Sonoma Resource Conservation District

The Sonoma Resource Conservation District (RCD) is a non-regulatory, local special district empowered to manage soil, water, fish and wildlife resources for conservation. In existence since the 1940s, RCDs are local grassroots conservation delivery systems that identify local conservation problems and guide solutions on a voluntary basis. The RCD covers 85% of Sonoma County, and includes portions of the Russian River, Petaluma River, Sonoma Creek, Stemple Creek, and Gualala River Watersheds.

The RCD is almost exclusively grant and contract funded with a small amount of local property tax leveraged into millions of dollars each year. The RCD has a budget of $3.2MM and a team of 14 with expertise in a wide variety of natural resource and agricultural disciplines, education and outreach, policy, fundraising, and administration, and is governed by a board of directors that are local landowners in the District.

Our mission is carried out through four programs: LandSmart^® Planning, Water Resources, On-the-Ground, and Education. For more information visit our website at: www.sonomarcd.org.