A brief but spectacular look at the SVRCD and what we've been up to!

The Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District is hiring a Forestry Project Manager and a Water and Wetlands Project Manager! Please see the attachments below. Contact us with any questions. 

Shasta Valley RCD filed a Notice of Exemption for the Yreka Ridge Fuel Break Project. The project will create a 600' wide fuel break approximately 3 miles long on a ridge above the City of Yreka to serve as a control feature for wildfire suppression in the Wildland Urban Interface area around the community. The project will remove brush, small conifers, and juniper on 228 acres on private lands…

Shasta Valley RCD filed a Notice of Determination for the West Mount Shasta Forest Resiliency Project. This project will implement vegetation treatments on up to 12,966 acres of land in the Upper Sacramento Watershed west of Mount Shasta from I-5 to the Shasta-Trinity National Forest boundary. The proposed treatment types (i.e., ecological restoration, wildland-urban interface [WUI] fuel reduction…

Organizing members of the Siskiyou PBA, Charnna Gilmore and Lyndsey Lascheck, are highlighted in this newsletter as well as an NTMP project at Winter's Gulch. Great Siskiyou County representation!

Some reports and documentation from the BAER team of the McKinney Fire looking at soil burn severity and post-fire recovery. 

Please see the most recent update from the KFHAT team.

The latest Siskiyou Farm Bureau Newsletter has an important article in it. Written by Ryan Walker, Farm Bureau President, it details the efforts underway locally to work cooperatively on  long term proactive practical solutions to the many challenges facing Siskiyou County farmers and rancher.  Thanks Ryan. Ryan Walker is also the President of the Shasta Valley RCD.

Understanding The Fire Paradox: Fighting Fire With Fire (VIDEO) (newsy.com)

We are pleased to share our 2021 Water Quality Monitoring Report with our community.

Shasta and Scott Groundwater Plans – Public Comment Period