Project Grant F23AP00356

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $1,067,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program. The grant will support planning for an amendment to the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan covering 519,506 acres in Santa Clara County, California. The amendment aims to protect additional federally and state-listed species, as well as at-risk species not originally covered, given changes in listing status, range or life history information. It will add covered activities, expand the permit area, and potentially add a new co-permittee. The amendment will ensure the plan accurately reflects and evaluates take occurring in the plan area and that effects will not jeopardize covered species. It will also incorporate administrative changes from prior modification and clarification memos to increase efficiencies and clarity for the remainder of the 50-year permit term. The Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency will receive $1,067,000 as a sub-awardee to support this planning work.