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Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Grant Program Contacts
If you have an idea for a project or a grant application, please contact the appropriate Area Manager to discuss your idea in more detail.
Mt. Whitney Ideas
Mt. Whitney Office
209-742-0480
Kim Carr
Mt. Whitney Area Manager
kcarr@sierranevada.ca.gov
Mt. Lassen and
Region-wide Ideas
SNC Main Office
530-823-4670
Bob Kingman
Mt. Lassen Area Manager
bkingman@sierranevada.ca.gov
If you have administrative questions about your grant agreement or managing your grant, please contact one of our Grants Administrators.
Grants Administration
SNC Main Office
530-823-4670
Angela Avery
Grants Program Coordinator
aavery@sierranevada.ca.gov
Grants Program Analyst
lcampbell@sierranevada.ca.gov
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Awarded Projects
To view additional detail about SNC awarded grants and other uses of Bond funding throughout the State, please visit the State’s Bond Accountability website at www.bondaccountability.ca.gov.
Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC December 2007
Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Competitive Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Executive Officer Authorization Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Competitive Grants Awarded by the SNC June 2008
Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC June 2008
Executive Officer Authorization Grants Awarded by the SNC June 2008
Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC December 2007
Sub-Region |
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Total |
Region Wide |
Multi-County |
Engaging Sierra Participation in California Water Plan Update 2009 |
Sierra Nevada Alliance |
$40,000 |
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Multi-County |
Sierra Nevada Alliance: Land and Water Project |
Sierra Nevada Alliance |
$150,000 |
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Multi-County |
CSFC Block II Fuel Treatment Monitoring and Educational Publication |
University of California Davis |
$55,620 |
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Multi-County |
Sierra Nevada Science Institute: Development of a Timeline and Business Plan |
Friends of Deer Creek |
$32,500 |
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Multi-County |
Stewardship Contracting Workshops |
Sierra Business Council |
$46,440 |
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Multi-County |
Comprehensive Interpretive Plan - Yosemite National Park and Surrounding Communities |
Yosemite National Park |
$23,250 |
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Multi-County |
Biomass Removal on National Forest System Lands |
Placer County |
$49,500 |
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Multi-County |
Environmental Benefits of Grazing Educational Tour and Video |
Nevada County RCD |
$68,000 |
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Multi-County |
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project |
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Forestry |
$123,000 |
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Multi-County |
Sierra Water Trust: Building Capacity in the Sierra Nevada to Assess and Fulfill Critical Flow Augmentation Needs |
American Rivers |
$45,000 |
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Multi-County |
California Rangeland Trust Sierra Nevada Rangeland Assessment Project |
California Rangeland Trust |
$49,500 |
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Region Wide Total |
$682,810 |
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North |
Lassen |
South Knob Sagebrush Steppe Watershed Restoration Project |
Lassen County Fire Safe Council |
$51,720 |
|
Lassen |
South Knob Sagebrush Steppe Watershed Restoration Project/Ash Valley |
Lassen County Fire Safe Council |
$99,999 |
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Lassen |
McBride Springs/Willow Creek Restoration Planning and Development Project |
Pit RCD |
$33,100 |
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Lassen |
Buffalo-Skedaddle Landscape Management and Restoration Initiative |
BLM |
$98,500 |
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Multi-County |
Pit River Planning and Development Project |
Pit RCD |
$137,300 |
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Lassen |
Buffalo-Skedaddle Landscape Management and Restoration Initiative - Project Coordinator |
Bureau of Land Management |
$48,400 |
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North Total |
$469,019 |
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North Central |
Plumas |
Plumas Co. FSC Educational and Publication Development Project |
Plumas Corp. |
$27,000 |
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Multi-County |
Sierra Valley Sub-Basin Modeling Project |
High Sierra Rural Alliance |
$29,000 |
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Sierra |
Filippini Ranch Riparian Restoration |
Resources for Humanity |
$92,000 |
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Plumas |
Sulphur Creek Bank Stabilization Demonstration Project Environmental Review |
Plumas Corp., Feather River Coordination Resource Management |
$7,500 |
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Plumas |
Sulphur/Barry Creek Confluence Restoration Project Environmental Review |
Plumas Corp., Feather River Coordination Resource Management |
$19,530 |
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North Central Total |
$175,030 |
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Central |
Multi-County |
Yuba River Wildlife and Recreation Area; Conservation and Acquisition Program Phase 1 |
The Sierra Fund |
$45,000 |
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Nevada |
(CFSC Block Grant 1) FSCNC Defensible Space Advisory |
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County |
$10,632 |
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Yuba |
