Fall River Resource Conservation District
Mission
The mission of the Fall River RCD is to support private and public landowners in the use and management of natural resources that will ensure the sustained highest economic, social, and environmental benefits of these resources. This support is expressed through the coordination of public agency referrals and information, the implementation of natural resource programs, education, and the organization of land
management services.
Fall River High School Senior Noel Jacobson has recently completed his senior project, a pheasant/chukar hunt held on the Fall River Resource Conservation District’s (RCD) property commonly referred to as “McArthur Swamp”. There were over 50 hunters registered for the event and Noel raised over $2,300 with the one-day hunt. Numerous hours were spent by Noel planning for not only the hunt but also for the BBQ lunch that he provided to all of the participants. Noel planned and organized the event and worked with RCD staff throughout the development. The process required the purchase of birds and coordinated delivery as well as planting them in the fields. The morning of the hunt, Noel was also able to work with Father’s Tracks Outdoor Ministry to teach some area youth how to handle and plant birds. Noel wishes to thank the RCD, hunting participants, and donors for a successful senior project. He would also like to thank Randy Jacobsen, Jim & Mary Rickert as well as Walgamuth Painting for their special donations to his project. Noel donated $2,343.37 to the Fall River Valley Fire Protection District on January 13th as a result of his efforts.
Funding for Fire Resiliency Achieved
The Burney-Hat Creek Community Forest and Watershed Group (Collaborative) and Burney Basins Fire Safe Council (BBFSC) have identified multiple restoration opportunities on public, state, and private lands to make increase forest resilience, accelerate reforestation of severely burned forests, and reduce the risk of future catastrophic fire impacts to both communities and natural resources. Forest thinning through the diameter class and other fuel treatments (e.g. mastication, prescribed fire) would be used to reduce forest biomass and surface fuels in order to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire. This reduction would help to protect tree-based carbon stocks, improve growth rates and carbon uptake of residual trees, and minimize greenhouse gas released in the instance of wildfire. In cooperation with many partners we have achieved funding through California Climate Initiative to implements these vital forest health projects.
Kayaking, canoeing and fishing the Fall River are spectacular this time of year. Plentiful wildlife, fish, and natural beauty make for a memorable summer day.
