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The Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District works with local stakeholders and landowners to protect and enhance our region’s natural resources through practical, science-based conservation. Our efforts focus on improving watershed health, restoring critical habitat, and supporting sustainable land stewardship across coastal and inland communities. By addressing today’s resource challenges, we help ensure resilient landscapes, healthy watersheds, and thriving habitat for generations to come. See below for more information and news updates.


 

Requests for Bids 
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Request for Bids: Deovlet Road Restoration Project

The Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) invites bid proposals for the Deovlet Road Restoration Project, in the Morro Bay watershed, San Luis Obispo County. Funded by a grant from the California State Water Resource Control Board Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program 319(h), Grant Agreement No. D2113308. The project involves upgrading an existing unsurfaced rural road to improve drainage and reduce erosion and sediment delivery to tributaries of Warden Creek. 

Bid Timeline

Letter of Intent due: 5:00 PM, August 17, 2026. Email to hbarnes@coastalrcd.org, or mail/hand-deliver (must be received, not just postmarked, by this date)

Mandatory pre-bid site tour: 9:00 AM, August 18, 2026 at 3255 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos, CA. Required for anyone planning to submit a bid

Bid submission deadline: 5:00 PM, September 9, 2026

Bid Documents

All bid documents, technical specifications, drawings, and addenda are available through ASAP Reprographics: www.asapreprographics.com. Bidders must register as an Official Plan Holder ($25, non-refundable) to download documents and receive all addenda and plan revisions.

CSLRCD_Deovlet Road Project_Request for Bids.pdf

 

Questions? Contact Hayley Barnes at hbarnes@coastalrcd.org

 

Request for Bids: Cerro Alto Ranch Headcut Repair

The Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) invites bid proposals for the Cerro Alto Ranch Headcut Repair Project, in the Morro Bay watershed, San Luis Obispo County. Funded by a grant from the California State Water Resource Control Board Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program 319(h), Grant Agreement No. D2113308. This project involves installing a grade control structure to repair a headcut, reducing erosion and sediment delivery to streams in the Morro Bay Watershed.

Bid Timeline

Letter of Intent due: 5:00 PM, August 10, 2026. Email to hbarnes@coastalrcd.org, or mail/hand-deliver (must be received, not just postmarked, by this date)

Mandatory pre-bid site tour: 3:00 PM, August 11, 2026 at 35.324559, -120.800751.  Required for anyone planning to submit a bid.

Directions: Turri Road runs between South Bay Boulevard (north end, near Los Osos/Baywood Park) and Los Osos Valley Road (south end). The meeting point is located approximately 1.7 miles south of the Turri Road/South Bay Boulevard intersection, or approximately 3 miles north of the Turri Road/Los Osos Valley Road intersection.

Bid submission deadline: 5:00 PM, September 2, 2026

Bid Documents

All bid documents, technical specifications, drawings, and addenda are available through ASAP Reprographics: https://www.projectsasap.com/. Bidders must register as an Official Plan Holder ($25, non-refundable) to download documents and receive all addenda and plan revisions.

CSLRCD_Cerro Alto Headcut Repair Project_Request for Bids.pdf

 

Questions? Contact Hayley Barnes at hbarnes@coastalrcd.org

 

Request for Bids: Los Osos Valley Road Erosion Control Project

The Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) invites bid proposals for the Los Osos Valley Road Erosion Control Project, in the Morro Bay watershed, San Luis Obispo County. Funded by a grant from the California State Water Resource Control Board Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program 319(h), Grant Agreement No. D2113308. The project involves installing check dams and constructing a floodplain bench along approximately 230 feet of a roadside ditch to dissipate flow energy, control a headcut, and reduce erosion within the ditch. The project also includes upslope erosion control measures around a daylighted pipe and an extension of an existing manhole. Both the ditch and the upslope drainage area currently contribute fine sediment to downstream waterways in the Morro Bay watershed, and this project intends to reduce that sediment delivery.

Bid Timeline

Letter of Intent due: 5:00 PM, August 10, 2026. Email to hbarnes@coastalrcd.org, or mail/hand-deliver (must be received, not just postmarked, by this date)

Mandatory pre-bid site tour: 1:00 PM, August 11, 2026 at 2335 Jacaranda Ln, Los Osos, CA 93402.

Bid submission deadline: 5:00 PM, September 2, 2026

Bid Documents

All bid documents, technical specifications, drawings, and addenda are available through ASAP Reprographics: https://www.projectsasap.com/. Bidders must register as an Official Plan Holder ($25, non-refundable) to download documents and receive all addenda and plan revisions.

CSLRCD_Los Osos Valley Road Erosion Control Project_Request for Bids.pdf

 

Questions? Contact Hayley Barnes at hbarnes@coastalrcd.org

Newsletters 
News Clips 

Tally Ho Creek Relief-September 2023

Los Osos Wetland Restoration

 

Oceano Dunes to get a Vegetation Makeover
Check out the news clip below done by Community News Reportor,  Makayla Richardson of KSBY!-Sept. 8th, 2025

Chorro Creek Floodplain Resilience Project
Check out the news clip below done by Community News Reportor,  Sophia Villalba of KSBY!-August 12th, 2025

 

 

 

Staff in the Wild! 

The CSLRCD Staff occasionaly conducts their staff meetings in the field onsite different projects past and present. This gives the other team members a glimsp into what their fellow RCD team is working on. 

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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake
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April 2025-Staff Meeting at Oso Flaco Lake-Top Row from the Left: Hayley Barnes, Joshua Kouri, Kelli Carlisle, Samantha Alvarez, Tatum Frances, Shelly Rachels, and Hallie Richard. Bottom Row from the Left: Ray Dennis, Rhealynn Ravarra, Samantha Vitt and Kaitlin Cartwright.
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July 2025-NRCS Local Work Group Meeting-Joshua Kouri provides a presentation
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August 2025-Staff onsite visit to Stenner Creek
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August 2025-Staff onsite visit to Stenner Creek
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August 2025-Staff onsite visit to Stenner Creek
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August 2025-Staff onsite visit to Stenner Creek
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August 2025-Staff onsite visit to Stenner Creek
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October 2025-Fall Central Coast RCD Regional Meeting hosted by CSLRCD
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October 2025-Fall Central Coast RCD Regional Meeting hosted by CSLRCD
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October 2025-Fall Central Coast RCD Regional Meeting hosted by CSLRCD
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October 2025-Fall Central Coast RCD Regional Meeting hosted by CSLRCD
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project
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April 16th, 2026-Pismo State Beach Foredune Restoration and Improvement Project-Sprayed Ice Plant
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Career Opportunities with the CSLRCD 
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