California State Parks today announced the selection of 19 local projects that will receive grants totaling $6.7 million from the California Habitat Conservation Fund Grant Program. These grants will help local agencies with the protection, restoration, and enhancement of wildlife habitat to maintain California’s quality of life. Since 1990, approximately $84 million has been allocated to habitat conservation projects throughout California.
“Protecting California’s biodiversity is critical as approximately 40% of the estimated 5,500 plant species found in this state are found nowhere else on Earth,” said State Parks Director Armando Quintero. “With funding from the California Habitat Conservation Fund, local, state and nonprofit organizations can work toward California’s 30×30 initiative that seeks to protect and restore biodiversity, expand public access to nature, and mitigate and build resilience to climate change.”
State Parks’ Office of Grant and Local Services (OGALS) conducted a competitive review process which is funded by the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Proposition 117). This grant program includes seven sub-categories: Deer and Mountain Habitat; Wetlands; Trail; Riparian Habitat; Wildlife Area Activities; Rare, Endangered, Threatened, or Fully Protected Species Habitat; and Anadromous Salmonids and Trout Habitat.
About time !! Too little, too late 💧🤨
How much of it will really get used for the intended projects? Usually it get squandered into others’ pet projects and lost in red tape administrative “overhead” …. imo – put it to use making more OHV parks – good family fun, exercise, and gets kids from staring at video games , and cellphones
So what are the 19 local programs they selected?
Wasn’t that the point of the article?
Never mind, I found it myself.
Here you go, the whole list.
https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1257
Thanks Dr J…. so nothing for CoCoCo 🙁
So glad to see…. “…mitigate and build resilience to climate change.”” Look for some electric charging stations at a park near you soon.
Yet nothing for our wildlife. The Navel Weapons proberty the city is wanting to develop has no plans for feeding stations or shelter for all the wildlife that will be displaced. We as a community should do better.