Pescadero Marsh Habitat Restoration and Resiliency Project

Pescadero Marsh Habitat Restoration and Resiliency Project     Updated May 2025  Overview  The Resource Conservation District (RCD) and State Parks are restoring how water and sediment move between Pescadero Creek, marsh areas, the lagoon estuary, and the ocean to...

La Honda Fuel Break Project

La Honda Fuel Break Project Description CAL FIRE envisioned a strategic 19-mile (approximately 100,000 feet) fuel break around the community of La Honda to reduce the risk of fire, which the RCD is implementing. La Honda is in the predominantly high-fire risk south...

Neighborhood Chipper Program

Neighborhood Chipper Program The Neighborhood Chipper Program assists residents in maintaining defensible space by providing no-cost chipping to select neighborhoods vulnerable to wildfire. The program is based on a “you cut, we chip” model. After clearing brush and...

Camp Butano Forest Health

Camp Butano Forest Health Project Summary In 2019 San Mateo Resource Conservation District, in collaboration with CAL FIRE and the Girl Scouts of Northern California, developed a high priority fuel reduction treatment project at the Girl Scouts of Northern California...