RCD Regional Technical Expert Directories 2014
This directory was developed by the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) in collaboration with RCDs throughout the state. This is an inclusive working draft. CARCD does
not necessarily promote or endorse the organizations or businesses listed below. To update information or add or delete an organization or business to the directory, contact chris-gardner@carcd.org
or call CARCD at (916) 457-7904.
Central Coast
Technical Experts Qualified Biologists, Geologists, Hydrologists, Cultural Resources, etc.
Services/Expertise
Name
Organization/Company Address
Contact
Has worked with
this RCD:
Napa County RCD
Biologist, habitat
surveys, fish barrier
assessment, biological
oversight for projects,
etc.
Irrigation Evaluation
Jonathan Koehler
Napa County RCD
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B
707-252-4188 ext.109
jonathan@naparcd.org
Frances Knapczky
Napa County RCD
Kelli Camara
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
707-252-4188 ext.116
frances@naparcd.org
831-464-2950 x 15
Napa County RCD
Biologists/Cultural
Resources
GIS Analyst and app
design
Cathie Benjamin
RCD of Tehama County
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
CA 95010
2 Sutter St Suite D
Red Bluff CA 96080
530.527.3013 x113
Habitat Restoration
Chris Rose
Solano RCD
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
707-678-1655 x119
chris.rose@solanorcd.org
RCD of Tehama
County
Cachuma RCD
Solano RCD
Ecologist, weeds, native Katherine Holmes
plant restoration
Solano RCD
Biologist,
Grassland/Riparian
Miles DaPrato
Solano RCD
Biologist, GIS mapping
Michael Gordon
Solano RCD
707-678-1655 x118
katherine.holmes@solan
orcd.org
707-678-1655 x120
miles.daprato@solanorc
d.org
707-678-1655 x122
Michael.gordon@solanor
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Solano RCD
Solano RCD
Solano RCD
Biologist, Water Quality
Andrea
Mummert-Puccini
Solano RCD
Biologist, water quality,
Restoration, bi-lingual
Amy King
Solano RCD
Certified Rangeland
Ecologist
David Witt
Tulare County RCD
Red-legged frog surveys
biologist red-legged frog
survey and steelhead
surveys
Plant surveys
NRCS Templeton
Cindy Cleveland
Cleveland Biological
Kevin Merk
Kevin Merk and
Associates
Biologists (plants and
animals)
Althouse and Meade
Hydrology and
geomorphology
Waterways, Inc.
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
3530 W. Orchard Ct.
Visalia, CA 93277
cd.org
707-678-1655 x112
andrea.mummert@solan
orcd.org
707-678-1655 x109
amy.king@solanorcd.org
Solano RCD
Solano RCD
(559) 622-0378
teri@tularecountyrcd.co
m
805-439-0396 x3
Tulare County RCD
805-234-3759
Coastal San Luis RCD
PO Box 318 San
Louis Obispo, CA
93406
1602 Spring St Paso
Robles, CA 93446
805-748-5837
Coastal San Luis RCD
805-237-9626
Coastal San Luis RCD
403 B Swift Street
http://waterways.com/
Coastal San Luis RCD
(831) 458-4144
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
65 Main St. Ste 168
Templeton, CA
93465
Arroyo Grande, CA
Coastal San Luis RCD
Santa Cruz,
California 95060
Biologist
Mike Podlech
Self-proprietor
Biologist
Mark Allaback
Biosearch Associates
Biologist
Gary Kittleson
Kittleson Environmental
Consulting
6075 Pringle Lane
Soquel, CA 95073
