Are you prepared for Drought? Fire? Flood?
Extreme Heat?

Ventura River Watershed LRP

Do you want support with:

  • Installing a raintank

  • Designing a rain garden

  • Construction guidance for a DIY greywater system

  • Upgrading irrigation & fixture efficiencies

  • Converting your lawn to a drought-tolerant landscape

  • Knowing which pollinator plants to put in your yard

  • Understanding opportunities on your site for climate resilience

View FREE downloadable Design Templates for Ventura County:

  • Rainwater Harvesting

  • Climate Appropriate Plants

  • Rain Gardens

  • Greywater Reuse, Laundry to Landscape

  • Curb Cuts

  • Mulching

  • Dry Creeks Riparian Design

The LRP can help you identify, design for, & install the following multi-beneficial tools & treatments on your site.

  • Rainwater Harvesting & Reuse

  • Greywater Reuse

    Laundry to Landscape and Sinks & Showers

  • Climate Appropriate Plantings

  • Mulch & Soil Building

  • Irrigation Efficiencies

How it Works

  • Sign Up

  • Site Assessment & Recommendations

  • Design & Installation, Guidance

  • Maintenance & Funding Opportunities

Learn More

  • Promote sustainable water-use by land stewards throughout the Ventura River Watershed

  • Facilitate effective communication & outreach on water conservation between the VCRCD & land stewards

  • Develop & share publicly available design templates for climate resiliency.

  • Help build multi-beneficial practices in homes & landscapes that contribute to overall watershed resilience.

  • Provide updates on available grant funding & incentive programs that serve the region’s residential & commercial property water users.

  • Develop a scalable model for city-wide water resiliency.

Program Goals

Program Partners & Sponsors

  • Wildlife Conservation Board

    PROGRAM PARTNER

  • Ventura County Resource Conservation District

    PROGRAM SPONSOR

  • Watershed Progressive

    Program Partner

The Ventura River Instream Flow Enhancement and Water Resilience Regional Framework (VRIF) is a collaboration between the Ventura Resource Conservation District (VCRCD), Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and other partners to enhance stream flows through local resilience projects.

View the Streamflow Toolkit to learn more.