Healthy Soils: Restoring Water on Working Lands Event

STARTS: September 6, 2024 9:30 am

ENDS: September 6, 2024 2:00 pm

DETAILS:

Join the Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District and conservation partners for a free event to learn about soil and water conservation on working lands in the Sierra Nevada foothills and mountains. Water conservation topics covered include:
* Understanding the Basics of Water Management
* Mastering Water Management in Annual and Perennial Crop
* Systems: Techniques for Effective Irrigation Scheduling
* Managing Soils for Water Conservation
* Riparian Habitat Restoration: Planning and Considerations
* Technical and Financial Assistance

There will be a special tour with Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Turnback Creek & Tuolumne Log Pond Rehabilitation Project. Learn how the tribe is protecting community water access, wildfire
resiliency, cultural heritage, and watershed/ecosystem health
through riparian restoration.

* Water & coffee to be provided. Please bring a lunch.

* Presentations will take place indoors and outdoors, please dress accordingly.

*Registration is required–see flyer and registration link below.

Funding for this event provided by California Department of Food & Agriculture as part of the CDFA Climate Smart Agriculture Programs.

REGION: Sierra Nevada Foothills and Mountains

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Agroforestry, Native Habitat (Low / No Management)

CONSERVATION PRACTICES: Irrigation Water Management, Riparian Restoration, Soil Health Practices

CROPS/PRODUCTS: All

NETWORKS/HUBS: Carbon Farming Network and Hubs, Resource Conservation District

EVENT LOCATION HOST: Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District

CONTACT EMAIL:

LOCATION: 18411 Bay Ave, Tuolumne, Tuolumne, CA 95379, USA

EVENT/REGISTRATION WEBSITE:

https://www.amadorrcd.org/save-the-date-healthy-soils-restoring-water-on-working-lands-event-september-6th