By bridging agricultural issues with science, education, and government,  the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) serves as an information network, to assist growers and landowners in determining the best solutions to a variety of resource problems.

Because our Board of Directors are also local producers, who know farming, business, and resources, we work together  toward solutions that are relevant to our community.  The Yolo County RCD recognizes farmers and ranchers as key players in all real-world solutions. We provide training, outreach, and  facilitate partnerships between land and resource users, specialists, regulators, and funders.

The RCD is committed to local control, believing the more we learn about our resources, the more we control our own backyard. The more we work with our neighbors, the less we face outside regulatory solutions that don't work. To this end, we are working to integrate resource management solutions that will:

• Reduce losses of habitat and diversity, both in wildlife and plant species.
• Bring together parties with common goals and interests.
• Create integrated management models to encourage best "multiple" resource use.
• Prevent pollution of waterways and groundwater from pesticide run-off, sediment, and nutrient buildup.

Our projects  reflect a cooperative effort with our partner agency, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Please link to their website for addtional information about their  programs and to the History and Partners page of our website to read more our agencies' 50 years of working together . 
To learn more about the RCD, our current and past programs, and on-farm practices, please browse our site.

• To read our Current Work Plan for 2007 - 2008 click here.
• To read our Long-Range Strategic Plan for 2007-2012 click here.