Ridges to Reefs is a quarterly publication of the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District. To receive this newsletter in your email inbox, please subscribe to our mailing list below.
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Ridges to Reefs
June 2020
THE DISTRICT GOES DIGITAL!
Earth Day 2020 was a whole new experience for America. When you couldn't go out for Earth Day, we brought Earth Day to you!
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FIRED UP
In the coming years, the CCRCD hopes to take a new approach in wildfire prevention. Learn about this new foray and how you can participate!
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TEAMING UP WITH MONARCHS
Insect pollinators help us every day. One species that has experienced a crippling decline in recent years is the monarch butterfly. How can we help them?
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April 2020
Revegetating Dutch Slough
It’s not every day that a 1,200-acre wetland restoration takes place in your backyard, or that you get to help make it happen. Read about the Dutch Slough Restoration Planting Day and the volunteers who made it happen!
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A Fresh Take on Earth Day
This year, we invite you to try something new for Earth Week. Please join the CCRCD staff online for a series of live, interactive, conservation-themed activities!
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Staying connected while working apart
While following orders to shelter-in-place, everyone can benefit from exploring creative and productive ways to go about their lives, work, and relationships. It's not easy, but we have some ideas.
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November 2019
There are watershed heroes throughout Contra Costa County; people that go the extra mile to make sure the rest of us can enjoy the beauty of our watersheds.
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We'll soon welcome the first rainstorm of water year 2020 and, in Pinole Creek Watershed, we eagerly anticipate this year's seasonal return of Steelhead trout.
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The CCRCD is planning a birthday bash for the 2019 Contra Costa Watershed Symposium |
September 2019
Welcoming Autumn
We'll soon welcome the first rainstorm of water year 2020 and, in Pinole Creek Watershed, we eagerly anticipate this year's seasonal return of Steelhead trout.
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Cleaning our
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Board Member Goodbyes
The Contra Costa Resource Conservation District says goodbye to two longtime Board members after their collective 40+ years of service.
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May 2019
Pasta With
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Farm Field
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A Foot in
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FEBRUARY 2019
Nestled among Industry
Somewhere in the distance, a flock of snowy egrets takes flight, headed to a small freshwater marsh in an unlikely place in Contra Costa County.
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Everybody
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Don't Be Selfish,
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NOVEMBER 2018
Giving Tuesday is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Will you be there to support and ensure 75 more years of Contra Costa conservation?
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The towns of the Carquinez Strait come together to enhance the natural corridor and the needs of the shoreline communities.
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Livestock ponds provide unexpected habitat for many species, including some Bay Area endangered amphibians.
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SEPTEMBER 2018
#PlasticFree
The RCD has given up plastic. Starbucks and Disney are giving up plastic straws. Can we end our plastic habit at Coastal Cleanup Day?
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Creek Invaders!
Do you know what an invasive plant is? Would you recognize one if you saw it lurking in your local creek? How would you treat it?
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Farm to Farm
How do you blend urban youth and traditional agricultural practices? It’s simple, take them out to experience it for themselves!
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