PO Box 1220, Santa
Cruz, CA 95061
3284 Malibu Drive,
Santa Cruz, CA
95062
831-662-3938
831-251-0215
Biologists/Cultural
Resources
Kelli Camara
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Biologist
Jim Robins
Alnus Ecological
Project Design and Planning
Services/Expertise
Name
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
CA 95010
3725 Canon Avenue
Oakland, Ca 94602
831-464-2950 x 15
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
510-332-9895
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Organization/Company
Address
Contact
645 Main St. Ste F
Morro Bay
93442
645 Main St. Ste F
Morro Bay
93442
3800 Cornucopia
Way, Suite E
Modesto, CA 95358
PO Box 1146
Point Reyes Station,
CA 94956
(805) 772-4391
nsmith@coastalrcd.org
(415) 663-1170
nancy@marinrcd.org
Marin RCD
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
CA 95010
2 Sutter St Suite D
Red Bluff CA 96080
831-464-2950 x 15
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
530.527.3013 x120
RCD of Tehama
County
Glenn County RCD
403B Swift Street,
Santa Cruz, CA
95060
P.O.Box 7894
Santa Cruz, CA
831-421-9291
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831) 426-9054
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Bioengineering and
revegetation planning
Nicole Smith
Coastal San Luis RCD
Engineer
G.W. Bates
Coastal San Luis RCD
NRCS Conservation
Planning for
Landowners
Licensed Engineer
Chester Anderson
East Stanislaus RCD
Nancy Scolari
Restoration
Kelli Camara
Marin RCD - may be
interested in sharing a
licensed engineer with
another RCD
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Fuels management
project planning,
Community Wildfire
Protection Plans, CEQA
documents
Engineering
Tom McCubbins
Engineering
RCD of Tehama County
Waterways Consulting
Fall Creek Engineering
(805) 772-4391
Has worked with
this RCD:
Coastal San Luis
RCD
Coastal San Luis
RCD
209-491-9320 ext 5
esrcdwater@gmail.com
Engineering
Engineering
CBEC
NRCS
Restoration
Bruce Quintana
Jones, Beau
Schoch
Kelli Camara
Restoration
Jonathan Pilch
Watsonville Wetlands
Watch
Restoration
Central Coast
Wilds/Ecological
Restoration
George
McMenamin
Restoration
95060
1255 Starboard Dr.,
Suite B West
Sacramento, CA
95691
Salinas Service
Center
(530) 574-6079
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831)424-1036
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
RCD
Sole proprietor
Project Permitting
Services/Expertise
Permit Coordination
Name
Leslie Koenig
Organization/Company
Alameda County RCD
Permit coordination
Anne Coates
Cachuma RCD
NEPA/CEQA
Jan Blake
Nevada County RCD
Permitting
Kelli Camara
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
PO Box 1239
Freedom, CA 950191239
125 WALK CIRCLE ,
SANTA CRUZ, CA
95060
17173 Highway 9,
Boulder Creek, CA
95006
Address
3585 Greenville
Road, Suite 2
Livermore, CA
94550-6710
920 East Stowell
Road , Santa Maria
93454
113 Presley Way,
Suite 1
Grass Valley, CA
95945
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
(831) 728-1156
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831) 459-0656
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831) 818-6930
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(925) 371-0154 ext. 115.
