Water Conservation:

• Valley Water: Free Water Conservation Devices
• Valley Water: Water Conservation Partner Toolkit 
• California Water Board: Water Conservation Information 
• San Jose Water: Customer Drought Updates 

 Workshop Presentations:

    Hands-on Oak Planting Workshop (GCRCD/NRCS/CAL FIRE - 11/29/17)

• Flyer:  Planting and Protecting Oaks: A Hands-on Workshop for Rural Land Managers 
• Agenda:  Planting and Protecting Oaks: A Hands-on Workshop for Rural Land Managers
• Landscape Valley of Oaks (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
• Cost and Benefits of Oak Woodland Restoration (Pelayo Alvarez, GCRCD)
• Providing Habitat with Snags and Large Woody Debris (Stephanie Moreno, GCRCD)
• Oak Planting Overview (Jennifer Benson, Point Blue/STRAW Program

    Rural Roads (GCRCD/NCSPF/CAL FIRE/NRCS - 09/20/17):

• Flyer:  Maintaining and Improving Rural Roads 
• Agenda:  Maintaining and Improving Rural Roads
• Welcome (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
• Fundamentals of Rural Roads (Richard Harris, NCSPF)
• Geology of Roads (Michael Fuller, California Geological Survey)
• Improving and Maintaining Roads to Reduce Impacts on Erosion and Water Quality (Richard Harris, NCSPF)
• Rural Roads Erosion Control Assistance Program (Angie Gruys, RCD of Santa Cruz County)
• California Forest Improvement Program: Key Concepts for Landowners (Topher Henderson, CAL FIRE)
• Public Resources Code 4291 - Road Requirements (Ed Orre, CAL FIRE)
• Santa Clara's Resource Conservation Districts (Stephanie Moreno, GCRCD)

    Wildlife Management (GCRCD/Loma Prieta RCD/NRCS):

• Flyer:  Wildlife Management for Working Landscapes (02/11/2016)
• Collaborating with Beavers - Increasing Land's Resilience to Drought (Brock Dolman, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center)
• Big Dogs, Hot Fences and Fast Sheep:  A Rancher's Perspective on Predator Protection (Dan Macon, Flying Mule Farm/UC Davis CWRL)
• Working Lands and Conservation Lands:  An Essential Partnership (Stuart B. Weiss, Ph.D., Creekside Science)
• A Stitch in Time Actually Saves Nine:  California Ground Squirrel Control (Sheila Barry, UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor)

    Ranching and Carbon Farming (GCRCD/Loma Prieta/NRCS):

• Flyer:  Ranching at the Urban Interface (10/06/2016)

Other Resources:

    Agriculture and Ranching:

• Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities: A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development (September 2020).
• Livestock Guardian Dogs (Tomkins Conservation Wildlife Bulletin)
• Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California (Douglas D. McCreary/University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources)
• Enriching Soil, Enhancing Life: An Action Plan for Soil Health (Soil Health Institute)
• Fish Friendly Wine YouTube Video (California Land Stewardship Institute)
• 2017 Central Coast Forestland EQIP Fund Pool (USDA-NRCS)
•  An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California

     Pollinator (Bird and Bee) Habitat 

• NRCS Plant Materials Program
• Pollinator Habitat Initiative and the Conservation Reserve Program
• Plant and Create Pollinator Habitat Gardens (National Wildlife Federation)
• Project Pollinator: Building Gardens for Pollinators (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
• Pollinator Habitat Guide (Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund)
• Funding Programs for Pollinator Habitat (Pollinator Stewardship Council)
• Pollinator Conservation Program (Xerces Society)
• Helping in Your Backyard - Pollinators (U.S. National Park Service)
• Planting for Pollinators (The Nature Conservancy)

   Trees and Plants:

• Urban Forestry Organizations in the Bay Area and Beyond (Benicia Trees Foundation)
• Forestry/Landowner Assistance (CAL FIRE)
• California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
• Spring Nursery Survey - 2016 Fact Sheet (Plant Right)
• Forestry and Conservation for Kids (treeremoval.com)

    Wildlife and Habitat Conservation:

• Wildlife and Nature Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area  (sfbaywildlife.info) 
• Urban Wildlife Research Project (UWRP)
• Pathways for Wildlife 
• Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Group (SSRG)

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