CFSC Block II Inventory and Geographic Reference of Firefighting Water Resources |
Yuba Watershed Protection & Fire Safe Council |
$64,900 |
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Nevada |
Nevada County (FIRST) Defensible Space Education & Compliance Program |
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County |
$49,500 |
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Placer |
Phase 2, Lower Squaw Creek Restoration |
Truckee River Watershed Council |
$49,900 |
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Placer |
Eastern Placer Creek Signage |
Placer County Planning Department |
$15,000 |
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Placer |
Esoteric Fraternity Property - Due Diligence Studies |
Placer County Department of Facility Services |
$38,000 |
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Placer |
Low Impact Development Guidebook |
Placer County Community Development Resource Agency |
$45,000 |
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Placer |
American River Educational Outreach Publications |
Protect American River Canyons |
$48,500 |
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El Dorado |
South Fork American river (SFAR) Water Quality and Recreation Study |
El Dorado Irrigation District |
$118,236 |
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Nevada |
Assessing and Restoring Deer Creek Watershed |
The Sierra Fund |
$75,000 |
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Central Total |
$559,668 |
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South Central |
Calavaras |
(CSFC Block Grant 1) Defensible Space Inspection Program |
Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council |
$19,625 |
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Amador |
CFSC Block II 2007, Pioneer / Volcano Planning Unit Community Wildfire Protection Plan |
Amador Fire Safe Council |
$50,000 |
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Amador |
CFSC Block II 2007, Pine Grove Planning Unit, Community Wildfire Protection Plan |
Amador Fire Safe Council |
$50,000 |
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Mariposa |
CFSC Block II CWPP, Planning, Coordination and Education Expenses |
Mariposa County Fire Safe Council |
$69,911 |
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Mariposa |
Oakvale Ranch |
American Land Conservancy |
$7,500 |
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Tuolomne |
Tuolumne County Water Quality Plan Coordinated Watershed Management Program |
Tuolumne County RCD |
$48,500 |
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Calavaras |
Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions Project (CHIPS) |
Central Sierra RC&D |
$48,629 |
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Amador |
Amador County Watershed Stewardship Project |
Amador Community Foundation |
$173,780 |
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South Central Total |
$467,945 |
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South |
Fresno |
(CSFC Block Grant 1) Community Wildfire Protection Plan |
Oak to Timberline Fire Safe Council |
$1,617 |
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Fresno |
(CFSC Block Grant 1) Prevention/Education Program and Council Development |
Oak to Timberline Fire Safe Council |
$10,000 |
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Tulare |
CFSC Block II Southern Tulare County-Community Wildfire Protection Plan |
Tulare County Resource Conservation District-Sequoia Fire Safe Council |
$54,000 |
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Tulare |
CFSC Block II Northern Tulare County-Community Wildfire Protection Plan |
Tulare County Resource Conservation District-Sequoia Fire Safe Council |
$59,000 |
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Kern |
Audubon California Kern River Preserve Visitor Facility Planning Project |
Audubon California Kern River Preserve |
$152,000 |
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South Total |
$276,617 |
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East |
Mono |
(MLTPA CAMP) Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access Concept and Master Planning |
Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access Foundation |
$120,099 |
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Multi-County |
Eastern Sierra Citizen Watershed Assessments |
Friends of the Inyo |
$45,000 |
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East Total |
$165,099 |
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Grand Total |
$2,796,188 |
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Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Subregion |
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Amount Recommended |
Region-Wide |
Tuolumne |
Tuolumne Utilities District |
$350,000 |
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El Dorado |
Georgetown Divide RCD |
$283,480 |
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Nevada |
Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council - Sierra Cascade Foothill Region Conservation |
Sierra-Cascade Land Trust Council |
$76,675 |
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Nevada, Sierra |
Yuba 2010: Tools and Capacity for Community Supported Watershed Science, Protection and Restoration |
South Yuba River Citizens League |
$84,609 |
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Placer |
GreenInfo Network |
$71,860 |
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Inyo, Tulare |
Inyo National Forest |
$91,300 |
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Lassen, Plumas, Sierra |
Feather River Land Trust |
$61,820 |
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Merced |
California Institute for Biodiversity |
$104,640 |
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Lassen, Nevada, Plumas |
Northern Sierra Carbon Cooperative- Ecosystem Services Inventory |
Sierra Business Council |
$45,000 |
