Resource Management Program

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RCD staff provides essential on-the-ground management of natural resources, including water quality and invasive species.

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Central Coast Fine-Scale Vegetation Mapping Project

Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and San Benito County make up 5 million acres of California’s Central Coast Region. This area, though it represents only 5…

Dunes Protected Area Restoration

From 2019 through 2022, Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) worked closely with California State Park, U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

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Morro Bay Watershed On-farm Water Quality Enhancement Project

In 2022, the State Water Resource Control Board Nonpoint Source program awarded Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) funding to…

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Water Quality and Flow Monitoring on Oso Flaco and Orcutt Creeks

The quality of water flowing through our creeks and into our estuaries is of crucial importance to wildlife and for human use. In the Santa Maria…

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