The Western Shasta RCD is involved with the following types of projects:

Wetland and Riparian Habitat Restoration

• Riparian land restoration
• Floodplain restoration
• Sediment removal from anadromous fish streams
• Spawning gravel injections
• Information and outreach
• Fish screens and fish passage construction

Forest Health

• Defensible space creation
• Fuelbreak construction and maintenance
• Information and outreach
• Community wildfire protection plans – strategic fuels reduction plans
• County and local fire safe councils

Site Mitigation

• Removal of exotic weeds
• Revegetation

Conservation Easements

• Assure that land will be preserved forever in a specific condition, such as open space
• Prevents any use of the land that would impair or interfere with the conservation values of the preserve
• Legally binding in perpetuity, regardless of whether the property is sold