Partners Links

Contact information for some of our partners in Santa Clara County:

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is part of the USDA that has various programs for working farms and ranches in Santa Clara County. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/. Resource Conservation Districts have excellent working relationships with the local NRCS staff and can often serve as an introduction to farmers and ranchers to the services available from NRCS.

Santa Clara County has two Resource Conservation Districts: Loma Prieta RCD (LPRCD), the site you are on now, that covers the part of the Santa Clara County watershed that flows to Monterey Bay, and our northern neighbor, the Guadalupe-Coyote RCD (GCRCD) that covers the part of the county watershed that flows to San Francisco Bay. The GCRDC website is https://www.rcdsantaclara.org/.

Santa Clara County Farm Bureau: Protecting, promoting, and preserving agriculture in Santa Clara County as a business and a way of life. http://www.santaclarafarmbureau.org/.

The Santa Clara County Firesafe Council (SCCFSC) is a non-profit, grassroots organization that provides education and project assistance for homeowners and landowners in communities that are vulnerable to wildfire in Santa Clara County and some zip codes in Santa Cruz Mountains (like 95033 and 95044). https://sccfiresafe.org/.

The Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley (LTSCV) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that protects Santa Clara Valley's agricultural land and open space. https://www.landtrustscv.org/.

The Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency leads the implementation of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan (Habitat Plan). https://scv-habitatagency.org/.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources for Santa Clara County: Great information and advice for small farms, gardening, and a lot more. https://cesantaclara.ucanr.edu/.

Website Accessibility Policy

Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 408.847.4171

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 408.847.4171.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.