Butte County Resource Conservation District

High School Speak-Off Contest

Butte County Resource Conservation District (RCD) is hosting a Speak-Off–Off Contest for High School students on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, at 7 PM at the Chico High Library. Created by the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD), this contest is open to all Butte County students…

Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program (SFLAP)

Butte RCD is excited to introduce the Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program (SFLAP). This program provides low-cost or no-cost treatments toward fire recovery and resilience for small, non-industrial, private landowners. The treatments can include tree and brush thinning, re-planting, pruning, fuels…

Prescribed Burn Association

"Neighbors helping neighbors put good fire on the ground": that's what the Butte Prescribed Burn Association is all about! When we learn to use fire in a good way, we build community and heal from the wildfire traumas of our past.

Projects

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Fire Recovery - Click Here

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Reforestation Guidelines For The Ridge

Better than anyone, Paradise residents know that simply putting the forest back the way it was before the fire is not "recovery". The next forest needs to be more fire-resilient than the last one, which means it needs to be:

Reforesting Butte County

How Many Trees Are We Planting? On top of the human toll, the Camp Fire and North Complex fires also killed as many as three million trees. We will not replace every tree that burned because Butte County's "next forest" needs to be less dense. But, we will replant several hundred thousand trees in a fire…

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High School Speak-Off Contest

Butte County Resource Conservation District (RCD) is hosting a Speak-Off–Off Contest for High School students on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, at 7 PM at the Chico High Library. Created by the…

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Water Efficiency

Butte County RCD is here to help farmers and ranchers use water more efficiently. That promotes plant health and lowers costs too. Click here to find financial assistance to improve irrigation…

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Sacramento Valley Durable Collaboration

The Butte County Resource Conservation District is working on a durable collaboration effort with the Sacramento Valley Region of Resource Conservation Districts. The goal is to develop an agreement…

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Butte County Trails Plan Is Here!

Trails-based recreation keeps us healthy, it drives local economic development, and it's a Butte County way of life. For these reasons, the 2030 Butte County General Plan called for the development of…

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BCRCD works with many partners in identifying solutions to local resource problems.

Beautiful Butte County

Butte County is a place of natural beauty with countless opportunities for recreation in both rural and urban environments. Many Butte County residents live in one of the five incorporated towns or…

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High School Speak-Off Contest

Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program (SFLAP)

Prescribed Burn Association

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Fire Recovery - Click Here

Reforestation Guidelines For The Ridge

Reforesting Butte County

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