To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68) provides funding to award grants to projects that improve a community’s ability to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change; improve and protect coastal and rural economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat; develop future recreational opportunities; or enhance drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention. Project priorities include, but are not limited to, reconnection of rivers with their floodplains, riparian and side-channel habitat restoration, and restoration and protection of upper watershed forests and meadow systems that are important for fish and wildlife resources.
Type: Grant Award: not published as a fixed amount; depends on the applications received Total available: $6,087,000.00 Matching funds: Not Required Funding method: Reimbursement(s) Funding source: State Deadline: Ongoing Award period: 3 years Apply at: https://watershedgrants.wildlife.ca.gov/index.do Source: California Grants Portal record 66240, published by the State of California.