United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service		 California Go to Accessibility Information
Skip to Page Content




Earth Team Volunteers

They are Making a Difference in California!

What is the Earth Team?

In 1981, Congress authorized the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly the Soil Conservation Service, to accept volunteers to increase soil and water conservation efforts, and to do this by working closely with Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

In California, the Earth Team is a growing volunteer workforce making a difference. The concept of Earth Team includes not only volunteers, but also NRCS staff and Resource Conservation Districts. The mission of the Earth Team is to provide an effective volunteer workforce within NRCS to help people conserve, improve and sustain our resources and environment.

Volunteers can help expand efforts in soil and water conservation. Anyone 14 years or older and interested in saving our precious soil and water can join the Earth Team. Volunteers may work part-time, full-time, outdoors or in an NRCS office.

What Can You Do?

Earth Team Volunteers help on the Land, in the Community and in the Office.

On the Land

In the Community

In the Office
  • Soil Mapping
  • Surveying
  • Water Sampling
  • Establishing Wildlife Habitat
  • Native Grass Seeding
  • Resource Inventories
  • Conservation
    Practice Layout
  • Planting Trees
  • Conservation Planning
  • Photography
  • Conservation Education
  • Writing
  • Special Tours & Fairs
  • Conservation
    Youth Groups
  • Outdoor Classrooms & Nature Areas
  • Public Speaking
  • Drafting
  • Computer Data Entry
  • Map Interpretations
  • Typing
  • Telephoning
  • Editing
  • Reception
  • Filing

For more Earth Team program information, contact your nearest coordinator. Map of CA Office Locations

Title

Name

Address/Phone Number

E-mail Address
State Coordinator Pam Hertzler 2135 Wardrobe Avenue, Suite C
Merced, CA 95341
Telephone: (209) 722-4119
Fax: (209) 725-2964		 Pam.Hertzler@ca.usda.gov
State Office Coordinator Alejandra Luna 430 G Street, #4164
Davis, California 95616
Telephone: (530) 792-5708
Fax: (530) 792-5796		 Alejandra.Luna@ca.usda.gov
Area 1 Coordinator
 		 Jenna Brazil 3644 Avtech Parkway, Suite C
Redding, CA 96002
Telephone: (530) 226-2502
Fax: (530) 226-2567		 Jenna.Brazil@ca.usda.gov
Area 2 Coordinator
 		 Carmen Johnson 3800 Cornucopia Way
Suite E
Modesto, CA 95358
Telephone: (209) 491-9320, x 112		 Carmen.Johnson@ca.usda.gov
Area 3 Coordinator
 		 Genett Carstensen 680 Campus Drive, Suite E
Hanford, CA 93230
Telephone: (559) 584-9209
Fax: (559) 584-8715		 Genett.Carstensen@ca.usda.gov
Area 4 Coordinator
 		 Holly Shiralipour 4500 Glenwood Drive, Building D
Riverside, CA 92501
Telephone: (951) 682-3956
Fax: (951) 682-5934		 Holly.Shiralipour@ca.usda.gov

For more information on the Earth Team Volunteer Program, visit the National NRCS Earth Team Volunteers Web site.

< Back to California NRCS Features