Partnerships and Awards

Cache Creek Conservancy

• Partners on the FWS Tribal Wildlife Grant for riparian invasive weed control and re-vegetation on Cache Creek

California Certified Organic Farm

• Yocha Dehe Organic certified 250-acre farm to produce wheat for neighboring organic pig farm and sunflower seed to plant for oil - October 2009

Center for Land-Based Learning

• Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) field day with Yocha Dehe Wintun Academy and Esparto students to educate about the benefits and uses of native plantings

PG&E

• Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) to partially fund the fuel cells and solar array

State of California

• Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) - 2003

U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

• EQUIP grant for water conservation at the Grossi Ranch - 2009
• EQUIP grant for rangeland conservation at the Sugarloaf Ranch 2010
• Ongoing work on sustainable grazing practices, erosion control and invasive weed control on the Tribe’s rangelands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

• Tribal Wildlife Grant for riparian invasive weed control and re-vegetation - 2010

U.S. Green Building Council

• LEED-Silver certification for the Clubhouse at the Yocha Dehe Golf Course - 2009

Waste Management

• Recycling Star - 2006

WateReuse Association

• Project of the Year Award for the Cache Creek Desalination Facility - 2009

Yolo County Resource Conservation District

• Planting 2,400 feet of native hedgerow to provide a wildlife corridor, habitat for beneficial insects, a windbreak, and to slow runoff
• Controlling invasive riparian and upland weeds