ACoates@rcdsantabarbar
a.org
(805) 928-9269
530-272-3417 x 103
janet.blake@ncrcd.org
Cachuma RCD
831-464-2950 x 15
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Nevada County
RCD
NEPA/CEQA
Jan Blake
Permitting
Brook Vinnedge
Project Construction/Implementation
Services/Expertise
Name
CA 95010
Nevada County RCD
113 Presley Way,
Suite 1
Grass Valley, CA
95945
Vinnedge Environmental 1800 Grant Street,
Consulting
Berkeley, CA 94703
530-272-3417 x 103
Nevada County
RCD
(510) 665-7885
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Has worked with
this RCD:
Grasslands RCD
Organization/Company
Address
Contact
Contact
Grasslands RCD
for current
contractor list
Nancy Scolari
Grasslands RCD
22759 S Mercy
Springs Rd
Los Banos, CA 93635
209- 826-5188 (o)
rortega@gwdwater.org
Marin RCD
(415) 663-1170
nancy@marinrcd.org
Marin RCD
Oversight of DeWatering during
Construction /
Biological oversight
Construction Inspection
Jonathan Koehler
Napa County RCD
PO Box 1146
Point Reyes Station,
CA 94956
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B Napa, CA
94559
707-252-4188 x109
jonathan@naparcd.org
Napa County RCD
Kelli Camara
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
831-464-2950 x 15
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Construction
Contact for list of
contractors
San Joaquin County
RCD
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
CA 95010
3422 W. Hammer
Lane
Suite A Stockton, CA
95219
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
(209) 472-7127
info@sjcrcd.org
San Joaquin County
RCD
707-678-1655 x119
chris.rose@solanorcd.org
Solano RCD
707-678-1655 x118
katherine.holmes@solano
rcd.org
Solano RCD
Project Management
and Implementation
Project Management
Habitat Restoration
Chris Rose
construction and
implementation
Ecologist, weeds, native Katherine Holmes
plant restoration
implementation
Solano RCD
Solano RCD
Biologist, Construction
Project
Grassland/Riparian
Project Management
Water Quality
Monitoring
Miles DaPrato
Solano RCD
Staff
Gary Kittleson
Solano RCD
Kittleson Environmental
Consulting
1170 N Lincoln, Ste.
110
Dixon, CA 95620
Dixon, CA
707-678-1655 x120
miles.daprato@solanorcd.
org
707-678-1655
3284 Malibu Drive,
Santa Cruz, CA
95062
831-251-0215
403B Swift Street,
Santa Cruz, CA
95060
P.O.Box 7894
Santa Cruz, CA
95060
1255 Starboard Dr.,
Suite B West
Sacramento, CA
95691
403B Swift Street,
Santa Cruz, CA
95060
Salinas Service
Center
831-421-9291
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831) 426-9054
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(530) 574-6079
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
831-421-9291
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
(831)424-1036
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Has worked with
this RCD:
Coastal San Luis
RCD
Construction Oversight
Waterways Consulting
Construction Oversight
Fall Creek Engineering
Construction Oversight
CBEC
Construction Oversight
Waterways Consulting
Construction Oversight
Bruce Quintana
Jones , Beau
Schoch
Project Monitoring and Reporting Skills
Services/Expertise
Name
NRCS
Organization/Company
Address
Contact
Monitoring and
reporting
Nicole Smith
Coastal San Luis RCD
(805) 772-4391
nsmith@coastalrcd.org
Monitoring and
Reporting Coordination
Nancy Scolari
Marin RCD
645 Main St. Ste F
Morro Bay
93442
PO Box 1146
Point Reyes Station,
CA 94956
(415) 663-1170
nancy@marinrcd.org
Solano RCD
Solano RCD
Santa Cruz RCD
Marin RCD
Fisheries Monitoring /
Habitat Surveys /
Outfall Monitoring
Hydrologic Monitoring
/ Outfall Monitoring
Jonathan Koehler
Napa County RCD
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B Napa, CA
94559
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B Napa, CA
94559
820 Bay Avenue,
Suite 128, Capitola,
CA 95010
707-252-4188 x109
jonathan@naparcd.org
Napa County RCD
Paul Blank
Napa County RCD
707-252-4188 x112
paul@naparcd.org
Napa County RCD
Monitoring and
Reporting
Kelli Camara
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
831-464-2950 x 15
RCD of Santa Cruz
County
Name
Organization/Company
Address
Contact
Eric McKee
Napa County RCD
707-252-4188 X111
eric@naparcd.org
Community Education
and Outreach
Frances Knapczyk
Napa County RCD
Environmental
Education
Ann Baldridge
RCD of Greater San
Diego County
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B Napa, CA
94559
1303 Jefferson St.,
Ste. 500B Napa, CA
94559
11769 Waterhill
Rd Lakeside CA
92040
Has worked with
this RCD:
Napa County RCD
Youth and Community
Education Programs
Outreach
Services/Expertise
707-252-4188 x116
frances@naparcd.org
ann.baldridge@rcdsandie
go.org
619-562-0096
Napa County RCD