06/2022

Ayla Burnett, Locals call for change in PG&E tree removal, Point Reyes Light

05/2022

As part of his presentation of the May Revision of the Fiscal Year 2022-23 state budget, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a new Beaver Restoration program to be run by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

03/16/2022

Marin RCD, Request for Proposal, Project Manager for Marin Biomass Project

01/01/2022

Jeffery Schaub, Marin County will implement carbon farming, KCBS

12/2021

Will Houston, Marin lands $1M state grant for carbon farming projects, Marin Independant Journal. San Rafael, CA.

08/2021

Robin Meadows, Coexisting with Coho During Drought, Bay Area Monitor. Oakland, CA.

“When Bolinas farmer Peter Martinelli decided to help coho salmon by boosting summer water levels in Pine Gulch Creek, which runs through his land, he had no idea that the project would take two decades to complete. Now he’s happy he saw it through. Coho are endangered in most of their California range, and droughts like the one we’re experiencing now are among the biggest threats to these coastal salmon.”

“My grandpa used to say that salmon in the creeks were so thick, you could walk across the top of them,” – Jody Brazil (speaking of Walker Creek)

“Conservation can decrease pressure on agencies to keep water in reservoirs, freeing up more for environmental flows, Every little bit helps. Collectively, our actions will determine whether the Bay Area’s coho disappear or return in abundance to our coastal creeks.” – Sarah Phillips, MRCD Urban Streams Program Manager

Will Houston, Marin creek gets rare visit from endangered salmon, Mercury News. San Jose, CA.

“For more than a decade, biologists dutifully returned each winter in search of endangered coho salmon at a once-thriving stronghold flowing through Point Reyes National Seashore — only to come up empty-handed. That changed this year.”

Although nesting sites were not found at Pine Gulch Creek, one nesting site was found in Pine Gulch Creek, which follows Highway 1 and flows into Bolinas Lagoon. A potential reason why: 

“For [National Park Service biologist Michael]Reichmuth the most likely explanation for why a salmon nest was found in Pine Gulch Creek after more than a decade is that some coho were unable to access Redwood Creek because of the drought conditions this winter. A sand berm at the mouth of Redwood Creek at Muir Beach can prevent fish from entering if winter rainfall isn’t enough to generate flows that can break through it…Pine Gulch Creek typically has more water than Redwood Creek, in part because of a program enacted by the Marin Resource Conservation District in 2016. Under the program, three Bolinas farms agreed to forgo their summer water diversions from the creek and instead were given permission to store water in four ponds during the more flush winter months. The intention was to provide fish, especially young rearing coho, more water during the summer months when flows can drop to dangerously low levels in dry years.”

10/2017

Richard Halstead, Marin supervisors tee up for purchase of San Geronimo Golf Course, Marin Independent Journal

Nona Dennis, Many creeks run through it, Marin Conservation League

08/2017

Mark Prado, West Marin creek project aims to help endangered fish, Marin Independent Journal

James Herrera, Carmel River Lagoon project to enhance steelhead trout habitat with debris drop, Monterey Herald

Sarah Phillips: Marin RCD Urban Streams Program Manager, Report to Marin County BOS regarding USC Program to date (22 months), start at 1 hr 48 min mark

12/2015

Beau Evans, Creek restorations sequester tons of bad gas, study finds, Point Reyes Light

10/2015

Mark Prado, Trout Unlimited fish protection work comes at perfect time, Marin Indepedent Journal

Stephanie Weldy, Bio-filtering islands launched into Civic Center Lagoon at Bioneers Conference, Marin Indepedent Journal

06/2015

Sarah Phillips: Marin RCD Urban Streams Program Manager, Report to Marin County BOS regarding USC Program to date (9 months), start at 2 hr 10 min mark

10/2014

Megen Hansen, Movers & Shakers: Marin Conservation District hires urban streams coordinator, Marin Independent Journal

RCD launches new program, Point Reyes Light

Shelly Ingram, Ranching in jeopardy says former National Park Service superintendent, West Marin Citizen

George Clyde, Marin RCD Launches New Program to Improve Local Creeks, MRCD Press Release

2014/02/08

Watts, J. 2014.  Marin Voice: ‘Carbon farming’ and Marin’s drought. Marin Independent Journal. San Rafael, CA.

MALT Executive Director, Jamison Watts, wrote that practices implemented through the Marin Carbon Project, specifically compost application on rangeland, can help ranchers manage for drought by increasing soil water holding capacity.  Marin RCD is one of the many partners working on the Marin Carbon Project.