As Tranquillity RCD continues to develop its Sustainable Lands Program throughout the district and west side of Fresno County, the importance of conservation and opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be able to sustain their operations well into the future has become one of -- if not the highest priorty for the district.  With long-term sustainability as the goal, TRCD recognizes the importance of land conservation on the broader landscape.  This includes irrigated lands, dryland farming and other working landscapes such as the rangelands and oak woodlands on the west side of Fresno County. 

TRCD has embarked on developing relationships on a mutually beneficial basis with these two important land trusts based here in California as well as exploring other opportunities that protects and enhances the broader natural landscape: