MISSION STATEMENT

The Mojave Desert Resource Conservation District is committed to the development of a land stewardship ethic that promotes long-term sustainability of the region's rich and diverse natural resource heritage.

NATURAL RESOURCE OBJECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT

• Provide resource management information to the community.
• Promote the reduction of wind and water erosion.
• Promote the proper utilization of our natural resources.
• Promote water conservation.
• Provide information for improved irrigation water management.
• Demonstrate urban and agricultural practices that sustain and improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat.
• Work with the public and private sector toward land development practices that protect and enhance the region's natural resources and systems.

THE MOJAVE DESERT RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Established in March 1951, the MDRCD is the largest of the 3,000 Districts across the nation. Total area that the District covers is 11,500,000 acres (17,969 square miles). The District is so large that you could include the states of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, and still have additional area remaining.
The District is bounded to the north by Inyo County, to the south by Riverside County, to the east by the Arizona and Nevada borders, and to the west by Los Angeles Counties.

The MDRCD priorities include and continue to address major resources concerns that face the people within the Districts work area. These concerns are:

• Wind erosion on cropland
• Rural and urban lands
• Stream channel stabilization and water quality
• Water Conservation on cropland and in urban areas
• Proper range management on both private and federal leased lands

The MDRCD works in partnership with other government entities and various cooperators to meet the needs of economic conservation concerns throughout the District areas.

MDRCD STAFF	BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jackie Lindgren District Coordinator	Chuck Bell President
Dana Raponi Assistant Coordinator	J. Peter Lounsbury Vice President
Sara Leisenfelder Project Technician/GIS Specialist	James L.Cox Sec./Tres.
	Neville Slade Director
	Douglas Shumway Director

There are over a hundred Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) in California. They are part of a national network created during the Dust Bowl days over 50 years ago. Each RCD is governed by local landowners and others who volunteer their time and talents to assist conservation programs in their community.      RCDs assess conservation problems, set priorities, and coordinate federal, state, and local resources to bring about a solution. They do this with technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation District guidance and support from the California Department of Conservation.

To further strengthen the support RCDs provide to thousands of individuals and communities throughout the state, the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) was established. This association's primary purpose is to serve its member districts in the conservation and wise use of the state's natural resources believing that conservation problems have a better chance of being solved at the local level, by local people, based on local priorities.      Your local Resource Conservation District invites you to get to know them. Contact them and find out how YOU CAN HELP PROTECT THE TREASURED RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. We are located at : 14393 Park Ave, #200 Victorville, CA. 92392 Phone : (760) 843 - 6882

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Mojave Desert RCD Boundaries