The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced $17 million in grants for 18 restoration and protection projects across the state. The funding will support initiatives ranging from salmon habitat restoration to wetlands protection and cannabis-impact mitigation.
A significant portion of the funding is directed to the Scott River Watershed Council (SRWC), which received multiple grants totaling over $1.7 million. These include $127,873 for streamlining restoration permitting through the Cutting the Green Tape initiative, $445,844 for mountain meadows restoration with effective grazing management, $767,837 for meadow restoration planning, and $456,331 for their fisheries monitoring program.
“We are honored to receive support for our project,” said Betsy Stapleton, permitting specialist with the Scott River Watershed Council. “The project builds off CDFW and State Water Resource Control Board initiatives to cut green tape and streamline restoration permitting.”
The Nature Conservancy secured $814,000 for the Marble Peaks Ranch Acquisition, while Trout Unlimited, Inc. received $800,000 for riparian buffer fencing on Iron Gate and Copco 1 Reservoirs. The California Waterfowl Association was awarded $2.25 million for Lower Klamath Refuge water deliveries.
CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham emphasized the timing’s importance: “By collaborating with these important conservation partners, advancing Tribally-led restoration, and staying focused on protecting ecosystems with the greatest need, we’ll ensure these funds will help support vulnerable species and communities across California.”
The funding comes from multiple sources, including the Nature Based Solutions Initiative, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds, CDFW’s Cannabis Program, and Proposition 68. These projects align with California’s 30×30 initiative, which aims to conserve 30% of the state’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.
source: California Department of Fish & Wildlife
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Well said Jay: We see our New Imported Land Owners, and representative for these grants are intelligent people, whom have learned how to navigate the system, but NOT FOR THE NEEDY, BUT INSTEAD FOR THE GREEDY, that being said, these grants and uses of them is not much indifferent from that of the JH Ranch and Kidder Creek Camp developments, except these are being done WITH OUR MONEY, NOT that of their organizations, and personal needs! Disgusting to sit back and watch how our Valley is being controlled by GREEDY PEOPLE.