Project Grant F18AP00542

Federal Grant Award Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Cache Creek Conservancy $351,351 under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) on May 28, 2025, to establish a new watershed group supporting the Lower Cache Creek watershed in Yolo County, California. The project, concluding September 30, 2028, will develop a comprehensive knowledge base addressing water supply and demand trends, environmental flows, and ecological community management while incorporating climate...

This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $2,605,548.67 Project Grant to the City of Oakdale under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will enhance approximately 22 acres of riparian and upland habitats along the lower Stanislaus River in California. Key activities include excavating 54,800 cubic yards of material to expand emergent wetlands, create side channels, and install alcoves and large wood structures to...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,304,170 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to the California Waterfowl Association (CWA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The grant funding will be used to restore and enhance 11,773 acres of upland and wetland habitat in the Suisun and Yolo-Delta Basins of California's Central Valley over the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. CWA, which has extensive expertise in...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support restoration and enhancement of approximately 300 acres of wildlife habitat in California's Sacramento Valley and foothills. Funded under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the project aims to improve water delivery efficiency, water sources and associated habitats to benefit migratory birds and other trust species. The California Waterfowl Association will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) to restore a road-stream crossing on Deer Creek. The project will replace a 7-foot diameter culvert with a 33-foot span timber bridge, reconnecting 5 miles of upstream channel to over 4 miles downstream. This will halt the annual input of up to 15 tons of sediment from road runoff entering Deer Creek, improving stream...

The State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) of California was awarded a $1,226,475 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614). The 3-year grant will fund the restoration and enhancement of approximately 4 acres of threatened coastal wetlands along the Tomales Bay shoreline in Marin County, California. Key project activities include removing 2,000 cubic yards of fill, reconstructing a historic wetland slough,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,541,128 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) Project Grant to the State Coastal Conservancy to implement the Lower College of Marin Corte Madera Creek Habitat Restoration Project. This project will restore approximately 1.5 acres of aquatic, tidal, transition zone, and riparian upland habitat in the San Francisco Bay Estuary through the partial removal of a concrete channel and the restoration of native habitats....

The State Coastal Conservancy will receive $1.421 million through March 1, 2023 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to implement Phase 3B of the Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration Project. The project will restore 0.9 miles of instream habitat, provide access to nearly 23 acres of floodplain and backwater habitat, and restore or conserve up to 19 acres of emergent wetland and nearly 24 acres of riparian vegetation in Humboldt County,...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA #15.631), will fund habitat restoration activities in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key deliverables include: 1) developing a conceptual design plan to increase connectivity between Marks Marsh and Tomales Bay, and 2) invasive plant control on 1 acre of salt marsh habitat adjacent to the Walker Creek Delta and Cypress Grove Preserve. These actions...