A non-profit building healthy communities & watersheds.

Natural Resources Services (NRS) is a division of Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA), a private non-profit organization, based in Eureka California. NRS is committed to working with private landowners, government agencies, timber and fisheries industries, tribes, and community-based groups to promote healthy communities and healthy watersheds.

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Watershed Services

NRS’ Watershed Program works with diverse landowners to restore local watersheds, protect water quality, and promote informed communities. In the last three decades, NRS' Watershed Program has designed and implemented several hundred fisheries enhancement, water quality improvement, riparian and wetland restoration, erosion and sediment control, urban stream, and educational projects on the north coast to improve conditions for fish, wildlife, and people.

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Active Living

NRS’ Active Living Program fosters local and regional partnerships to cultivate a stronger focus for healthy community design, local food security and community empowerment. NRS' Active Living Program plans and implements projects to support local jurisdictions, residents and grassroots organizations in efforts around the built environment, trails, community gardens, and outreach and education.

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Colorful mural of a monkey running on a wooden log inside a giant green leaf, with a large ocean wave in the background.
People hiking in a sandy coastal area with dunes, bushes, and trees under a blue sky.
Sculpture of an alien insect on sandy terrain in a landscape with dry grass, bushes, and a tall metal transmission tower.
A group of five people planting young plants in a garden, with black plant pots in front of them and a chain-link fence behind them. There are trees and a hillside in the background, along with overhead power lines and a utility pole.
Three people smiling and laughing on a grassy hillside with a broken washing machine in front of them.
People kayaking and paddleboarding in shallow water near the rocks and shoreline on a clear day.
Open field with patches of green and purple vegetation, a small stream, trees in the distance, and a few structures under a blue sky with wispy clouds.
An aerial view of an island with marshes, patches of greenery, a small building, and bridges connecting it to the mainland on overcast day.
View of a mountain range under a cloudy sky, with trees in the foreground showing fall foliage.
Group of people looking at large posters of maps and aerial views on a wood-paneled wall at an indoor event.
A person wearing outdoor gear and a hat, holding a gardening tool, standing on a dirt or clay terrain with dunes and a cloudy sky in the background.