Fall River Resource Conservation District
Board of Directors & Staff
The FRRCD provides a number of important services to local landowners. Conservation of soil and water on rangeland, pastureland, irrigated cropland, and the water quality of Fall River, Pit River, Hat Creek, Burney Creek and all the watersheds in the district are the focus of the RCD. The residents in the district have benefited from a number of educational workshops on a variety of topics from fuel reduction, to noxious weed control.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors appoints RCD Directors who serve voluntarily. The Fall River RCD has seven local directors who assume leadership positions within the district by providing direction in their communities natural resource programs.
President
Bill has been a rancher and farmer for 34 years. Bill has been a partner in the Beaver Creek Ranch for the last 20 years. He’s been a Board member for 18 years.
Don Martin
Board Member
Born in 1953 in Alturas CA, Don graduated from Shasta College in 1973 with an A.A degree and from CSU Chico in 1975 with a B.S in business Admin. He has a general real estate appraisal license and works in Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, and Plumas. Don and his wife Lani raise cattle and hay on a ranch in Glenburn, CA.
Bill Buckman
Chris Christofferson
Board Member
Pat Oilar
Board Member
Farmer and rancher for 28 years. Owns and operates Oilar’s Agricultural Service which farms on a crop share basis and trucking service. Member of the pioneer Oilar Family of the Fall River Valley. He’s been a Board Member for 10 years.
Chris Camarata
Board Member
Chris Camarata is a retired physician. He worked in Fall River Mills as a Family
Medicine physician for 27 years. He was also Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico. Chris is thankful to be retired in the Fall River Valley and wishes to give back to the community through service to both the residents of the Intermountain area and to the
environment. He welcomes the opportunity to accomplish this through his participation as a board member for the local Resource Conservation District.
Clay Jacobson
Board Member
Raised in the Sacramento Valley, Clay has been involved in production agriculture for over 25 years. After graduating from Chico State, Clay became a licensed pest control advisor, where he has gained extensive experience servicing growers on a wide variety of crops. Clay married a local girl, and they moved back to the Fall River Valley 13 years ago, to raise the 6th generation. Clay is the manager of the local office of Basin Fertilizer and Chemical Co., and is an Accredited Farm Manager and Accredited Agriculture Consultant. Clay joined the Board in 2011.
Julie Allen
Range Manager
Julie currently serves as the Range Manager for McArthur Swamp. She
grew up on a family owned and operated commercial cow-calf ranch south of Bishop, CA. Her Associate degrees in Agriculture Science and Equine Science were obtained from Feather River College and her Bachelor’s in Animal Science from Chico State. Julie enjoys spending time outdoors and working with livestock, she currently resides in Adin.
Chuck Macfarlane
Board Member
Chuck Macfarlane is a life long rancher who relocated to the Fall River area 20 years ago.
He and his wife and 5 children own a purebred cattle and sheep operation. He is also a 4-H leader and coaches for the youth sports programs.
Evan Watson
WUI Coordinator
Evan Watson grew up in Montgomery Creek and saw first hand the impact of fire when the Fountain Fire destroyed much of the community in 1992. Based on this formative experience, Evan has followed a professional path that seeks to decrease the negative impacts of fire on natural resources and communities. When not working Evan enjoys living in the mountains by running, fishing, and biking.
Todd Sloat
Restoration Specialist; Project Manager
Todd Sloat serves as a project manager for a variety of RCD projects. Most of his work focuses on restoring meadows and assisting with project work through the Burney-Hat Creek Community Forest and Watershed Group. Todd grew up in Burney and McArthur, attended UC Davis, and returned home to work and raise his family.
Sharmie Stevenson
Executive Director
Sharmie has been working in the resource conservation field for over 25 years and has extensive experience in grant management. She is also employed by the Pit Resource Conservation District. She enjoys the beauty of the intermountain area where she has lived for the past 32 years and feels fortunate to have raised a family in this close knit community.
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