Alameda County Resource Conservation District (ACRCD)

Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
2020-04-26 10:00 - 13:00, 2020-05-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2020-05-10 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Please join us for any or all of these online events, which will be held:
April 26
10:00 – 1:00
May 3
10:00 – 1:00
May 10
10:00 – 1:00
Please visit their website for more information and to sign up – https://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/2020-virtual-tour

The Expanded Wildflower Season
2020-04-26 10:00 - 16:00 | The Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve, 1895 Geary Road, Sunol, CA, 94586, United States
Visit the Alameda County Clean Water booth from 10am to 4pm at the The Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve for the expanded Wildflower season.
For more information please visit https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol/default.htm#activities

May Board Meeting
2020-05-18 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

June Board Meeting
2020-06-15 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

July Board Meeting
2020-07-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-26 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

August Board Meeting
2020-08-17 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

California Coastal Cleanup 2020
2020-09-05, 2020-09-12, 2020-09-19, 2020-09-26
The Alameda County Resource Conservation District is once again partnering with the Coastal Commission and the Alameda County Clean Water Program to host this important annual clean up event. This year, the format is different, but the outcome is as important as ever!
September marks the 36th annual California Coastal Cleanup. This year, rather than meeting up at public events throughout the state on a single date, cleanups will happen every Saturday throughout the month. (If Saturdays don’t work for you, don’t let that stop you! Clean up during any day and time that works for you.)
Cleanups will be self-guided and close to home. Local parks, shores, creeks, streets, sidewalks, drainage areas, natural areas, and trails are good choices. Practice physical distancing, and strictly follow both local ordinances and the set of guidelines provided on the California Coastal Commission website. Safety first!
Although the cleanup model will be different in 2020, it will still be an effective, educational, community-building event. Trash within our neighborhoods will become the trash polluting our coast once the rains come. We need your help to clean your neighborhoods, record your participation, and collect data on the CleanSwell app.
Please count every piece of trash you collect! Reporting thoroughly and accurately will help put together a more complete picture of Coastal Cleanup 2020. Data will be collected primarily through the CleanSwell app for smartphones, or you can download the paper data card. Learn how to participate in Alameda County by registering today at https://alamedacoastalcleanup.eventbrite.com.

September Board Meeting
2020-09-21 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

October Board Meeting
2020-10-19 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

November Board Meeting
2020-11-16 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

December Board Meeting
2020-12-21 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

State of the Alameda Creek Watershed Webinar Series
2021-01-14 11:30 - 13:00
Please join us for the acwForum’s January 14 webinar featuring the Dumbarton Quarry Campground project and the City of Livermore’s Arroyo Las Positas Low Flow Channel project.

Click here to register

“Spreading Compost on Rangelands” Workshop
2021-02-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
On February 9th 3-5pm, the Alameda County Resource Conservation District will be hosting a workshop highlighting our carbon farm projects, spreading compost on rangelands.
What: Join the Alameda County Resource Conservation District and its partners for a discussion about spreading compost on rangelands. We will look at costs, compost quality, and lessons learned from demonstration carbon farming projects. We will hear from ranchers about their experiences applying compost through CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program Demonstration and Incentives projects.
Who: Hear a range of perspectives from varying entities, including the Alameda County Resource Conservation District, StopWaste, Paulo Farms, Calhoun Ranch, and the Carbon Cycle Institute.
When: February 9, 2021 3-5pm on Zoom.
RSVP here. Zoom details will be sent upon registration
Click here for more information

February Board Meeting
2021-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

March Board Meeting
2021-03-15 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States

April Board Meeting
2021-04-19 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
April_2021_Board agenda

Wildfire and You: Protecting Your Home from Wildfire
2021-04-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and Alameda County Resource Conservation District are excited to announce this upcoming webinar on actions residents can take in and around their homes to protect against the threat of wildfires. This 1-hour webinar will cover topics of home hardening, defensible space creation, defensible space and chipping programs in our counties, and actions our own RCD members have taken to fire-scape their homes.

Presenters include:
Douglas Kent:
Principal, Douglas Kent & Associates
Adjunct Professor, John Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at CalPoly Pomona
Author, Firescaping: Protecting your home with a fire-resistant landscape
Cheryl Miller:
Executive Director, Diablo Fire Safe Council
Igor Skaredoff:
President, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Board of Directors
Lisa Anich:
Watershed Conservation Manager, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
This webinar is in support of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May 1st, a national campaign that “encourages people and organizations everywhere to come together on a single day to take action to raise awareness and reduce wildfire risks”. To read more about Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, please visit the National Fire Protection Association’s website: https://www.nfpa.org/…/National-Wildfire-Community

To register for the webinar, please use this link.

