Proposition 68 Rivers and Streams Grant Program
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.
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Helps nonprofits and public agencies in California restore rivers and streams for wildlife and community resilience. Grants support projects that improve habitats and adapt to climate change.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Grants provided through Proposition 68 to fund projects that restore and protect rivers and streams, support fisheries and wildlife, improve climate change adaptation, enhance coastal/rural economies, habitats, recreational opportunities, drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention. The total estimated available funding for all awards is $6,087,000, delivered via reimbursements.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: environmental conservation, water management, fisheries, wildlife habitat restoration, climate change adaptation
Region: State of California
Other Criteria: Nonprofit organizations, Public Agencies, Tribal Governments, Projects focused on restoring and protecting rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife, Projects that improve a community’s ability to adapt to unavoidable climate change impacts, Projects that improve and protect coastal and rural economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat, Projects that develop future recreational opportunities, Projects that enhance drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention, Project priorities include reconnection of rivers with floodplains, riparian and side-channel habitat restoration, and restoration/protection of upper watershed forests and meadow systems
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Read the full grant guidelines
- Prepare your application
- Submit your application online
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/proposition-68-rivers-and-streams-grant-program/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- Summer 2024Expected award announcement
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- Environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support are recommended but not required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- restoration and protection of rivers and streams
- reconnection of rivers with their floodplains
- riparian and side-channel habitat restoration
- restoration and protection of upper watershed forests and meadow systems
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
Visit the program page for detailed eligibility requirements.
This program offers funding up to $6,087,000.
Check the official program website for current deadlines.
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