The six conservation districts in the Klamath River Basin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that highlights the importance of working together to help solve the complex and controversial issues confronting landowners and land managers throughout the Klamath Basin, which includes the Trinity River watershed. The districts – Lava Beds-Butte Valley RCD, Humboldt County RCD, Shasta Valley RCD, Siskiyou RCD, Trinity County RCD and the Klamath Soil and Water Conservation District in Oregon – realize that they each have conservation issues that are unique to their areas, but they also recognize that they have a lot in common.

The overarching goal of the newly formed Klamath River Coalition of Conservation Districts is to provide support for each. The districts will share project ideas and designs, track conservation practices and restoration projects that are implemented throughout the basin and work with the NRCS Klamath Basin Watershed Planning team on comprehensive watershed planning that will lead to better resources stewardship. Each district has an active education and outreach program and the Coalition will be able spread the word about the great work that landowners are doing to protect and manage the precious natural resources in the Klamath Basin; the challenges land managers face and the opportunities available to practice better conservation.

So, look for future articles in the Conservation Almanac that feature one of the other conservation districts in the Klamath River basin.