Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council

Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council is a nonprofit organization and community development corporation based in Weaverville, California, that has been registered to receive federal awards since March 2006. The organization specializes in habitat restoration, watershed management, and environmental conservation services delivered through federal cooperative agreements and grants. Through its federal grant portfolio, the Council provides comprehensive natural resource management and restoration services focused on improving stream habitat, fish passage, sediment control, and ecosystem health across Northern California watersheds.

The Council has received multiple cooperative agreements and project grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, primarily through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), as well as from the Bureau of Reclamation. Its service offerings encompass a broad range of stream restoration and habitat improvement activities, including fish passage barrier removal and dam removal projects on East Weaver Creek and Little Grass Valley Creek; installation of properly-sized elliptical culverts with embedded bottoms to restore anadromous fish access; erosion control and sediment reduction treatments such as culvert cleaning, rolling dip placement, rocked armored ford installation, and fill excavation on road systems; removal of legacy mine tailings and abandoned mining infrastructure from stream channels; riparian habitat restoration and replanting with native conifers; and hydrologic and geomorphic stream channel reconstruction. The Council has worked in collaboration with partners including the California State Coastal Conservancy, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Scott River Watershed Council, and EcoForest Trust Management to implement projects benefiting threatened and state species of concern including coho salmon, steelhead, Chinook salmon, and Pacific lamprey across the Trinity River, Scott River, Deadwood Creek, and other Northern California watersheds. Awards dating from 2021 through 2025 reflect a sustained focus on infrastructure modernization for water supplies, sediment prevention ranging from 1,500 to 6,000+ tons annually, and restoration of fish passage to multiple miles of cold-water spawning and rearing habitat.