Notice of Draft Project Specific Analysis for the Rancho Rico Community Fuels Treatment Project
The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC) will be holding a public hearing to approve the Rancho Rico Community Fuels Treatment Project Specific Analysis as part of the Monterey County Forest Health and Fire Resilience Public Works Plan (PWP).
Rancho Rico Community Fuels Treatment Project PSA Announcement
Draft Rancho Rico PSA - May 2023
Coastal Vegetation Treatment Standards
Request for Proposals
The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC) is seeking a specialized contractor to remove an existing ford and construct a new crossing on Cachagua Creek. This project is funded by a California Department of Fish Wildlife Fisheries Restoration Grant and the California Coastal Conservancy. Work will be supervised by RCDMC and the project engineer Waterways Consulting, Inc.
Bids are due no later than June 2, 2023 and there will be a mandatory pre-bid site visit on May 9, 2023.
Contact Brandt Bates, Watershed Program Manager, for more information and bid matierls.
CEQA Notice of Exemptions
UCCE Prescribed Burn Association Training Burn at Santa Lucia Conservancy
CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
East Pico Blanco Fuelbreak - Notice of Intent
East Pico Blanco Fuelbreak Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Rancho Rico Fuelbreak - Notice of Intent
Rancho Rico Fuelbreak Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Notice of Intent for Application of Aquatic Herbicides
The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC) was granted a General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for Residual Aquatic Pesticide Discharges to Waters of the United States from Algae and Aquatic Weed Control Applications from the State Water Resources Control board on June 23, 2014. This permit covers the RCDMC’s arundo (Arundo donax) and tamarisk (Tamarisk sp.) control efforts in the Salinas River riparian corridor. The RCDMC manages these invasive plants to improve habitat for fish and wildlife and reduce flood and fire risk along the Salinas River.
Beginning July 11, 2022, the RCDMC will be applying a glyphosate and/or imazapyr-based aquatic-formulated herbicide to arundo stands and tamarisk shrubs in the Salinas River riparian corridor between Soledad and King City, CA. Applications will likely continue through August 2022.
Herbicide will not be applied directly into the water and best management practices should result in no water contamination. No adverse impacts to the Salinas River or receiving water bodies are expected, and there are no water use restrictions associated with this application.
For more information, please contact Emily Zefferman, RCDMC Ecologist, at (831) 975-7761.