Difference between revisions of "Resource Conservation Districts in California's Central Coast Region"
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| − | Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are [[Special Districts|special districts]] established to implement and monitor natural resource conservation projects across private and public land <ref name="dlrp"> [http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/RCD RCD (Resource Conservation District). 2017. Resource Conservation District Assistance. State of California Department of Conservation.] </ref>. They were originally established by the U.S. federal government as Soil Conservation Districts | + | Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are [[Special Districts|special districts]] established to implement and monitor natural resource conservation projects across private and public land <ref name="dlrp"> [http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/RCD RCD (Resource Conservation District). 2017. Resource Conservation District Assistance. State of California Department of Conservation.] </ref>. They were originally established by the U.S. federal government under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as Soil Conservation Districts, and in 1939 were formally authorized as a California state [[Special Districts|special district]] by Division 9 of the California Public Resources Code (PRC) <ref name="prc">[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayexpandedbranch.xhtml?tocCode=PRC&division=9.&title=&part=&chapter=&article= CaliforniaPublic Resources Code. 1975. DIVISION 9. RESOURCE CONSERVATION [9001 - 9972]</ref>. PRC section 9003<ref name="prc"> declares RCDs as not-for-profit legal subdivisions of the state that are considered agencies of the state for the purpose of contracting with state agencies, such as the [[Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)]]. RCDs operate on a regional level, sometimes within a single county and other times across counties, and work closely with the NRCS to achieve conservation goals. |
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| + | RCDs are governed by an independent Board of Directors made up of locally appointed or elected individuals, within boundaries set by the State of California. The mission of these non-regulatory locally governed special districts is to educate the public and land owners about resource conservation in each area. In doing so, they provide an integral link to conservation programs and agencies on the local, state, and federal level. RCDs engage in: | ||
* Agricultural land conservation | * Agricultural land conservation | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 3 April 2019
An environmental summary created by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
Summary
Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) are special districts established to implement and monitor natural resource conservation projects across private and public land [1]. They were originally established by the U.S. federal government under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as Soil Conservation Districts, and in 1939 were formally authorized as a California state special district by Division 9 of the California Public Resources Code (PRC) [2]. PRC section 9003[2]
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