Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
(Source: www.rcdsantacruz.org/livestock)
The Livestock and Land program strives to teach Best Management Practices (BMPs) to area livestock owners by providing educational publications, workshops and hands-on trainings. The program also offers assistance for landowners wanting to construct conservation projects on their properties. Additional services, made available through the RCD partnership with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), include free on-site consultations and technical assistance. The NRCS has been a key partner in the delivery and development of this program.
The RCD can provide services related to the following practices:
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Composting;
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Mud and manure management;
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Pasture management.
Santa Cruz Pumas
(Source: www.santacruzpumas.org/mountain-lion-faq/)
The Santa Cruz Puma Project provides resources such as a “Puma Tracker” and FAQ relative to mountain lions, including –
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Identifying puma tracks;
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Mountain lion range map;
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How to protect goats and sheep;
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Safety and protection.
Santa Cruz County Equine Evacuation Unit
(Source: http://www.equineevac.org/)
The Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Services supplies information such as disaster planning and related emergency resources, including –
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Horsemen’s: Santa Cruz County Horsemen‘s Association works closely with Equine Evacuation in disasters to provides assistance to horses and their owners (http://www2.cruzio.com/~candg/Site/Homepage.html).
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BAEN: Bay Area Equine Network reports emergency network info during disasters (http://www.bayequest.info/).
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San Mateo County Coastside Large Animal Evac: The mission of the San Mateo County, Coastside Large Animal Evacuation Unit (CLAEvac) is to provide qualified large animal handlers and horse trailers in emergency situations, to evacuate large animals in any degree disaster, or other emergency incident, when activated by the Peninsula Humane Society and/or San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.
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San Benito County Equine Evacuation Unit: The San Benito Sheriffs Department has an all volunteer Equine Evacuation and Assistance Unit that can be dispatched to help assist livestock owners to evacuate animals. This unit is a trained group of community members that will bring their own trucks and trailers in to assist with the evacuations (http://www.sbfsc.org/index.php?page=pet-livestock-emergency-planning).
For more information on this unit, please contact Jan Jensen at: ranchgal (at) peoplepc.com
University of California: Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Source: www. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8398.pdf)
This brochure gives detail about “Livestock Poisoning Plants of California,” including –
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Plants poisonous to livestock within Santa Cruz county;
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Signs of livestock poisoning and treatment;
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Photographs of plants for identification purposes.
Contributed by Greta Martin