Earth Day Litter Clean Up
2021-04-22
The Earth Day clean-up event is an annual event hosted by the Alameda County Clean Water Program, that helps keep our waterways free of harmful trash. This year, we need your help to clean Castro Valley Creek, San Lorenzo Creek, and other community waterways by cleaning up in your neighborhoods and local natural areas. Please participate and help us get the word out. These annual clean up events are so important to the waterways!
To register or for more information, click here.

Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Tour
2021-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Registration for the free, virtual Seventeenth Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, which will take place on Sundays April 25 and May 2, 16, and 23, 2021 from 10:00 to 3:00, is now open. This award-winning tour will be kicked off with a presentation by the inspirational Doug Tallamy, feature twenty five beautiful native plant gardens, Q and A sessions with garden hosts, “Ask the Experts” opportunities, garden design and plant selection information, and more. Check out the schedule of events here, and Register for the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour now.

May Board Meeting
2021-05-17 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
Download agenda here.

June Board Meeting
2021-06-28 18:00 - 19:00 | ACRCD, 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
June_2021_Board agenda

Creeks & Livestock: Climate Smart Restoration in Alameda County
2021-06-29 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom
The Alameda County Resource Conservation District invites you to a discussion of Climate Smart Restoration solutions with Point Blue Conservation Science’s STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) program and Copper Moon Ranch. We will discuss restoration in the context of Carbon Farming, the importance of planning for future conditions, and student engagement in hands-on restoration of working lands.
This event is made possible by the California Department of Food & Agriculture and the State Coastal Conservancy , which have both awarded grant funds to the ACRCD through the California Climate Investments to plan, implement, and monitor carbon farming projects.
The event will be held on Zoom. Details will be sent upon registration.
Click here for more information and here to register.

Negotiation Skills for Womxn-led Farms: Exploring the intersections of land tenure, conservation, and farm viability on urban farms
2021-07-06 14:00 - 16:00
Have you struggled to navigate the complex web of government programs available for small and urban farms? Do you struggle to negotiate the best deal or most secure land tenure arrangement for your farm? Just want to meet some peers in agriculture in your area? This Learning Circle can help!
WHAT: Negotiation Skills for Womxn-led Farms: Exploring the intersections of land tenure, conservation, and farm viability on urban farms
WHEN: 2 Sessions – July 6th and 8th, 2-4 pm Pacific
WHERE: Zoom (link to be sent, upon registration)
Urban and peri-urban farmers play a vital role in feeding communities and providing access to nature for city-dwellers, and many are led by innovative, gritty womxn producers who often face complex barriers. Negotiation skills are critical to navigating these challenges and can help producers lay the foundation to access more conservation programs for on-farm resilience and viability.
We’re partnering with local agricultural resource providers to offer this peer-to-peer learning opportunity for womxn-producers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties.
Co-conveners:
Caitlin Joseph, Women for the Land Program & Policy Manger, American Farmland Trust
Alyson Aquino, District Conservationist, Alameda County – USDA-NRCS
Clarimer Vargas-Hernandez, District Conservationist, Contra Costa County – USDA-NRCS
Colleen Hotchkiss, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, Alameda County Resource Conservation District
Adria Arko, Agriculture & Climate Programs Manager & Agricultural Ombudsman
San Mateo Resource Conservation District
Andrea Levy, Senior Associate, Land Access & Farm Business Education – California Farmlink
Description:
Learning Circles apply a peer-to-peer model, focused on participants as experts of their own experience, providing a supportive environment from which to learn collectively. American Farmland Trust has been utilizing this model across the country to engage women farmers and landowners to support their increased access to on-farm conservation support and farm viability resources. At this womxn-centered learning circle, you will be able to:

Learn tips for successfully negotiating in a variety of farm-related scenarios.
Dialogue about challenges you are facing & build relationships with fellow farmers in your area.
Meet local service providers who are poised to support your conservation and farm viability goals.
Hear from fellow urban farmers about innovative ways they have navigated the systems of support that exist, including (but not limited to) USDA, local agricultural extension and non-profit partners.

*Womxn includes women, transfeminine, and non-binary people, and anyone marginalized by misogyny or impacted by women-related issues.

Negotiation Skills for Womxn-led Farms: Exploring the intersections of land tenure, conservation, and farm viability on urban farms
2021-07-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
