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September 19, 2024

Nearly 40 years and 27 million pounds of trash later, here’s how California Coastal Cleanup Day has evolved

by Julia Brown (excerpt from RWC Pulse) "Nearly 40 years ago, the California Coastal Commission organized its inaugural statewide cleanup, an effort that drew close to 2,500 volunteers. Fast forward [...] Read more

January 08, 2021

Endangered Coho Salmon Released into Pescadero Creek

(excerpts from NOAA Fisheries) Transportation and unloading of juvenile CCC coho salmon from the hatchery to an area located near Pescadero Creek. Photo: San Mateo Resource Conservation District [...] Read more
Endangered Coho Salmon Released into Pescadero Creek

October 07, 2020

CZU Lightning Complex Fire Contained

Although La Honda residents were able to return back to their residences weeks ago, CalFire didn’t declare the CZU Lightning Complex fire 100% contained until September 22. The CZU fire was the [...] Read more
CZU Lightning Complex Fire Contained

July 26, 2019

New Fish Passage in La Honda’s Alpine Creek

(excerpt from San Mateo RCD) This summer, the San Mateo Resource Conservation District will be breaking ground to address fish passage and habitat on Alpine Creek in La Honda. "A culvert and old, [...] Read more
New Fish Passage in La Honda’s Alpine Creek

April 01, 2016

The Importance of Natural Debris in Your Creek

by Adria Arko With the rains that we have had this winter and the rains we hope are yet to come, our thoughts turn to fallen trees. Often we view trees in the creek as an obstruction and a potential [...] Read more
The Importance of Natural Debris in Your Creek

December 30, 2015

Pescadero Creek dam removed for coho salmon

(see article here: Santa Cruz Sentinel) “A 77-year-old concrete dam is now gone from San Mateo County’s Pescadero Creek, opening a route for rare coho salmon to once again return to their [...] Read more
Pescadero Creek dam removed for coho salmon

September 11, 2015

News from the RCD: The Need for a Stream Gage

by Kellyx Nelson Salmon in San Gregorio Creek In October of 2007 the US Geological Survey (USGS) added a stream gage to the San Gregorio Creek as part of the National Streamflow Information Program, [...] Read more
News from the RCD: The Need for a Stream Gage

September 03, 2015

News from the RCD: Water for Farms, Fish and People

La Honda has no snowpack, no big water utility, no large municipal reservoirs. Those who live here know how important a dependable source of water is. Here, farms, fish, and people depend upon the [...] Read more
News from the RCD: Water for Farms, Fish and People

August 29, 2014

Drought and Rationing!

by Kathryn Ryan Reflection Lake - photo by Denis Shaw Having lived in La Honda for over 30 years, I can't remember seeing the creek as low as it is right now. There are puddles, but nothing looks [...] Read more
Drought and Rationing!

February 13, 2014

Thousands of Steelhead Die in Annual Fishkill

(excerpt from Half Moon Bay Review) “The president of a South Coast conservation group says weekend rains brought tainted water into the Pescadero Marsh, killing thousands of steelhead trout and [...] Read more