CDFW Offering up to $5 Million in Grants to Enhance or Restore Habitat
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW‐OSPR) is accepting grant applications to fund projects that enhance, restore or acquire habitat for wildlife, with available funding totaling $5 million.
These grant funds come from CDFW-OSPR’s Environmental Enhancement Fund (EEF), which acquires funds from spill violations in accordance with California’s Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act.
Key details of this grant opportunity are:
- Grant range: Minimum $500,000 per project
- Completion deadline: April 1, 2031
- Eligibility: Nonprofits, cities, counties, districts, state and federal agencies
- Location: Projects must be within or near California waters
- Requirements: Projects must show measurable outcomes and improve habitat or ecosystem function
- Multiple projects may be submitted for funding
The selection committee includes representatives from the California Coastal Conservancy, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and CDFW‐OSPR. This is the largest grant amount available since the beginning of the EEF.
Grant applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2024. Selected projects will be notified in late fall 2024. For more information, please go to www.wildlife.ca.gov/OSPR/Science/Environmental-Enhancement-Fund/About
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Media Contacts:
Cristina Perez, CDFW-OSPR Environmental Enhancement Fund, (916) 956-8175
Eric Laughlin, CDFW-OSPR Communications, (916) 214-3279