The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is soliciting applications for its 2024-2025 Natural Community Conservation Planning Local Assistance Grant.
Donor Name: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Natural Community Conservation Planning Local Assistance Grant (NCCP LAG) Program was created to assist local public and non-profit entities in the implementation of Natural Community Conservation Plans (NCCPs) throughout California, as authorized under Fish and Game Code section 2800 et seq. Legal authority for the NCCP LAG Program is provided by Fish and Game Code section 1501.5(b), which allows the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to grant funds for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement. CDFW offers NCCP LAGs to eligible applicants on an annual basis for the highest priority tasks needed to implement NCCPs. Highest priority tasks are identified by NCCP implementing partners along with CDFW, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff (i.e., “Wildlife Agencies”) throughout the preceding year.
Funding Information
Up to $576,000 will be available through the NCCP LAG program this grant cycle, dependent on the availability of State funds and approval of the Budget Act.
Eligible Projects
- Management Activities
- Immediate management actions on newly acquired NCCP reserve lands
- Restoration/Enhancement
- Restoration or enhancement of habitats or species populations on NCCP reserve lands
- Monitoring
- Design and implementation of biological monitoring programs identified in an NCCP, including the establishment of sampling methods, monitoring plots, data collection, management, and analysis
- Reserve Management Plans
- Development and implementation of individual reserve management plans
- Mapping
- New or updated mapping in support of NCCP management or monitoring activities, such as vegetation community mapping
- Targeted Studies for Adaptive Management
- Studies to evaluate management actions for covered habitats or species, and whether such actions are meeting stated goals or require adjustments through adaptive management
- Other
- Other non-land acquisition priority tasks, identified by the applicant and implementing partners, which are needed to ensure effective implementation of the NCCP
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include public agencies, tribes, and non-profit organizations that have an interest in assisting with the execution of Eligible Projects. Projects submitted by Implementing Entities, or entities that will be responsible for implementing the plan(s), once permitted, will score additional points during proposal evaluation.
- Entities outside California are eligible for applying.
For more information, visit CDFW.
