About this archived opportunity

To achieve these goals the Department has adopted the following four objectives: -Identify activities which are needed for the conservation and maintenance of California's waterfowl habitat on public land.-Develop and fund project-specific strategies to protect, enhance, maintain or restore significant waterfowl habitat on public land.-Develop and fund project-specific strategies to conserve waterfowl populations.-Develop, administer, and fund a grants program for waterfowl conservation. To accomplish the objectives, the Department is authorized to award grants (and contracts where necessary) for waterfowl conservation purposes (acquisition, restoration, enhancement, creation and research) to nonprofit organizations, local government agencies, state departments and federal agencies (Fish and Game Code § 3702). The organizations must have the specific capacity (waterfowl habitat enhancement, restoration, creation and or research experience to deliver the objectives). Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to: · Enhance/restore/maintain wintering or nesting habitat for CA waterfowl species · Restoring or creating brood ponds/summer water for CA waterfowl species · Enhancing or restoring fall and spring use areas for CA waterfowl species · Establishing islands and loafing bars · Levee repair, replacement of water control structures, pump repair and installation · Fence installation to control and/or manage livestock or wildlife and/or to enhance upland habitat for waterfowl nesting and goose forage. · Removal of nonnative invasive plant species and restoration (active or passive) of native and other desirable wetland or upland vegetation · Research to obtain population parameters of species/subspecies/population · Investigations of limited resources for specific species or subspecies such as eelgrass for Black brant