The Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District is a local government agency which was established in western Sonoma County in 1941, and works with landowners and land managers in the community to address a variety of natural resource issues and challenges. GRRCD facilitates and implements stewardship projects to address water quality, climate change and its impacts, biodiversity, ecosystem health, and water quantity on both private and public lands by providing technical assistance, outreach, education and project design and implementation. As a member of the Russian River Coho Partnership, the Gold Ridge RCD develops and constructs streamflow improvement projects in the Dutch Bill Creek and upper Green Valley Creek watersheds. The RCD conducts outreach to landowners in target areas, planning, designing and building projects to conserve water, develop alternative water sources and construct water storage.