Carl Skinner and Eric Knapp will discuss  The Ecology of Fire:  How Fire shaped Forests before and during the Era of Fire Suppression.  This workshop will be held at the Sisson Museum at 7pm.  Sisson Museum is located at 1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta CA.  This workshop is sponsored by the Siskiyou Land Trust and the Shasta Valley RCD to facilitate local discussion of foresty principals and management strategies for our watersheds.  For more information contact Kara Baylog, Watershed Coordinator at the Shasta Valley RCD  at strawberria@gmail.com.

Living in a Forest:  How Collaborative Forest Management Can Lead to Healthier Forests and Fire Safe Neighborhoods

Where:  Sisson Museum,  1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta, California
When:  May 23, 2012, 7:00p.m.
As a kick off to the Rainbow Ridge Collaborative Forest Stewardship Series, The Shasta Valley RCD, along with the Siskiyou Land Trust and Natural Resource Conservation Service, is hosting this free workshop on May 23, 2012, at 7:00p.m. at the Sisson Museum in Mount Shasta.  College of the Siskiyous Environmental Resources program chair and instructor, Jim Ostrowski will draw upon his experience as a forester and as a Rainbow Ridge resident to explore the financial and technical dilemmas that small, residential and private timber land owners have in managing their forests, and the collaborative strategies that may help land owners protect their forests and defend against the risk of catastrophic fire. 
Mr. Ostrowski has years the ground experience as a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) with Sierra Pacific Industries, Timber Products Company and Champion International.  As the chair of the Environmental Resources program at College of the Siskiyous, Mr. Ostrowski oversees the three sub programs, Natural Resources, Power Generation, and Sustainable Communities, and serves as an instructor for the Natural Resources program courses.   Mr. Ostrowski is a current member of the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and in the past was the president of the California Licensed Foresters Association and chair of the NorCal Society of American Foresters.

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/features/x787573926/Montague-water-district-pitches-in-for-coho?zc_p=0&img=3

Our latest newsletter is now available here.

If you can’t open it or if you would like a copy emailed to you, contact us.

The Shasta Valley RCD is closing in the final tasks and report for a grant. 

Read the article in the Siskiyou Daily News about its results.

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/features/x75609499/-A-substantial-impact

The Shasta Valley RCD is currently working on its Long Range Plan.

We have scheduled 4 public forums to hear from the public directly about what we should be working on.

Our first forum is on March 23rd and the flyer is here:  Yreka Forum Flyer

If you can not attend, please fill out one of our survey forms and send it in to us.  and thanks!

Our survey is here:  Shasta Valley RCD Survey

Mt. Shasta-Dunsmuir forum is March 26th     Mt. Shasta -Dunsmuir Forum Flyer

McCloud forum is   March 28th   McCloud Forum Flyer

Klamath River Forum Flyer (a forum is also planned for the Klamath River area corridor in the future)

County BOS requests approval for Coho salmon supplementation program.

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/features/x1793845706/County-requests-approval-of-coho-supplementation-program

The SVRCD announces a new forestry initiative in the Mt. Shasta area.  Please look for more information under the Rainbow Ridge tab along our banner (top of the page).

In order to gauge interest from all landowners on or adjacent to the Rainbow Ridge area, the Shasta Valley RCD sent out introductory newsletters and surveys to almost 200 separate landowners.  We are currently receiving responses via mail.  Please contact the Watershed Coordinator, Kara Baylog, at strawberria@gmail.com with any questions or comments you may have about the Rainbow Ridge Collaborative Forest Stewardship Project.

The Shasta Valley RCD and The Nature Conservancy are sponsoring a Genetics Workshop in February.  The dates are February 15,16 and the location is the Miner’s Inn Convention Center.  Presentations and documents are posted under a separate page along our banner.

Here is the Draft Agenda