Contra Costa Resource Conservation District

Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Our mission is to facilitate the conservation and stewardship of the natural resources of Contra Costa County.

Our Mission at the CCRCD is to facilitate conservation and stewardship of the natural resources of Contra Costa County.

This week is Pollinator Week!! Pollinators need us! Swipe to find out how to help 🐝🌸Wondering how to pick the right plan...
06/23/2026

This week is Pollinator Week!!

Pollinators need us! Swipe to find out how to help 🐝🌸

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org

Illustrations by Maya Hutagalung .art and Madison Sankovitz for the ’s Bring Back the Pollinators campaign

CCRCD Staff recently joined the North American Butterfly Association for a Butterfly Count here in the East Bay Area!Dur...
06/22/2026

CCRCD Staff recently joined the North American Butterfly Association for a Butterfly Count here in the East Bay Area!

During the monitoring, they saw several species of butterflies and other pollinators, including the Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Acmon Blue (Lcaricia acmon), Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis thisbe), Grey Buckeye (Junonia grisea), and the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus).

The Contra Costa Resource Conservation District is excited to invite your child to our upcoming STREAM Camp (Science, Te...
06/19/2026

The Contra Costa Resource Conservation District is excited to invite your child to our upcoming STREAM Camp (Science, Technology, Restoration, Engineering, Art, and Math)!

Running from July 27th to July 31st, this unique camp inspires middle school girls and non-binary youth (6th–8th grade) to explore STREAM fields through hands-on learning and direct mentorship from a staff of women and non-binary environmental professionals.

Space is limited, so register today on our website, ccrcd.org/events

06/18/2026

Contra Costa Fish Migration Day was a huge success! Thank you to Vincent Medina, Louis Trevino, and Mary Ladd of Cafe Ohlone (https://www.makamham.com/cafeohlone) and the mak-warép Ohlone Land Conservancy (https://www.makamham.com/ohloneland) for their moving speech connecting us with the original stewards of the Pinole Creek Watershed, the Ohlone. Thanks to Bert Mulchaey of EBMUD, Ed Culver of the EBRPD, and Craig Martz of Trout Unlimited for sharing their wisdom regarding fish passage projects as part of our discussion panel. Bert and Chris Lim gave absorbing tours of the I-80 and Tomato Stand fish passage projects which received glowing reviews from attendees! Thanks also go to the many organizations and vendors that contributed booths to the event. We truly appreciate your efforts to make this event special and unique. Thank you to our sponsor, the Contra Costa County Watershed Program (https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/344/Contra-Costa-County-Watershed-Program), and to AMF Pinole Valley Lanes (https://www.amf.com/location/amf-pinole-valley-lanes) for hosting the event and providing power, food, and restrooms. We are also extremely grateful to World Fish Migration Day (https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com) for promoting our event and the cause of migratory fish around the world! And of course, big thanks to all of you who came out to enjoy the event. We hope to see you all again next year!

CCRCD staff were out at Crossroads Covenant Church in Concord recently, along with the California Urban Streams Partners...
06/18/2026

CCRCD staff were out at Crossroads Covenant Church in Concord recently, along with the California Urban Streams Partnership (CUSP), for a soil bioengineering workshop to repair a massive gully caused by a failed drainpipe.

With the help of CCRCD Wildfire Conservation Coordinator Zoe Fung, we cut vegetation on site in a way that decreases wildfire risk, prioritizing cutting material from non-native trees to encourage natives. With the help of Crossroads volunteers we then stuffed the gully using that material, holding it in place with stakes and twine. As the final touch, we installed live stakes of mulefat (Baccharis salicifolia), which will hopefully root in, holding the soil in place. The installation will not only prevent future erosion but may capture new sediment entering the gully to help fill it in over time.

Thanks to Crossroads Covenant Church volunteers and CUSP for your hard work on this project!

https://www.wearecrossroads.church/
https://www.californiaurbanstreamspartnership.com/

Are you interested in keeping Contra Costa watersheds healthy? Check out the Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) Project! This...
06/17/2026

Are you interested in keeping Contra Costa watersheds healthy?

Check out the Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) Project! This project brings professionals and community members together in the Alhambra Watershed to educate and understand the impacts of erosion, flooding, and sediment movement on our local creeks.

For more information visit: https://thrivingearthexchange.org/project/martinez-ca/

Join us tomorrow, June 16th, at 3pm for the next installment of the Living with Wildfire webinar series! Tune in for pre...
06/15/2026

Join us tomorrow, June 16th, at 3pm for the next installment of the Living with Wildfire webinar series!

Tune in for presentations by Captain Shawn Anderson, Fire Captain of Training at the East Bay Regional Park District, and James Edwards, Forestry Assistant II at CALFIRE.

Register today on our events page, linked in our bio!

Are you a beaver believer? We are!These ecosystem engineers are a keystone species here in Contra Costa County, slowing ...
06/12/2026

Are you a beaver believer? We are!

These ecosystem engineers are a keystone species here in Contra Costa County, slowing water, building habitat, and supporting biodiversity. The semi aquatic critters are working hard to help our watersheds thrive!

Seen a beaver in your area? Let us know!

The June Newsletter is here! Read about how the CCRCD is preparing for wildfire this season, how invasive plants got to ...
06/11/2026

The June Newsletter is here! Read about how the CCRCD is preparing for wildfire this season, how invasive plants got to California and how you can utilize them for your benefit, and new research on Western Pond Turtles in the Bay Area.

Find these articles in the newsletter link in our bio or click here: www.ccrcd.org/newsletter.

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Concord, CA
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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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