$3.4M is now available for farmers and ranchers in the Central Sierra looking to improve their soil health!

Placer RCD recently received $4,000,000 in funding from the California Department Food and Agriculture to form the Central Sierra Healthy Soils Program alongside other regional RCDs.

$3.4M will go directly to farmers and ranchers operating within Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Alpine counties.

Potential soil conservation practices include cover cropping, compost application, rangeland planting, pollinator hedgerow installation, mulching, reduced/ no tillage, and more.

Learn more & submit an interest form!

Projects on individual farms will be awarded based on the following criteria:

The Program will ensure that at least one project will be awarded in each of the eight counties within the service area
The Program will allocate at least 25% of funding to support Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
Additional projects will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

Approximately 50 on-farm projects will be selected during the 4-year lifetime of this grant. Projects will be awarded until funds have been exhausted. If you are interested in participating in the Central Sierra Healthy Soils program, please fill out the Interest Form below. Translation services are available if needed.

Submit an interest form!

Contact Trina Walley, Executive Director of Calaveras County Resource Consservation District, if you have questions about the application process and potential soil health benefits - twalley@calaverasrcd.org

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Calaveras County Resource Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Calaveras County Resource Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Calaveras County Resource Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Calaveras County Resource Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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