Wildlife Conservation Board Approves $3.18M in Grants (Including $1.7M to Arcata, HSU)

This is a press release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife:

Humbug Valley, the culturally significant Tàsmam Koyòm homeland of the Maidu, near Portola in Plumas County.

At its Nov. 15 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $3.18 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some of the eight approved projects will benefit fish and wildlife — including some endangered species — while others will provide public access to important natural resources. Several projects will also demonstrate the importance of protecting working landscapes that integrate economic, social and environmental stewardship practices beneficial to the environment, landowners and the local community.

Funding for these projects comes from a combination of sources including the Habitat Conservation Fund and bond measures approved by voters to help preserve and protect California’s natural resources.

Funded projects include:

  • Acceptance of a no-cost conservation easement over approximately 2,325 acres of Humbug Valley land by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), to be held with the Feather River Land Trust as co-grantee for a cooperative project with the Maidu Consortium and Pacific Gas and Electric. This project will protect the culturally significant Tàsmam Koyòm homeland of the Maidu, and provide wildlife corridors, future wildlife-oriented public use opportunities, and protection of the Yellow Creek fishery, near Chester in Plumas County. (photo above)
  • A $96,000 grant to the Mojave Desert Land Trust to acquire approximately 320 acres of land for the protection of desert habitat corridors in the Morongo Basin, near the community of Joshua Tree in San Bernardino County.
    Vast, dry desert with scattered scrub vegetation under a clear blue sky
    Desert habitat in San Bernardino County’s Morongo Basin. WCB photo
  • A $1.7 million grant to the City of Arcata and Humboldt State University for a cooperative project with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE), CDFW and the Resources Agency to acquire approximately 967 acres of land within the Jacoby Creek watershed, and the acceptance of a conservation easement over the property by CALFIRE.
    A shallow creek with rocky banks flows through lush green firest
    Jacoby Creek, near Arcata in Humboldt County. WCB photo
  • A $250,000 grant to the East Bay Regional Park District for a cooperative project with the Bureau of Reclamation to replace the fishing dock, upgrade restrooms and provide ADA access at the Channel Point area of Contra Loma Regional Park, in the City of Antioch in Contra Costa County.
    An old, boardwalk with wood railing passes through reeds in a calm lake, to a wooden fishing dock.
    Fishing dock at Channel Point in Contra Loma Regional Park, Contra Costa County. WCB photo

For more information about the WCB please visit www.wcb.ca.gov.

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Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

James dean
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James dean
5 years ago

And they cant get funding for the football program…

TQM
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TQM
5 years ago
Reply to  James dean

it’s all about priorities! what do you think? HSU is known for turning out environmental scientists, not jocks.

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5 years ago

Kym, do you know where it is possible to get a map of the Jacoby Creek addition?

Get some
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Get some
5 years ago

Yes, another foot in the right direction. Now if DFGW keeps up there good work of busting pot grows who are diverting water we may get somewhere. Here is a comment back to this: ” no it has very little to do with diverting water, it has to do with logging.”

hmm
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hmm
5 years ago
Reply to  Get some

Apples and oranges. The damage done by logging is many orders of magnitude more significant, but after being left weakened by logging, the damage of outdoor growing is significant enough to be a real concern. As you pint out it is a step in the right direction.

TQM
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TQM
5 years ago
Reply to  hmm

“outdoor growing”? Versus what?…”indoor growing”? Both have enviro consequences. I would say outdoor has less consequences than indoor, if done correctly.

Central HumCo
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5 years ago

Haven’t we done enough to the fish and wildlife habitat?

well. . .
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well. . .
5 years ago
Reply to  Central HumCo

Enough restoration and conservation? Not by a long shot.

TQM
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TQM
5 years ago

I love how NorCal is making so many great strides in restoring the natural habitat of waterways. They just aren’t happening fast enough…

Jeffersonian
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Jeffersonian
5 years ago

The 1.7 mil goes to Sierra Pacific industries