Creating a Vibrant Future for Rural Lands and Communities

The Watershed Research and Training Center is a non-profit organization located in the heart of Trinity County, California. We conduct the full gamut of land and watershed management services, lead state biomass and fire resilience partnerships, and through partnerships with communities, organizations, and public agencies we steward our landscape, create and sustain quality jobs, and connect people to the land and each other.

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TRINITY COUNTY

Indian Valley Summer Camp counselors and campers gather on a river bank to learn about aquatic habitats.

We create jobs, innovate land stewardship practices, support youth development, and share our work with other communities. Our local programs are focused on outcomes: vibrant communities, healthy landscapes, and sustainable economies.

Forestry and Fuels Management

Prescribed Fire

Watershed and Fisheries Stewardship

Youth Programs

Recreation

Botany

STATEWIDE

Trinity River flowing away from the picture-taker.

We are leaders in California fire and forest management and biomass utilization. Working with natural resource managers, government agency leadership, and community leaders, we run a state wood energy team and spearhead capacity building efforts for forest and fire management across California.

Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Beneficial Fire Training

California Forest Biomass Working Group

Información en Español

NATIONAL

An active prescribed fire in mixed forest with low, controlled flames.

The Watershed Center stewards a national network of communities learning to better adapt to frequent fire. This network is shaping what living with fire means and demonstrating new approaches to fire and land management. We are leaders in the community-based forestry movement.

We are partnering with the US Forest Service on a community navigator effort to connect communities with resources, partnerships, and capacity-building for wildfire risk mitigation and climate resilience.

Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network

Community Navigator Project

WRTC prescribed fire staff sitting shoulder to shoulder on a truck bed after an active CalTrex Training Session. — Our Mission

We strive to create and sustain healthy lands and healthy communities. We work **locally, statewide, and nationally** to steward our natural resources and support community resilience. Through partnerships with community members, organizations, public agencies, tribes and businesses, we care for our forest and rivers, create jobs, and connect people to the land and each other.
**Learn More**

WRTC Staff on a site visit on Hayfork Creek, California, posing on the river bank. — Who We Are

Learn more about who we are and what we do in Trinity County, throughout California, and across the US.
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Our forests and watersheds need you to act. Volunteer, make a donation, attend an event, or lend your voice. If you care about the well-being of our communities, lands and rivers, call us to learn more about how you can contribute to thriving and resilient people and places.

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