Proposition 1 Cycle 3 Awarded Grants

Bay Point Habitat Restoration Project

Status: Completed
Grantee: East Bay Regional Park District
Amount: $2,100,000
County: Contra Costa
Coordinates: 38.04159927, -121.9670029
Project Type: Implementation
Overview: Located at the waterfront of the Bay Point community in unincorporated Contra Costa County, this project restored about 44 acres of wetland and grassland, 5,595 linear feet of low order saline emergent marsh channel, and 8,170 linear feet of terrestrial transition zone. The shoreline park provides important shoreline access to tidal marshlands and waterfront open space in an area where access is severely limited. The project reconnected the site with adjacent marshland and provided higher ground to offset the loss of habitat due to sea level rise and created over a mile of new tidal channels, providing habitat for native fish and invertebrates and foraging opportunities for shorebirds.
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Project ID: P1- 1701

Restoration Planning at River Garden Farms

Status: Completed
Grantee: American Rivers
Amount: $665,367
County: Yolo
Coordinates: 38.86640167, -121.7519989
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project assessed a broad array of restoration and enhancement opportunities for River Garden Farms by developing conceptual plans for four riparian and one wetland site within the working farm. The long-term goal of the project is to improve the function and connectivity of aquatic habitat on working landscapes by integrating agriculture-compatible restoration and conservation into farm practices and management, thereby providing a model for ecological and economic resiliency.
Project ID: P1- 1702

Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project

Status: Completed
Grantee: East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
Amount: $1,435,000
County: Contra Costa
Coordinates: 37.96030045, -121.6299973
Project Type: Planning
Overview: Located in east Contra Costa County, the 645-acre Knightsen Wetland Restoration Project will restore wetland and upland habitat, reduce flooding of adjacent agricultural fields, and improve water quality by collecting and filtering runoff.  Planning efforts funded by this grant included site assessments and studies, the development of 65% designs, initial permitting, and community outreach.
Project ID: P1- 1709

Grizzly Slough Floodplain Restoration Project at the Cosumnes River Preserve

Status: Active
Grantee: Department of Water Resources
Amount: $8,700,800
County: Sacramento
Coordinates: 38.24580002, -121.4029999
Project Type: Implementation
Overview: The project will restore natural flooding to the site by breaching the levee on Grizzly Slough, excavating a channel network from the breach, and constructing a new setback levee along the south property boundary to provide equivalent flood protection pre- and post-project. An agricultural zone of 157 acres will be established and enhanced with new water supply infrastructure to allow cultivation of irrigated crops (corn) to provide wildlife benefits and revenue. The project will benefit species such as floodplain-rearing juvenile chinook salmon, riparian-nesting Swainson’s hawk, and foraging sandhill cranes.
 Project ID: P1-1710

Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project #2

Status: Completed
Grantee: American Rivers
Amount: $990,543
County: Contra Costa
Coordinates: 37.93939972, -121.7070007
Project Type: Implementation
Overview: This project is part of a larger effort to restore and improve habitat along the entire length of Marsh Creek from Mount Diablo to the Delta. The Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project #2 built upon another Conservancy-funded project (Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project #1, P1-1509) to restore an additional acre of floodplain and riparian habitat along Marsh Creek, bringing the total area of the project to 13.5 acres. The project team’s overall goal is to improve habitat, flood management, water quality, and ecosystem resilience in the Marsh Creek watershed.
Project ID: P1-1711

Bees Lakes Habitat Restoration Plan

Status: Completed
Grantee: City of West Sacramento
Amount: $592,500
County: Yolo
Coordinates: 38.53469849, -121.526001
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This planning and design project identified a detailed habitat restoration plan for the Bees Lakes area aimed to optimize habitat function, enhance the existing habitat to better meet listed species needs, improve pond water quality, remove potential environmental contaminants, control non-native species, and improve public access management.
Project ID: P1-1712

Stone Lakes Restoration Project

Status: Completed
Grantee: Ducks Unlimited
Amount: $673,846
County: Sacramento
Coordinates: 38.3404007, -121.4919968
Project Type: Planning
Overview: Under this grant, the project team developed engineering design documents, environmental documents, permit applications and supporting reports, and documentation necessary to develop a shovel-ready project. When implemented, the project will restore approximately 257 acres of seasonal wetland, 39 acres of riparian seasonal wetland, and enhance 20 acres of existing low-quality wetland. These habitats will provide hydrologic and water quality functions and will be managed to provide optimum conditions for wetland dependent species.
Project ID: P1-1713

Nutria Eradication Project, Phase 1

Status: Completed
Grantee: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Amount: $1,125,577
County: Multiple
Project Type: Implementation
Overview: This project aimed to assess invasive nutria (Myocastor coypus) levels throughout California. During the project, the team fully assessed 145,760 acres of nutria habitat, deployed 1,875 camera stations, conducted 10,717 camera checks, detected nutria on 652 cameras, deployed 1,913 trap sets, conducted 17,631 trap checks, and captured 723 of the 2,390 nutria reported.
Project ID: P1-1718

Last updated: December 2024