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Placer |
Enhancing Water Supply and Improving Dam Operations Through Improved Upstream Forest Management |
Environmental Defense |
$ 80,000 |
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Inyo, Mono |
BLM- Bishop Field Office |
$3,205 |
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Region-Wide Total |
$1,252,589 |
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East |
Inyo |
Student Conservation Association |
$58,000 |
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Alpine |
Alpine Watershed Group Water Quality Monitoring Program, Years 4-5 |
Alpine Watershed Group |
$60,901 |
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Mono |
Eastern Sierra Land Trust |
$18,435 |
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Mono |
Eastern Sierra Land Trust |
$81,860 |
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Inyo |
Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education |
$91,600 |
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Mono |
Mono Lake Committee |
$96,100 |
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Inyo |
Inyo County |
$95,350 |
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Inyo, Mono |
Mono County Community Development Department & Inyo County Planning Department |
$157,550 |
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East Total |
$659,796 |
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South |
Fresno, Tulare |
Sequoia Parks Foundation |
$65,000 |
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Tulare |
Community Services and Employment Training |
$99,999 |
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Tulare |
Develop Visitor Access and Outdoor Education Plan for Blue Oak Ranch Preserve |
Sequoia Riverlands Trust |
$22,468 |
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Tulare |
Visitor Access/Outdoor Education Plan and Visitor Guide for Homer Ranch and Dry Creek Preserves |
Sequoia Riverlands Trust |
$45,750 |
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Tulare |
Community Services and Employment Training |
$140,000 |
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Tulare |
Tule River Indian Reservation |
$93,776 |
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Fresno, Tulare |
Agri-Nature Tourism Small Business Development Workshops for Fresno and Tulare Counties |
Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council |
$20,000 |
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Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare |
Welcome to the Foothills, A Guide to Living Lightly in ___County |
Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council |
$49,999 |
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South Total |
$536,992 |
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South Central |
Calaveras |
Regional Water and Wastewater Reconnaissance Study for Hwy 4 Corridor |
Calaveras County Water District |
$32,610 |
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Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne |
The Mother Lode Trust |
$47,850 |
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Mariposa |
Mariposa County RCD |
$93,108 |
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Calaveras |
The Pacific Forest Trust |
$75,000 |
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Mariposa |
Mariposa County RCD |
$63,998 |
|||
Mariposa |
Mariposa County Fire Safe Council |
$99,970 |
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Tuolumne |
Hwy 108 Fire Safe Council |
$48,519 |
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Calaveras |
Calaveras County |
$46,000 |
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South Central Total |
$507,055 |
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Central |
Nevada |
Mercury Bioavailability and Transport in Deer Creek over Lake Wildwood Reservoir |
Friends of Deer Creek |
$44,467 |
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Nevada |
Coldstream Canyon: Design and Permitting for Creek and Floodplain Restoration |
Truckee River Watershed Council |
$91,500 |
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Nevada |
Nevada County (FIRST) Defensible Space Recognition & Home Tour |
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County |
$18,000 |
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Placer |
Placer County Department of Facility Services |
$140,000 |
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Nevada |
Environmental Review: Assessing the Impacts of Removing Mercury-Laden Sediment from Combie Reservoir |
Nevada Irrigation District |
$100,000 |
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El Dorado |
The Forest Foundation |
$35,000 |
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Central Total |
$428,967 |
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North |
Lassen |
Mountain Meadows Conservancy |
$48,000 |
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Lassen |
Lassen County Fire Safe Council |
$99,999 |
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Lassen |
Day Lassen Bench Fuel Reduction & Watershed Restoration Project |
Lassen County Fire Safe Council |
$99,999 |
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Lassen, Modoc |
Pit RCD |
$53,600 |
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Modoc |
Central Modoc Resource Conservation District |
$142,497 |
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North Total |
$444,095 |
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North Central |
Butte, Plumas, Sierra, Tehama |
Plumas County |
$48,446 |
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Butte |
Northern California Regional Land Trust |
$15,000 |
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Butte |
Butte County Fire Safe Council |
$98,980 |
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Plumas |
Feather River college |
$70,000 |
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Plumas |
