Governance

Board Meetings

Temporary Pandemic Schedule: The EKCRCD board of directors meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 6-8 PM, location to be decided at each meeting. Because seating is limited and social distancing must be maintained, EKCRCD recommends attending remotely. Please see the latest agenda (on the homepage) for details. As a courtesy and to help us prepare for the meetings, if you plan to attend in…

Board Members

Our district is governed by a 7-member board of directors who are appointed by the Kern County Board of Supervisors. Board members serve 4 year terms.

Staff

Our Administrative Assistant is Nancy Gooch. Contact her with questions for our board members or about EKCRCD events or operations. Please contact her by email, at ekcrcd@gmail..com. Our office, which is located inside the Ridgecrest BLM, is currently closed until further notice.

District Transparency

Our district is dedicated to operating in a transparent manner, and posts relevant financial and operational documents to our site as they become available.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to assist local landowners and interested citizens in voluntary, cooperative, incentive-based approaches to solve resource concerns.

Website Accesibilty Policy Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District

Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations

Call us at 760-384-5477

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found. In our ongoing commitment to transparency, we make the last three months' reports available to the public.

August 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

July 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

June 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 760-384-5477.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.