Updates

December, 2011
Cooperative Projects are Paying off for Russian River Coho Recovery

August, 2011
Groundwater monitoring (CASGEM)

March, 2011
Gold Ridge RCD Gets Kids Outside, Onto Farms & Connected with Nature

February, 2011
Nutrient Management Planning Guidance for Small Coastal Dairies

August, 2010
Gold Ridge RCD Newsletter
Stewards of the Land:
Summer/Fall 2010

August, 2010
Estero Americano Dairy Enhancement Program

July, 2010
Camp Meeker Dam Removal & Fish Passage - A Social Documentary - video

June, 2010
Salmon Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan
Final version

June, 2010
Upper Green Valley Creek Watershed Management Plan
Final version

Report Weed Infestations Here

Pollinators Farm Biodiversity

Fish Passage Dutch Bill Creek

Save Our Salmon Salmon Creek

TEAM - Teaching Environmental & Agricultural Memories
from Ben Zolno on Vimeo.

Through funding from the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District (District), the Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District (GRRCD) launched its TEAM Conservation Program in Fall 2010, bringing over 220 kindergartners and third- and fourth-graders to the Bianchi family's Mountain View Jerseys dairy. Working with Stephanie Lennox of Envirichment, GRRCD staff led students from Apple Blossom and Sun Ridge Charter schools through a tour of the dairy's milking parlor, calf barn, and cheese factory.

The hands-on field visits allowed the kids to learn about care of the animals, explore nutrient cycling, and even pet newborn calves, while incorporating math and vocabulary sessions that mesh with their grades' curricula.

4:39 film by Ben Zolno with New Message Media,
commissioned by Gold Ridge RCD.