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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...
Prescribed Burn Association Community Meetings
Join University of California Cooperative Extension and Napa RCD for a series of Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) community meetings. Learn more about PBAs and talk with other community members interested in starting one in Napa County. #1- May 30, 2023, 5:30-7pm...
Oak Planting Guide Now Available!
GrizzlyCorps Fellow Gabe Seidman has been hard at work making one of Napa RCD's long-time dreams a reality! For the last few years, we've been wanting a comprehensive oak planting guide that details the process we use to plant oaks from acorns here in Napa County. Not...
Huichica Creek Vineyard Request for Ideas
The Napa County Resource Conservation District (Napa RCD) is excited to announce a Request for Ideas for using its Huichica Creek Vineyard (HCV) in Los Carneros AVA in Napa County. Historically, HCV has been used by Napa RCD to demonstrate and promote cutting-edge...
On Sale Now: Climate-Friendly Garden Tour Tickets!
Tickets are now on sale for the Climate-Friendly Garden Tour, May 13, 2023, from 10am-4pm! Online ticket sales have ended. You can still purchase tickets at Las Flores Community Center for $5. We hope to see you there! What is the Climate-Friendly Garden Tour? It is a...
March 2023 Rainfall Summary
from Paul Blank, Napa RCD Environmental Scientist March brought 11 storms and sixteen days of measurable rainfall to the Napa Valley. Rain totals observed at the County ALERT monitoring stations (napa.onerain.com) were well above average for the month, ranging between...
Creating Community: Napa Valley Community Forest
Over the past two years, we've worked with the City of St Helena, Sustainable St Helena, various schools and community groups, and the general public to plant native oaks and also redwoods in the effluent spray fields at the St Helena Wastewater Treatment Plant along...
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Rotary Screw Trap
The 2023 Rotary Screw Trap Open House has been postponed until late May. Stay tuned for updates. Smolt trapping using a rotary screw trap Napa RCD monitors steelhead and salmon populations by collecting data on the number of smolts migrating to the ocean each year. A...
February 2023 Rainfall Summary
from Paul Blank, Napa RCD Environmental Scientist February brought six small storms and nine days of measurable rainfall to the Napa Valley. Rain totals observed at the County ALERT monitoring stations (napa.onerain.com) were below average for the month, ranging...