News and Announcements Archive

The Wildlife Conservation Board approved 24 habitat conservation and restoration projects spanning 25 counties across nearly 21,600 acres at its November 21 quarterly meeting.

Check out the News Release for more details.

The Wildlife Conservation Board will meet on November 21, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Note the meeting will be available via Zoom.

Location:
California Natural Resources Building, First Floor Auditorium
715 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Public is welcome!

See Full Agenda (PDF) for more information.

Strategic Plan Workshops and Public Input

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Strategic Plan workshops! If you couldn’t participate in person, we still welcome your input. Please find and fill out our online questionnaire here Strategic Plan. This form will be available until December 15.

Funding Opportunities

Funds are available for restoration and public access projects. WCB is seeking applications that restore and enhance habitat throughout the state. Projects that increase connectivity and support justice communities are encouraged.

WCB continues to work through our backlog of applications for acquisitions. If you submitted a pre-application before our application portal closed, expect to hear soon whether you should submit a full application. Once we have addressed proposals already in our queue, we will re-open our application portal for acquisition projects. Be sure to sign up to our email list Subscribe to WCB News to receive notifications.

We also appreciate your interest in funding availability due to passage of Proposition 4 this week. Please be aware that Bond dollars must be allocated through the normal budgeting process. Prop 4 funds will not be available for granting until July 1, 2025, at the earliest.

The Preliminary Agenda (PDF) is available for the Wildlife Conservation Board meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in the first floor Auditorium of the Natural Resources Building, 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

This meeting is available via Zoom. The public is welcome.

WCB is holding workshops around the state to discuss our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan. Join us for an informal, interactive, open house-style workshop to learn about WCB and help us chart our future. Partners are welcome to stop by anytime for as little or as long as they like. For more information about dates and locations, refer to the Strategic Plan Workshops Flyer (PDF). We hope to see you there!

Fill out a brief form to RSVP!

The Advisory Committee of the Lower American River Conservancy Program will meet on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Note: this meeting will also be available via Zoom.

Location:

California Natural Resources Agency, First Floor Auditorium

715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Public is Welcome!

Please refer to the LARCP Advisory Committee Agenda (PDF) for meeting details.

Grant Opportunities

WCB’s grant portal remains closed. However, we have funding available in several specialty areas.

• If you have project proposals that meet the following description, please email landacquisition@wildlife.ca.gov
  • Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition and Recovery Land Acquisition projects associated with Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund that have been selected, processed, and approved for funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that need non-federal matching funds.

• If you have project proposals that meet the following description, please email scott.mcfarlin@wildlife.ca.gov
  • Regional Conservation Investment Strategies – Planning
  • Aspen Restoration in the Sierra/Cascades

WCB will notify partners here and through our email subscriber list (sign up here) when additional funds become available and/or the application portal reopens. We thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.

Minor Revisions to WCB General Grant Guidelines

As of August 1, 2024, the Wildlife Conservation Board will be using a revised version of its General Grant Guidelines which were previously posted in January 2023. It is available on WCB’s Grant Opportunities page. These revisions are generally minor, the most substantive of which are summarized below:

• Information about requesting advance funding
• Updates for Amendments for Development Project Grants
• Clarification of differences between Acquisition and Development projects regarding Reporting and Monitoring
• Updated information about Signage and Other Acknowledgements

Future proposals submitted to the Wildlife Conservation Board must comply with these revised guidelines. For questions, please contact Shannon Lucas at Shannon.Lucas@wildlife.ca.gov.

The Wildlife Conservation Board approved 23 habitat conservation and restoration projects spanning 22 counties across nearly 7,891 acres at its Aug. 22 quarterly meeting.

Press Release

The Wildlife Conservation Board will meet on August 22, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Note the meeting will be available via Zoom.

Location:
California Natural Resources Building, First Floor Auditorium
715 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Public is welcome!

See Full Agenda (PDF) for more information.

The Advisory Committee of the Lower American River Conservancy Program will meet on October 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at CNRA’s headquarters, first floor auditorium, in downtown Sacramento. This meeting will also be available via Zoom.

All are welcome to join.

A final agenda will be available ten days prior to the meeting.