Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program Proposals Received

Cycle 5 Proposals

Little Franks Tract Invasive Weed Removal and Restoration Project – Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project, Phase II – Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Ulatis Creek Habitat Restoration Project – Solano Resource Conservation District
Improving Hydrological Resiliency of Managed Wetlands in Suisun Marsh – Suisun Resource Conservation District
Marsh Creek Reservoir Restoration and Total Mercury Reduction – Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Van Buskirk Multi-Benefit Ecosystem Restoration Project – American Rivers

Mello/Jensen Heirs Sandhill Crane Preserve – Agricultural Natural Resources Trust
Blacklock Restoration: Phragmites Control Study – California Department of Water Resources
Delta Working Waterways Habitat Restoration Planning – Solano Resource Conservation District
Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan, Phase 2 – San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
Elk Slough Fish Passage and Flood Improvement Project – Reclamation District 999
Lower San Joaquin Riparian Corridor – American Rivers
Marsh Creek Channel Restoration Project – American Rivers
Phase I San Joaquin River Floodplain Restoration and Floodway Enhancement at Banta-Carbona – Banta Carbona Irrigation District
Implementing Resilient Circulation and Drainage Projects in Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands for Improved Wildlife Habitats and Water Quality – Suisun Resource Conservation District
Nutria Eradication Project – Phase Two – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oakley Creekside Park Restoration Project – City of Oakley

Bay Point Restoration Project – East Bay Regional Park District
Restoration Planning at River Garden Farms – American Rivers
Marsh Creek Reservoir Habitat and Capacity Restoration – Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Reengaging floodplains to feed Delta food webs: optimizing fish and waterbird habitat with working lands – California Rice Commission
Mitchell Trust Farm Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Easement Acquisition – Yolo Habitat Conservancy
Mello Conservation Easement – Sacramento Valley Conservancy
Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project – East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
Grizzly Slough Floodplain Restoration Project at the Cosumnes River Preserve – California Department of Water Resources
Three Creeks Parkway #2: Request for additional funds to implement an expanded version of a project previously funded by the Delta Conservancy – American Rivers
Bees Lakes Habitat Restoration Plan – City of West Sacramento
Stone Lakes – Ducks Unlimited
Brentwood Reservoir – City of Brentwood
Nutria Eradication – California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Dutch Slough Revegetation – Reclamation District 2137
Mello Farm Conservation Easement, Tyler Island – Sacramento Valley Conservancy
Petersen Ranch: Working Waterway Habitat Enhancement Project – Solano Resource Conservation District
Restoration of Priority Freshwater Wetlands for Endangered Species at the Cosumnes River Preserve – Sacramento County Regional Parks
Investigations of restoration techniques that limit invasion of tidal wetlands – The Regents of the University of California

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project – Ducks Unlimited
Petersen Ranch Natural Lands Corridor – Solano Land Trust
Fish Friendly Farming Certification Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – California Land Stewardship Institute
Yolo Bypass Agricultural Crossing Improvements Project – Yolo County
Sherman Island Wetland Restoration Project Phase III – Ducks Unlimited
Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project – American Rivers
Paradise Cut Flood and Conservation Easement Acquisition – San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
San Joaquin River Levee Improvements & Channel Margin Habitat – Reach 6 – Reclamation District No. 1601 – Twitchell Island
Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan – San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
Habitat Enhancement for Swainson’s Hawk at Elliot Ranch – Environmental Defense Fund
Wildlife Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area – Yolo County Resource Conservation District
Lower Marsh and Sand Creek Watershed Riparian Restoration Planning – American Rivers
Beneficial Use of Harvested Invasive Aquatic Plant Species: BIOFUEL Project – Port of Stockton

If you would like a copy of any of these proposals, please contact prop1grants@deltaconservancy.ca.gov (email link).