Watershed Information Center & Conservancy of Napa County

Contact Information:

Name: Leigh Sharp

Phone: 707-252-4188

Email: staff@naparcd.org

Website: www.naparcd.org

Mailing Address:1303 Jefferson St., Ste. 500B, Napa, CA 94559

Mission & Goals:

Mission:

The Napa County Resource Conservation District is a non-regulatory agency whose mission is to promote responsible watershed management through voluntary community stewardship and technical assistance.

Goals:

Education: Promote watershed-based land stewardship of natural resources

Assessment: Evaluate watershed conditions and functions

Planning: Provide resource conservation planning services

Implementation: Implement resource conservation practices and projects

Meetings:

Second Thursday of every month at 8:00 a.m. at the RCD Office.

Publications:

Napa County Conservation News (a quarterly conservation newsletter), Caring for Creeks in Napa County, and various other natural resource related handouts.

Current Projects:

• Watershed and pollution education for youth;

• Coordination of Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group (NSWG);

• Natural resource education "Speaker Program" for civic organizations and others;

• Operation of a sustainable vineyard demonstration site;

• Steamgaging to record high and low stream flow in several watersheds;

• Watershed condition indicator project to identify appropriate monitoring parameters to indicate the "health" of Napa County watersheds;

• Fish habitat assessment and development of plans to remove existing fish migration barriers;

• Native habitat enhancement at Napa River Ecological Reserve;

• Rural road improvement projects in the Sulphur and Carneros Creek watersheds to improve water quality;

• and more...

Volunteer Needs:

Creek to Bay Clean-up Day (September 20, 2008), water quality sampling, occasional field work, data entry