Applications Qualifying for Full Proposal

Project Name / Organization / Region / County / Category / Project Description / Amount Requested
Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project / American Rivers / South Delta / Contra Costa / 2 / Convert denuded flood control channel at the confluence of Marsh, Sand, and Deer Creeks into a healthy stream corridor. / $839,458
RD 2035 and Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency Joint Intake and Fish Screen / RD 2035 / North Delta / Yolo / 2 / Replace the existing 400 cfs capacity RD 2035 intake facility with a screened diversion to protect fish species. / $2,000,000
Habitat Enhancement for Swainson's Hawk at Elliott Ranch / Environmental Defense Fund / North Delta / Yolo / 2 / Enhance and restore 300 acres of Swainson's hawk habitat on Elliott Ranch, a 1,000-acre farm in Yolo County. / $350,000
Lower Marsh Creek and Sand Creek Watershed Riparian Restoration Planning / American Rivers / South Delta / Contra Costa / 1 / Improve restoration project efficiency within the Marsh/Sand Creek watershed through development of a
programmatic CEQA document and permit. / $78,014
San Joaquin River Levee Improvements and Channel Margin Habitat Project / RD 1601 / West Delta / Sacramento / 2 / Construction of a toe berm, setback levee, and channel margin habitat on a priority reach of levee along the San Joaquin River on Twitchell Island. / $1,498,600
Paradise Cut Flood and Conservation Easement Acquisition / San Joaquin County RCD / South Delta / San Joaquin / 2 / Acquire the flood easements necessary to build a new flood bypass at Paradise Cut. / $2,000,000
Yolo Bypass Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area / Yolo RCD / North Delta / Yolo / 2 / Restore up to 5 miles (12 acres) of new, floodway-compatible wildlife and pollinator habitat, providing an exit and transit corridor for wildlife during floods. / $688,195
Fish Friendly Farming Certification Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta / California Land Stewardship Institute / North Delta / Yolo / 1 / Develop a certification program to improve water quality and habitat conditions in waterways adjacent to agricultural lands while supporting and sustaining agricultural land uses. / $89,450
Petersen Ranch Natural Lands Corridor / Solano Land Trust / North Delta / Solano / 2 / Purchase of the Petersen Ranch property in fee, and subsequent transfer of the 327-acre tidal restoration parcel to a public agency to implement restoration and placement of a conversation easement on the remaining agricultural land. / $1,725,500
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project / Ducks Unlimited / North Delta / Yolo / 2 / Infrastructure improvements within the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area to provide habitat and working landscape enhancements. / $2,000,000
Yolo Bypass Agricultural Crossing Improvements Study / Yolo County / North Delta / Yolo / 1 / Identify areas within the Yolo Bypass where improvements to local agricultural crossings would result in multiple benefits. / $100,000
Project Name / Organization / Region / County / Category / Project Description / Amount Requested
Sherman Island Wetland Restoration Project, Phase III / Ducks Unlimited / West Delta / Sacramento / 1 / Develop the engineering plans and wetland delineation to support environmental documents and permits necessary to permit the restoration of 1600 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands. / 100,000
Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan / San Joaquin County RCD / South Delta / San Joaquin / 1 / Develop a financing strategy, conduct outreach, and prepare to secure permits as part of the planning to build a new flood bypass at Paradise Cut. / 99,924
Beneficial Reuse of Harvested Invasive Aquatic Plant Species: Biofuel Demonstration Project / Port of Stockton / South Delta / San Joaquin / 2 / Remove invasive aquatic weeds from the Delta by demonstrating that plant biomass can be harvested and used to generate methane gas at the commercial scale. / 300,000