Mitigated Negative Declaration for CDFW's 2025 Fisheries Restoration Grant Program's Mitigated Negative Declaration Project
As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's (CDFW) Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP) is providing Public Notice of the completion of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for proposed 2025 FRGP's MND Project (SCH #2025091295) to enhance the capability of streams to produce anadromous salmonids by maintaining, restoring, and improving stream habitat essential to salmonid production.
Project Location: Various streams in Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Siskiyou, and Sonoma counties.
Description of Project: This project uses grant funds approved by the California Legislature to initiate activities that are designed to restore salmon and steelhead habitat in coastal and Central Valley streams and watersheds. The 2025 Fisheries Restoration Grant Program's Mitigated Negative Declaration Project activities occur in watersheds that have been subjected to significant levels of logging, road building, mining, grazing, and other activities that have reduced the quality and quantity of stream habitat available for native anadromous fish. Restoration activities include fish passage improvement at stream crossings, instream barrier modification for fish passage, instream habitat restoration, riparian restoration, upslope watershed restoration, cooperative rearing, and water conservation measures. The techniques used for these restoration activities have proven successful for many years on many river systems streams and are detailed in the MND.
The MND and its documents in full can be viewed on the State Clearinghouse's CEQANet.
Alternate formats of these documents will be made available upon request. If reasonable accommodation is needed, email CDFW at FRGP@wildlife.ca.gov. The California Relay Service for the deaf or hearing-impaired can be utilized from TDD phones at (800) 735-2929.
Public Review
If you are unable to access the MND at CEQANet and want to view it for review, please email FRGP@wildlife.ca.gov. The review period for the MND starts September 26, 2025, and ends November 10, 2025. Please mail comments to:
CDFW Watershed Restoration Grants Branch Office
Fisheries Restoration Grant Program
Attn: Timothy Chorey
P.O. Box 944209
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
Comments must be received by November 10, 2025.
Previous Mitigated Negative Declarations
Previous MNDs will be made available upon request. Please email CDFW at FRGP@wildlife.ca.gov for more information.