Projects and Events

PROJECTS

Glenn County Certified Farmers' Market

2010 Vendor Application Packet Now Available!

The Glenn County RCD received funds through the USDA Farmers' Market Promotion Program (FMPP) for the development of a Glenn County Certified Farmers' Market. Please be a part of this exciting new Market opportunity! Click here to access the Vendor Application package.

For more information, contact:

Claudia Street, Market Manager

(530) 934-4601 x126

Claudia.Street@ca.nacdnet.net

Colusa Glenn Subwatershed Program

Lower Stony Creek Watershed

FINAL - LOWER STONY CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN (PLAN) IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW!

To provide for faster downloading time, the Plan has been digitally formatted into 2 separate files. Click on the first link to access the main body of the Plan. This file contains the main document and only one map which outlines the Lower Stony Creek Watershed. Appendix 6 of the Plan provides a list of 25 maps found in the Additional Maps link.

Lower Stony Creek Watershed Restoration Plan

The following link includes 25 maps. This file is quite large (24.04MB) and depending on your internet connection, may take a considerable amount of time to download.

Additional Maps in the Lower Stony Creek Watershed Restoration Plan

STONY CREEK QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Provided as a final newsletter under the Department of Water Resources grant, this newsletter provides great information on the usefulness of the Plan, the adverse affects of Arundo and Tamarix in Lower Stony Creek, information on the Colusa Glenn Subwatershed Program and more. Click on the link below, enjoy reading and let us know what you think!

Stony Creek Quarterly Newsletter Winter/Spring 2010

EVENTS

2010 SPEAK-OFF CONTEST: "How RCD's can assist schools with natural resource education."

High School students in Glenn County are encouraged to participate in this year's Speak-Off Contest. Please see links below for further information or contact our office at (530) 934-4601 x4.

Application

2009 SPEAK-OFF CONTEST: "The RCD's role in the protection of ground water through urban, agricultural and environmental planning."

Regional Speak-Off Contest held November 3, 2009 at the Sacramento Valley Region of RCDs Fall Meeting. Glenn County participant Brandin Jones (far right) from Orland High School received 4th place. Awards presented by Chairperson Mike Yalow, GCRCD.

WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY IN WILLOWS!

World Water Monitoring Day is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies. The water monitoring kit was obtained by GCRCD from the NRCS and presented to Mrs. Egly's 4th grade classroom at Murdock Elementary School in Willows. Students will use the kit in an outdoor creek project, allowing them the opportunity to participate in a valuable hands-on activity. Results from the testing can be shared with the rest of the world on the website www.worldwatermonitoringday.org. Go Murdock Mallards!!

Back Row, left to right: Claudia Street, GCRCD Conservation Planner; Jill Egly, 4th grade teacher at Murdock Elementary School; Kathy Landini, GCRCD Associate Director.

Front Row: Maci Amaro (holding Water Testing Kit), Saul Galvan, Matthew Bateman and Julie Thao

GLENN COUNTY FARM DAY GETS CLEANED UP WITH GCRCD HELP

An annual event for all 4th grade students in Glenn County, the Farm Day event is organized by the Farm Bureau's Young Farmer and Ranchers group and provides students with a glimpse of life in agriculture. GCRCD District Manager Kandi Manhart and GCRCD Board President Mike Landini engaged students in a hands-on activity comparing the filtration capabilities of soil, rocks and grasses in their "Water Quality - Dirty to Clean" experiment.

Kandi Manhart, GCRCD District Manager and Mike Landini, GCRCD President guide 4th grade students as they simulate the natural filtration process of water as it passes through soil, rocks and grass. The value of natural filter strips proved the winner!

CARCD SACRAMENTO VALLEY REGION ANNUAL MEETING IN GRIDLEY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

The Annual Meeting was held at the beautiful Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. Representatives from the following RCD's were in attendance: Butte, Colusa, East Lake, Glenn, Feather River, Sierra Valley, Sutter, Tehama, Western Shasta, Yolo and Yuba. Agenda items included election of new officers; agency reports from Natural Resources Conservation Service, CARCD, Dept. of Conservation and Dept. of Water Resources; 2009 CARCD Sac Valley Regional Speak-Off Contest; and keynote speaker Paul Gosselin of Butte Co. Dept. of Water and Resource Conservation.

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Newly Elected Officers from left to right: Mike Yalow, Chairperson (representing Glenn County RCD); D.C. Jones, Vice-Chairperson (representing Butte County RCD); Larry Lloyd, Secretary/Treasurer (representing Yuba-Sutter RCD)