Tehachapi Resource Conservation District

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Tehachapi Resource Conservation District

Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (est. 1947)
Conserving and Enhancing Our Natural Resources and Environment

The Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (TRCD) facilitates a diversity of resource conservation projects, including soil and water conservation projects, wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration, control of exotic plant species, watershed restoration, conservation planning, and education, among others.

04/25/2026

Native Plant Sale tomorrow April 25th starting at 9am-1pm. See you there !

03/20/2026

🪴 ‘Lilac Queen’🪴 Plant descriptions available our native plant sale online store. Visit www.tehachapircd.org to purchase or click the link in our bio to preorder. Please contact our office at (661) 825-5400 for any questions or assistance with preorders. Thank you !!

03/14/2026

Visit www.tehachapircd.org to purchase or click the link in our bio to preorder. Please contact our office at (661) 825-5400 for any questions or assistance with preorders. Thank you !!

03/10/2026

We have recently begun seeing Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) in the Tehachapi Mountains. In some years, there are days when you can stand in one place in the Tehachapi area and see 50 migrating butterflies a minute pass by you. This exodus of Painted Lady butterflies is part of their annual migration to re-colonize North America.
These orange and black butterflies with white highlights generally pass through this area every year in late March and early April. Observant Tehachapi residents might have noticed that all the butterflies were moving from south to north.
The total population of Painted Ladies is hard to grasp as untold millions of these nectar-loving flyers stream north from Mexico to repopulate the United States and Canada.
Not all the Painted Ladies pass through Tehachapi and keep going — a few can be found in gardens and meadows in this area throughout the spring and summer, nectar feeding on pollinator-friendly plants like the Tehachapi Resource Conservation District sells. As widespread as they are (Painted Ladies are frequently called “the most cosmopolitan butterfly in the world”) they don’t congregate and they aren’t found in large numbers except during their spring migration.
Painted Ladies have an intricate design on the upperside of their wings using a palette of just orange, black and white.

03/01/2026

🌱 NOW OPEN 🌱 The TRCD Native Plant Sale online store is now open for pre-orders. Visit www.tehachapircd.org and click on Native Plant Sale to place your pre-orders now. All pre-orders will be available for pick up on day of sale (4/25/2026). Feel free to contact our office at (661) 825-5400 for more information. Thank you !

02/19/2026

The Tehachapi Resource Conservation District building was first put up in 1955 to serve as home to the Tehachapi offices of Kern County Roads and KC Ag Departments.
The rugged steel frame structure, with heavy gauge corrugated steel siding and roofing, is still standing strong seventy Tehachapi winters later!

02/17/2026

Miner’s Lettuce: the most easily foraged plant of all. This is the time of year when it looks like tiny lily pads have suddenly appeared in shady spots near the base of trees, or along gentle slopes and beside meandering shaded footpaths. These welcome clusters of round leaves with miniature white flowers in the center are the unmistakable sign of Miner’s Lettuce.
Miner’s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) is a California native that has two leaves that are fused together around the petiole (leaf stem) to form the distinctive round leaf that makes them so easy to identify.
The term Miner’s Lettuce came from the fact that it was eaten by gold miners, some 300,000 of whom flocked to California after word got out that gold had been discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. Because it is rich in Vitamin C, it proved to be the salvation of many scurvy-stricken miners. The gold seekers were made aware of this remedy by Native Californians.
As many California children are taught growing up, you don’t even have to prepare it — just pick some leaves and start eating them. Or they can be placed in salads, on crackers, as pesto, etc. Miner’s Lettuce can be used for pretty much any recipe that would use spinach.

02/15/2026

2026 Tejon Ranch Oak Planting Registration: *Volunteers Wanted* Call the Tehachapi RCD office at (661) 825-5400 or email [email protected] for more information. Planting dates include February 27–28, March 5–6, and March 12–13. You may register for one or multiple days. Additional details will be shared with registered participants as each date approaches. Thank you!

Address

321 West C Street
Tehachapi, CA
93561

Telephone

+16618255400

Website

http://tehachapircd.org/

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