Through a competitive annual grant process and state contracting practices, california will continue its recovery efforts on behalf of federal endangered species act (ESA)-listed endangered central…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $24,073,000 Project Grant under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to support California's ongoing recovery efforts for federal Endangered Species Act-listed endangered and threatened Pacific salmonid populations, including Central California Coast coho salmon, winter-run Chinook salmon, and Southern steelhead. CDFW will use the grant funding to implement a variety of anadromous salmonid restoration projects that foster self-sustaining natural ecosystem functions and processes to provide measurable and sustainable benefits for salmonids and their habitats. This includes projects focused on habitat restoration, species conservation, and scientific research, often in partnership with universities, research institutions, and conservation organizations.

Through a competitive annual grant process and state contracting practices, california will continue its recovery efforts on behalf of federal endangered species act (ESA)-listed endangered central california coast (CCC) coho salmon, winter-run chinook salmon, and southern steelhead populations, as well as listed threatened southern oregon/northern california coho salmon, north and central steelhead populations, and threatened chinook. The long-term goal of californias fisheries restoration grant program (frgp) is to ensure the overall sustainability of naturally-spawning pacific salmonids. Frgp focuses on projects that address the habitat limiting factors described in the pcsrf framework, with special attention to the limiting factors described for the california evolutionary significant units/distinct populations segments (SUS/dpss). Frgp will fund a variety of anadromous salmonid restoration projects in california that foster self-sustaining natural ecosystem functions and processes to provide measurable and sustainable benefits for salmonids and their habitats. Planning and education/outreach projects that do not directly implement restorative improvements will build a foundation in the public and restoration community that will increase the restoration, conservation, and preservation capacity of california.