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California Stewardship Success Stories By Area

NRCS Area 4 (Southern)

This area's terrain, climate, animal and plant life is amazingly diverse compared to most parts of the country. The geography ranges from valleys below sea level to peaks over 14,000 feet. Precipitation varies from less than 2 inches in some desert areas to 60 inches on high slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Farmer's Market Outreach (PDF; 790 KB)
Increase Your Soil Health (PDF; 356 KB)
Intaglios Geoglyphs (PDF; 2.7 MB)
Keeping With Tradition (PDF; 415 KB)
Landowner Profile: John De Boni (PDF; 391 KB)
Landowner Profile: Kira Ezis (PDF; 452 KB)
Meadowbrook Dairy (PDF; 1.3 MB)
San Diego Nurseries (PDF; 2.2 MB)
Watershed Recovery Project (PDF; 1.4 MB)

Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)

 Radio Acquisition (PDF; 192 KB) - Southern Low Desert RC&D
Tribes and the Farm Bill (PDF; 543 KB) - Desert Mountain RC&D

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