As part of the District’s commitment to working with landowners to continue to steward their land, we connect landowners to resources that are helpful in caring for their land.
Landowner Funding & Assistance Programs
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
- California Rural Business Development Grants
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Grants
- Sonoma Resource Conservation District
- Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
- Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program
Best Management Practices & Resources
Agriculture
- American Farmland Trust — Farmland Information Center
- California FarmLink
- California Rangeland Conservation Coalition
- California Rangeland Trust
- Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
- Community Soil
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing
- Farmers Guild Resources for Farmers
- Fish and Wildlife Service – Grazing
- Fish Friendly Farming
- LandSmart
- Rangeland Watershed Laboratory
- Society for Range Management
- Sonoma County Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Erosion & Sediment Control
- UC Cooperative Extension
- UC Cooperative Extension — Sonoma County
- UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute
Drought
Fire
- Ag + Open Space 2020 Fires Resources
- Ag + Open Space Kincade Fire Resources
- Ag + Open Space 2017 Sonoma Complex Fires Resources
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- Fire-Adapted Communities
- FireSAFE Sonoma
- Joint Fire Science Program
Forestry
- California Forest Stewardship Program
- California Forestry Association
- California Oak Mortality Task Force
- Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group
- USDA National Agroforestry Center
Vegetation & Invasive Plant Management
- California Invasive Plant Council – Invasive Plants
- California Native Plant Society
- UC Integrated Pest Management Program
- US Forest Service – Non-native Invasive Species
- Vineyard Water Management