Project Grant F25AP00390

This $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) will fund the Mountain View Restoration Project at Ponds A1 and A2W within the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The project aims to create climate-resilient public access and restore a range of tidal habitats to benefit the residents of Mountain View, East Palo Alto, and surrounding communities. Key outcomes include constructing two climate-resilient bridges over levee breach locations, building over 1.7 miles of public access trails, and creating three wildlife viewing areas. The restoration efforts will also establish broad habitat transition slopes, grade clean earthen fill to improve levees, and breach pond levees to return tidal flows and initiate marsh re-establishment. These activities will protect a closed landfill, provide high-tide refugia, and create habitat for endangered species such as the salt marsh harvest mouse and California clapper rail. The project will be implemented by the non-profit organization Ducks Unlimited Inc. through this federal grant award, which has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2030.