Open Edible Gardens Virtual Tour

Community gardens and urban farms are special hubs where communities can bloom. They act as a source of healthy, fresh food for urban residents as well as an opportunity for people to connect and spend time in nature. As part of our ongoing Urban Agriculture program,...

Covid-19 Field Protocol

During the current global pandemic, our lives are changing day-by-day as new information comes to light. The San Mateo Resource Conservation District (RCD) is dedicated to the health and safety of our community, workers, and the environment. To ensure the health and...

Request for Bids: Slender False Brome Program

The San Mateo Resource Conservation District seeks an outstanding team of professionals to implement integrated pest management projects, including control of slender false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) and hanging sedge (Carex pendula) throughout San Mateo County,...

Healthy Soils Grant Assistance Available

 The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Healthy Soils grant program is now open. The San Mateo RCD provides free assistance. We can tell you more about the program, scope your project ideas, assist you with your application and help you with...

2019 First Flush Results

The results from our water quality sampling of the first big rain of the season -“First Flush”- are finally here! This is an important citizen science program where trained volunteers collect water samples at outfall pipes and creek mouths during the first...