Project Grant 04FG202019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $286,864 Project Grant to the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District on November 20, 2023 under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will fund the update of the Shasta County Community Wildfire Protection Plan as well as the maintenance of a 51-acre shaded fuel break through December 31, 2025. The Conservation District, a U.S. local government entity, has...

The Fall River Resource Conservation District will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The funding supports projects under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program to address habitat restoration needs across 4,500 acres in Shasta County, California. Key work will include installing grade control structures to address head cuts and gullies causing water loss across 300 acres of wet meadows on the...

The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC), doing business as the Watershed Center, was awarded a $230,000 cooperative agreement from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region to support Phase III of the Weaverville Basin Community Protection project. Under the three-year award beginning May 28, 2021 through July 1, 2024, the Watershed Center will work to protect, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources on public and...

The Lake County Watershed Protection will identify priority areas and watersheds and assist with watershed assessments for Clear Lake and Cache Creek in Lake County, California under a $100,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is part of the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, which provides conservation technical assistance to organizations through locally-based conservation...

The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District was awarded a $5,027,427.40 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The award, granted on December 7, 2023, supports the development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and implementation of wildfire mitigation projects for the Greater Willow Creek area in California. Key activities include conducting...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Lake County Watershed Protection District under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) on September 11, 2025. The award funds a conjunctive use study for the Adobe Creek Reservoir and repairs to a detention structure on Kelsey Creek in California, with project completion scheduled for September 30, 2028. These deliverables directly support the program's core objectives of improving...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $720,000 cooperative agreement to Ore-Cal Resource Conservation And Development Area Council, doing business as Ore-Cal RC&D, to conduct the Miller Mountain Little Shasta Fuels Phase I project from September 2, 2022 through September 1, 2027. The funding supports Ore-Cal RC&D's work under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority federal grant program (CFDA #10.693) to undertake activities that protect, restore,...

The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County received a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). This 3-year project will provide outreach, technical assistance, and conservation services to agricultural producers in Monterey County. Key activities include invasive species removal, riparian habitat restoration, forest health improvement, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region), awarded $314,353 through the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) to the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) on August 20, 2025. This five-year project grant, with a completion date of August 19, 2030, aims to support the long-term viability of forest trees affected by the Park Fire in Butte and Tehama Counties and forest pests in Siskiyou County, California. CARCD will...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), through its Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902), awarded a $275,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Glenn County Resource Conservation District to prepare a groundwater recharge development plan and associated pilot program in Glenn County, California. This effort will evaluate current NRCS practices and implement a pilot program to support sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, and environmental...