Sierra Valley RCD |
$45,010 |
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Sierra |
The Pacific Forest Trust |
$50,000 |
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Butte |
Butte County Fire Safe Council |
$98,445 |
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Plumas |
Sierra Valley RCD |
$ 8,445 |
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Sierra |
Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin Acquisitions- Biehl Parcel on Lusk Meadow |
Sierra County Land Trust |
$41,500 |
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North Central Total |
$475,826 |
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Grand Total |
$4,305,320 |
Competitive Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Amount Recommended |
Nevada |
Nevada County (FIRST) Community Shaded Fuelbreak and Riparian Forest Restoration Project |
Nevada County Resource Conservation District |
$406,000 |
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Mariposa |
Sierra Foothill Conservancy |
$590,000 |
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Plumas |
Feather River Land Trust |
$1,000,000 |
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Inyo, Mono |
Inyo/Mono Agriculture Department |
$156,622 |
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El Dorado |
Black Oak Mine Unified School District |
$300,000 |
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Placer |
Placer Land Trust |
$298,550 |
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Nevada, Yuba |
Yuba River Wildlife Area - Rice's Crossing Priority Acquisition Project Phase II |
The Sierra Fund |
$1,000,000 |
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Placer |
Squaw Valley Park Fuels Reduction and Related FireSafe Activities |
Placer County |
$245,500 |
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Sierra |
Truckee River Watershed Council |
$152,000 |
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Tulare |
Sequoia Natural History Association (SNHA) |
$211,500 |
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Shasta |
Western Shasta RCD |
$546,000 |
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Yuba |
The Trust for Public Land |
$925,750 |
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Shasta |
Shasta Land Trust |
$1,000,000 |
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Grand Total |
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$6,831,922 |
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Executive Officer Authorization Grants Awarded by the SNC March 2008
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Total |
Multi-County |
Central Sierra Smart Growth Conference |
Central Sierra Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) |
$20,000 |
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Calaveras |
Love Creek Working Forest Conservation Easement |
Pacific Forest Trust |
$25,000 |
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Sierra |
Sierra Buttes/Lakes Land Appraisals and Acquisitions (Appraisal Phase) |
Sierra County Land Trust |
$41,000 |
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Tulare |
Big Meadows Restoration Project |
Fly Fishers for Conservation, Inc. |
$29,655 |
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Multi-County |
Modoc Line Land Acquisition Evaluation and Management Plan |
Lassen Land and Trails Trust |
$39,090 |
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Grand Total |
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|
$154,745 |
Competitive Grants Awarded by the SNC June 2008
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Total |
Placer |
Alpine Meadows Community Consolidated Fuels Reduction Project |
Alpine Springs County Water District/Alpine Meadows Fire Safe Council |
$176,375 |
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Mariposa |
Mariposa County Chipping Program |
Mariposa County Firesafe Council |
$115,787 |
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Nevada, |
Vegetation Management: Forest Thinning, Brush Mastication and Prescribed Burning |
California State Parks, Department of Parks and Recreation |
$214,044 |
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Placer |
US Hwy. 40 (Donner Pass Road) Shoulder Rehabilitation |
Placer County Department of Public Works |
$500,000 |
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Placer |
Hidden Falls Regional Park - Fuel Load Reduction and Related Fire Safe Activities |
Placer County |
$506,207 |
Strategic Opportunity Grants Awarded by the SNC June 2008
Reference # |
County |
Project Title |
Grantee Organization |
Total |
Alpine, Fresno, Inyo |
Sierra Nevada Trails and Recreation Initiative |
Student Conservation Association |
$50,000 |
|
Region-Wide Total |
$50,000 |
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Modoc |
Central Modoc River Center Capacity Building Project |
Modoc River Center |
$23,500 |
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Lassen |
Hulsman Ranch Conservation Easement |
Lassen Land and Trails Trust |
$35,000 |
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Lassen |
McClelland/Eagle Lake Ranch Appraisal |
HoneyLake Valley Resource Conservation District |
$7,700 |
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North Total |
$66,200 |
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Plumas |
Developing a Working Landscapes Watershed Management Plan for the Almanor Basin |
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment |
$92,329 |
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Plumas |
Feather River College Hatchery - Project Fish - Education and Tourism |
Feather River College Hatchery |
$26,875 |
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Plumas |
Plumas County Trails Master Plan |
Plumas Corporation and Trails for Plumas County |
$30,000 |
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Plumas |
Grizzly Creek Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project | |||