Delta Conservancy Announces Availability of $42M in Grant Funding

Dec. 22, 2022
WEST SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy is announcing the availability of $42 million in new funding for projects that support Nature Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration (NBS: WR) and Climate Resilience, Community Access, and Natural Resource Protection (CAR).

The Amended Budget Act of 2022 provided the Conservancy with $36 million in NBS: WR funds to support the restoration, conservation, and climate resilience for wetlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Example projects include, but are not limited to:

  • Managed and tidal wetland restoration
  • Crop conversion to rice cultivation
  • Technical assistance to access the Voluntary Carbon Market
  • Planning to prepare for and support eligible projects (e.g., scoping, design, environmental compliance, science)
  • Land acquisition or easement
NBS: WR Funding: Full Program Details and How to Apply

The Amended Budget Act of 2022 additionally provided the Conservancy with $6 million in CAR funds for multi-benefit projects that promote community access to parks, open space, nature or cultural amenities; support climate resiliency to drought, floods, or extreme climatic events; protect food and water security; protect and conserve natural resources; and support biodiversity.

Example projects include, but are not limited to:

  • Community access (e.g., parks, open space, nature, cultural amenities, museums, historical or cultural
  • sites, recreation and tourism, and environmental education)
  • Climate resilience
  • Natural resource protection
CAR Funding: Full Program Details and How to Apply

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