First Rain (First Flush) Online Training Event
Online CA, United StatesVolunteer for Water! An unprecedented fire season has everyone hoping for rain. But what happens to water quality when those rains finally come? The First Rain project seeks volunteers to help answer this important question. The First Rain project is part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s annual First Flush program, California’s longest-running community […]
Restoring a Watershed Top to Bottom (Online)
Online CA, United StatesJoin San Mateo Resource Conservation District and San Mateo County Parks for a behind-the-scenes look at what has been done to restore a local watershed. Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director of our local Resource Conservation District, takes us on a virtual tour of Pescadero, dropping in to visit restoration projects from the redwoods to the sea, […]
Midcoast Water Quality Webinar (Online)
Online CA, United StatesHave you seen warnings about bacteria at beaches in coastal San Mateo County? Are you concerned or curious about local beaches that made the "Top 10 Beach Bummers in California" list? Where is water pollution coming from? Which pollutants affect humans and which ones affect wildlife? How does pollution from coastal San Mateo County compare […]
First Flush Volunteer Training
Online CA, United StatesJoin the San Mateo Resource Conservation District for their biggest volunteer event of the year! First Flush is the first big rain of the season, when pollutants that have accumulated across the landscape during the dry season wash off the land and enter storm drains and creeks and flow into the ocean. San Mateo RCD […]
Euc-A-Thon
Pie Ranch 2080 CABRILLO HIGHWAY, Pescadero, CA, United StatesHelp pull invasive eucalyptus sprouts at the EUC-A-THON on Saturday, October 16th from 1pm to 5pm at Pie Ranch in Pescadero! This event will protect the land while raising funds for the post-fire recovery efforts of Amah Mutsun Land Trust, San Mateo RCD, and Pie Ranch. Register using this link. Eucalyptus were planted in California from their native […]
Be a Scientist for a day, Water Hero for a lifetime! (Virtual Volunteer Event)
Online CA, United StatesThe San Mateo Resource Conservation District is excited to host the First Flush program for the first time! We at the RCD are seeking volunteers for the First Flush program, our biggest annual community science water quality event. First Flush is the first significant rain of the season, when pollutants that have accumulated across the landscape […]