Request for Bid: Phase 1 of the Summit Road Shaded Fuel Break Project
The RCDSCC invites contractors to bid on the Phase 1 Summit Road Shaded Fuel Break. See documents below for the Phase 1 Summit Road Shaded Fuel Break, a 3-mile, Cal FIRE funded fire prevention project along Summit Road which runs along a ridgeline spanning Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. The project treatment is in a high fire hazard severity area and improve safety for people and structures, create a strategic anchor point for firefighting activities, as well as improve safe egress for community members in case of a wildfire evacuation.
Request for Bid: Quarry Rd Culvert Replacement
The RCDSCC invites contractors to bid on the Quarry Road Culvert Replacement Project. The project will help to improve water quality in the San Lorenzo River Watershed by reducing sediment loading through the implementation of Best Management Practices.
RCD Offers Reimbursement of Chipping Costs for Neighborhoods Preparing for Wildifre
The Resource Conservation District (RCD) of Santa Cruz County is offering neighborhoods, with eight or more participating households, a reimbursements of chipping costs related to the creation of defensible space for wildfire preparedness.
The program is available to Santa Cruz County residents who live in areas, defined as the Wildland Urban Interface, that have the potential for wildfire to impact their properties.
Cal Fire Awards $970,000 to the Resource Conservation District to Complete On-The-Ground Wildfire Prevention Work in Felton and Scotts Valley
Summit, Soquel residents band together to manage forests
By McKenzie Gannon | Santa Cruz Local
Forest management projects that involve more than 140 Santa Cruz Mountains residents are set to start in August to reduce fuel for wildfires and help create safer escape routes. Some upcoming work includes:
From mid-August to at least mid-November, tree work and brush clearing is expected from Loma Prieta Joint Union School District on Summit Road to Highland Way and Mount Bache Road.
PG&E Assist Boosts Protected Salamander Species on Road to Recovery
By Benjamin Spillman | Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Instant gratification is a rare commodity in the world of species protection.
It’s a big reason Kelli Camara was so thrilled to find a Santa Cruz Long Toed Salamander during a monitoring visit to the Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Watsonville, where an existing wetland was improved to extend the period of ponded water for the endangered species.
