Annual Report! Just as the Napa River ebbs and flows, so does the RCD. This year brought about significant changes within the RCD to move closer towards empowering the community to voluntarily conserve,...
Apply to the Napa RCD Emerging Environmental Leaders Scholarship
We are now accepting applications from Napa County students for the Emerging Environmental Leaders Scholarship. This opportunity is open to students graduating from any high school, high school equivalent, or GED program in Napa County. Our goal is to celebrate,...
Call for Gardens- 2024 Garden Tour Date Set
Greetings from the Garden Tour Planning Group! Napa RCD is working with our friends and partners at City of Napa Water Division and UCCE Master Gardeners to plan the 2024 Climate-Friendly Garden Tour in Napa Valley. This year's Garden Tour will take place on Saturday,...
Teen Conservation Intern Applications Due Jan 28
Purpose Napa RCD offers the Teen Conservation Internship as a pathway for Napa County high school youth to develop job skills and gain professional experience related to environmental or service-oriented careers. Interns will receive on-the-ground training to lead...
Reflecting on Rural Roads
Monitoring Effectiveness of Road Stormproofing BMPs In 2017, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted the Vineyard General Permit to increase water quality in local watersheds. The General Permit regulates pollutant discharges from vineyard...
We’re Hiring- Community Engagement Project Manager
Napa RCD is hiring for a Full-Time Community Engagement Project Manager. The Community Engagement Project Manager designs and delivers project-based community engagement activities in our different program areas, including community forums, workshops, seminars and...
Workforce Development & Forest Management: Suscol Intertribal Council
Over the past couple of years, Napa RCD has partnered with Suscol Intertribal Council to improve forest health and wildfire resilience of the Suskol House land and support the Suscol Intertribal Council’s development and implementation of a workforce training program....
Volunteer – Help Collect Local Acorns
Each fall, RCD collects, plants, and distribute acorns from local native oak trees in our efforts to re-oak Napa County.
Prescribed Burn Association Meetings Encourage Community-Based Burning to Restore Resilient Landscapes
Fire has been a land management tool since time immemorial. Before fire suppression policies, fire was a consistent and natural disturbance in California ecosystems, whether ignited naturally or by native communities stewarding the land. Many of our ecosystems need...
Farewell from Gabe, our GrizzlyCorps Fellow
I’ve spent the past 11 months (September 2022 – July 2023) as a GrizzlyCorps fellow with Napa RCD. GrizzlyCorps is an AmeriCorps program designed by Project Climate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, in partnership with CaliforniaVolunteers....
Napa LAFCO’s draft Municipal Service Review report on Napa RCD available for public comment
Napa LAFCO has completed its draft municipal service review (MSR) and sphere of influence (SOI) review report on Napa RCD. The draft report represents Napa LAFCO’s independent evaluation of the availability and adequacy of municipal services provided by NCRCD. The...
Vegetation Management Request for Qualifications
The Napa County Resource Conservation District (“Napa RCD”) is working in collaboration with the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and other partners to complete a range of vegetation management projects to improve the health of forest lands and reduce the threat posed...
Breaking Barriers: Campbell Creek Culvert Removal
The Napa River and its tributaries support a diverse community of native fishes, including 2 salmonid species: the California Central Coast steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a federally-listed Threatened Species, and Central Valley Fall/Late Fall Run Chinook...
Farewell, Spring Interns!
This semester's Teen Conservation Interns, Solis Anguiano and Xiara Diaz, worked together to plan, advertise, and lead two invasive plant management workdays and coordinate a very large site for the Earth Day Napa Community Cleanup. Solis and Xiara concluded their...
From the Fellow: A Strange Year for the RST
By Gabe Seidman, Napa RCD's GrizzlyCorps Fellow As a GrizzlyCorps Fellow at Napa RCD this year, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects. Over the last few months, one of these projects was assisting with monitoring Napa RCD’s Rotary Screw Trap...