Proposition 1 Cycle 4 Awarded Grants

Mello-Jensen Heirs Sandhill Crane Preserve Conservation Easement

Status: Complete
Grantee: Agricultural-Natural Resources Trust
Amount: $2,263,472
County: Sacramento
Coordinates: 38.1875, -121.5319977
Project Type: Implementation (Acquisition)
Overview: The Mello-Jensen Heirs Sandhill Crane Preserve and Conservation Easement project will preserve Sandhill crane habitat by placing a conservation easement on 275 acres of farmland on Tyler Island. The easement will allow the land to continue to be farmed while ensuring that it remains managed to benefit crane populations.
Project ID: P1-1801

Blacklock Restoration: Phragmites Control Study

Status: Completed
Grantee: Department of Water Resources
Amount: $387,440
County: Solano
Coordinates: 38.17869949, -121.9120026
Project Type: Planning
Overview: The purpose of this project was to determine the best method of controlling the invasive non-native plant species, Phragmites, to enhance habitat at Blacklock, a multi-benefit ecosystem restoration site in Suisun Marsh. To inform the future implementation of site-wide Phragmites control measures within the Blacklock restoration site, this planning project characterized the feasibility, efficacy, and environmental impacts of Phragmites control methods in a tidal habitat on a small scale.
Project ID: P1-1803

Delta Working Waterways Habitat Restoration Planning

Status: Active
Grantee: Solano Resource Conservation District
Amount: $347,481
County: Solano
Coordinates: 38.2654991, -121.7720032
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project will complete planning, permitting, and site design to bring up to eight habitat restoration sites along waterways that drain into the Delta to shovel-ready condition. The projects will mimic or restore the function of floodplains, riparian forest, and wetlands and provide water quality, fish and wildlife, and agricultural benefits.
Project ID: P1-1804

Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Project, Phase 2

Status: Completed
Grantee: San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
Amount: $265,254
County: San Joaquin
Coordinates: 37.77700043, -121.3359985
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project is part of a multiphase effort to reduce flood risk and improve habitat for native species by constructing a bypass and restoring floodplain along the lower San Joaquin River. Planning efforts under this phase identified and designed implementation strategies to avoid and reduce impacts to downstream landowners. The Delta Conservancy also funded the first phase of this project.
Project ID: P1-1806

Elk Slough Fish Passage and Flood Improvement

Status: Completed
Grantee: Reclamation District 999
Amount: $984,695
County: Yolo
Coordinates: 38.37350082, -121.552002
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project prepared a detailed design plan for Elk Slough to restore a critical fish migration passage, enhance riverine aquatic habitat, substantially improve water quality, and implement flood protection improvements. These benefits will be achieved by more directly connecting Elk Slough to the Sacramento River and enhancing the existing riparian habitat along the length of the slough.
Project ID: P1-1807

Lower San Joaquin Riparian Corridor

Status: Active
Grantee: American Rivers
Amount: $522,027
County: San Joaquin
Coordinates: 37.79790115, -121.314003
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project will develop design plans and permit applications for riparian and floodplain restoration along a 2.5-mile stretch of the San Joaquin River, just upstream of Mossdale before the head of Old River. The project will advance planning for restoration that will provide habitat for migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead and community access and floodplain benefits.
Project ID: P1-1808

Phase 1 San Joaquin River Floodplain Restoration and Floodway Enhancement at Banta-Carbona

Status: Active
Grantee: Banta-Carbona Irrigation District
Amount: $750,931
County: San Joaquin
Coordinates: 37.72340012, -121.2949982
Project Type: Planning
Overview: Phase 1 of this project will design and permit a multi-benefit habitat restoration project to advance planning for restoration of 30 acres of seasonally inundated floodplain, and for improved water supply reliability. The project will improve rearing habitat for juvenile salmon, reduce flood risk, and address sedimentation at the grantee’s intake fish screen. This project is in San Joaquin County near Manteca.
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Project ID: P1-1810

Nutria Eradication – Phase Two

Status: Active
Grantee: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Amount: $8,483,080
County: All Delta counties
Project Type: Implementation
Overview: This project seeks to eradicate nutria from California. Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents that cause significant negative ecological and economic impacts, including damage to wetlands, riparian habitat, restoration efforts, levees and other infrastructure, agriculture crops, and water supplies. This project aims to prevent the spread of nutria farther into the Delta and will also be carried out across California in areas of suitable nutria habitat.
Project ID: P1-1813

Oakley Creekside Park Restoration

Status: Completed
Grantee: City of Oakley
Amount: $436,465
County: Contra Costa
Coordinates: 37.98059845, -121.6880035
Project Type: Planning
Overview: This project advanced planning efforts for the design and permitting of a multi-benefit ecosystem restoration project along 775 linear feet of Marsh Creek. The goal of the project is to restore riparian and floodplain habitat for wildlife along Marsh Creek, and to enhance wildlife corridor connectivity for Chinook salmon and other species between the upper Marsh Creek watershed and the mouth of Marsh Creek.
Project ID: P1-1814

Last updated: December 2024