Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage

Wildlife Conservation Board · State of California

At a glance

Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage is a closed California state grant opportunity from the Wildlife Conservation Board (State of California). The application deadline was May 6, 2024. Total estimated funding is $5M. Applicant types listed as eligible include nonprofit, public agency and tribal government. It is listed on the California Grants Portal. Cost sharing is not required.

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

May 11, 2022Posted
May 6, 2024Application deadline

Opened: May 11, 2022
Close date: May 6, 2024
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: $5,000,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Matching funds: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant

Program details (as published on the California Grants Portal)

Type: Grant
Funding source: State — Currently there are no specific funding assigned to this program. However, WCB will consider general funding sources to support this program.
Matching funds: Not Required — Cost share is not required but may be beneficial, in particular to complete a larger project. Applications with higher proportions of secured cost share contribution towards total project cost will score more points through the “Cost Share” application evaluation criterion.
Funding method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
Estimated number of awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Estimated award amounts: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Award period: 2-4 year grant terms
Expected award announcement: Continuous
Letter of intent: Required
Geography: Statewide
How to submit: By email: WCBpreapps@wildlife.ca.gov
Latest change note: Application acceptance paused until after the new FY

Who can apply

Applicant categories as listed on the California Grants Portal. GrantsJunction maps them to detailed applicant types for search and matching.

Nonprofit
Public Agency
Tribal Government

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Purpose and description as published on the California Grants Portal.

Purpose

The Program is seeking proposals for planning or implementation projects that construct, repair, modify, or remove transportation infrastructure or water resources infrastructure improving passage for wildlife or fish. Additional consideration will be given for projects that restore or enhance wildlife mobility or fish passage across barriers whose impacts on migration have been increased by drought conditions.

Description

WCB is seeking projects that restore or enhance habitat in wildlife migration corridors or that remove impediments to fish passage. Examples of project types and their priority are identified below. All projectsmust provide for improved fish or wildlife mobility, and further the objectives of Proposition 68. The Program supports the following priorities: Priority 1: -Construction of wildlife overcrossings and undercrossings in areas where wildlife mortality due to traffic interactions imperil a sensitive species. -Restoration or enhancement of natural habitats that provide a visual screen in wildlife corridors for migrating wildlife species that are sensitive to human presence or to direct wildlife away from roadways and toward existing migration corridors. -Removal of instream impediments to fish passage such as weirs, check dams or other water supply and flood control infrastructure. -Installation of fish friendly culverts, fish ladders, bypass channels or other measures that allow migratory fish to go under, around or over passage barriers. -Planning projects that provide designs and environmental review for future restoration projects at sites that are listed on either of CDFW’s 2020 Wildlife Movement Priority Barrier List or 2019 Fish Passage Priority List. Priority 2: -Installation of fencing or other measures that will direct wildlife away from roadways and toward existing migration corridors. -Planning projects that provide designs and environmental review for future wildlife corridor and fish passage restoration projects at sites that are not listed on either of CDFW’s 2020 Wildlife Movement Priority Barrier List or 2019 Fish Passage Priority List.

Past applications & awards

Historical data · not a prediction

Reported by the agency for this listing

Fiscal year 2023–2422 applications · 11 awards

Counts as published on the California Grants Portal. Award counts can read zero until decisions are announced.

Awards published: 11
Total awarded: $44,642,250
Median award: $5,375,000 calculated
Smallest – largest: $180,000 – $7,094,000

Recipients by type: Public Agency (7), Nonprofit (4)

Areas served: Los Angeles County (2), Santa Clara County (2), Contra Costa County (1), Siskiyou County (1), San Benito County (1), Lassen County (1), Sierra County (1), Alameda County (1), Imperial County (1), Humboldt County (1)

Largest awards to organizations

Alameda County Resource Conservation DistrictRestoring Connectivity for East Bay Ranges: Wildlife Overpass Planning$7,094,000 · FY 2023–24
University of California, DavisI-8 Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Crossing Planning$5,808,000 · FY 2023–24
City of Los AngelesLos Angeles River Reach 8A Restoration$5,792,000 · FY 2023–24
Land Trust of Santa Cruz CountySan Benito County US-101 Wildlife Crossing Planning$5,605,000 · FY 2023–24
Ore-Cal Resource Conservation Development CouncilSiskiyou I-5 Wildlife Overpass Planning$5,500,000 · FY 2023–24
Lassen County Transportation CommissionUnited States Highway 395 Wildlife Overpass Planning$5,375,000 · FY 2023–24
Peninsula Open Space TrustCoyote Valley Wildlife Connectivity Planning$5,000,000 · FY 2023–24
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space DistrictAlma Bridge Road Newt Passage Designs$2,122,250 · FY 2023–24
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica MountainsSouth Los Angeles County Habitat Connectivity Masterplan$1,200,000 · FY 2023–24
City of FortunaMill Creek Fish Passage Planning$966,000 · FY 2023–24

Source: California Grants Portal grant award data. Awards to individuals are counted but not named. Past awards show who was funded; they do not predict future decisions.

Program contact (as published)

Don Crocker
don.crocker@wildlife.ca.gov
1-916-926-7317

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage”?

The official listing names these applicant types as eligible: Nonprofit, Public Agency and Tribal Government. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full guidelines.

How much funding is available through “Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage”?

Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $5,000,000.

How do I apply for “Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage”?

Applications go directly to Wildlife Conservation Board, not through GrantsJunction. Submission: by email to WCBpreapps@wildlife.ca.gov. Read the program guidelines on the agency's site first; state programs set their own forms and registration requirements.

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