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GRANT YEARS 1999-2005
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1999
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Reduction of Stream Sedimentation & Pollution |
Placer County Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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9-075-255-0
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$250,000
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11/15/99-6/30/02
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| Project Description: This project has reduced stream sedimentation (soil run off) and pollution through citizen volunteer watershed education and stewardship. For further information please contact Rich Gresham at 530/885-3046. |
| Project Outcome: (7/2005 Update) A total of six ‘Streams in Motion’ workshops reached 69 people, a GIS map was developed locating some 51 watershed groups in the Lower Sacramento River Watershed, two 3-day Rapid Bioassessment Procedures classes were conducted reaching 19 people, 1,000 feet of eroding stream banks were re-vegetated and maintained with natives grown at a newly developed public nursery, volunteer field work and water quality monitoring for 80 hours total (22 people), and an additional 36 volunteer water quality monitors trained in the Upper Putah Creek Watershed, Urban Watershed Planning workshop developed and associated reference collections of macroinvertebrates (aquatic insects and other small backboneless aquatic animals) for a number of areas. |
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1999
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Stewards of the Arroyo Pasajero |
Westside Resource Conservation
District (RCD)
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9-142-255-0
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$202,400
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5/1/00-10/31/02
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| Project Description: This project will install or place fencing, drip irrigation and water quality monitoring to reduce sedimentation (soil run off) in the Arroyo Pasajero. For further information please contact Linda Ballentine at 925/855-7185. |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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1999
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Protecting the San Joaquin River Through Outreach and Education |
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
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0-032-255-0
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$154,339
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7/15/00-6/30/02
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| Project Description: The purpose of this project is to encourage farmers to put in place agricultural practices that reduce overall use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. |
| Project Outcome: (2/2007 Update) Thirteen walnut farmers in Stanislaus County received extensive education on the effect that their fertilizers and pesticides have on the environment. Each of them was enrolled in this project. The growers discontinued use of many potentially non-target harmful pesticides (those injuring beneficial species of animals) and one grower stopped using pesticides altogether. The use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers has been reduced considerably amongst the county farms. |
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1999
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Panoche Creek Revitalization Project |
Westside Resource Conservation
District (RCD)
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0-052-255-0
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$350,000
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9/1/00-12/31/03
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| Project Description: This project will put in place best management practices as part of a coordinated, comprehensive program to reduce erosion and sedimentation and improve water quality in Panoche Creek and throughout the alluvial fan. For further information, please contact LindaValentine at 559/269-4982 |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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2000
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Conservation Easements for Agricultural Lands |
Ducks Unlimited
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0-056-255-0
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$130,000
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9/1/00-2/28/02
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| Project Description: This project has provided information to local communities on how key habitat areas such as wetlands and riparian (bank of a river or stream) systems can assist them in dealing with water management issues, both water quality control and flood management, as well as urban growth issues. For further information, please contact Olen Zirkle at 916/852-2000. |
| Project Outcome: (9/2005 Update) 5,000 water quality
improvement brochures covering both wetlands and riparian (river and stream) systems
were distributed to interested people, and outflow from wetlands habitat was monitored,
documenting measurable improvements in water quality. This very large and
successful demonstration project was developed on Broken Box Ranch in Williams, Colusa
County. |
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2000
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Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide Use |
Sustainable Cotton Project
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0-184-255-0
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$349,484
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5/1/01-7/30/03
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| Project Description: This project will assist cotton farmers in the reduction or elimination of pesticide use to promote more sustainable practices in agriculture and reduce ground and surface water pollution. |
| Project Outcome: (10/2007 Update) The project assisted cotton farmers throughout Fresno, Madera, and Merced Counties. Over 2,400 acres of cotton fields were converted to Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton (BASIC) management practices. The project was also able to reduce the use of pesticides toxic to fish and wildlife and the use of synthetic fertilizers. |
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2001
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Upper Pit River Watershed Enhancement and Protection Project |
Central Modoc Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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1-050-255-0
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$130,000
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10/1/01-5/30/05
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| Project Description: The Central Modoc Resource Conservation District (RCD) has developed a River Center to provide a focal point for the district’s watershed education program and complement ongoing stream bank restoration and improvement projects. The center highlights the Pit River and its tributaries, focusing on watershed issues with special emphasis on management and restoration for landowners/managers and basic watershed principles for students and other outreach populations. For further information, please contact Paula Fields at 530/233-5085. |
| Project Outcome: (9/2005 Update) This project developed the highly successful Central Modoc River Center, which educates 700 students per year, hosts a ‘Kid’s Discovery Day’, produces a regular newsletter, coordinates a stream and river mileage adoption project in the Pit River Watershed, and coordinates area youth participation in a conservation education program which includes actual restoration projects, cleanups, and the planting and maintenance of native riparian (bank of a river or stream) vegetation. For viewing photos and for more information, please visit this web site: http://cmrcd.carcd.org/PhotoGallery/photogallery.html. |
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2001
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Implementation of BMPs to Mitigate Organo-Phosphate Pesticide Runoff |
California Prune Board
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1-108-255-0
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$350,000
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2/1/02-6/30/05
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| Project Description: This project will implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce organophosphate pesticide runoff in the Sacramento and Feather Rivers using three strategies. The contractor will work with growers to implement the practices in the project area. |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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2001
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Goose Lake Basin Enhancement Project |
Goose Lake Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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1-057-255-0
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$300,000
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12/1/01-2/28/05
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| Project Description: This project will implement management practices to reduce sedimentation (soil run off), provide shading to reduce water temperatures, provide for fish passage, improve aquatic habitat, and allow for more efficient water use in the Goose Lake watershed. For further information, please contact Herb Jasper at 530/946-4196. |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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2001
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Improving Dairy Waste Application Practices to Protect Groundwater Quality in the San Joaquin Valley |
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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1-111-255-0
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$349,980
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2/1/02-3/15/04
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| Project Description: The goal of this project is to secure voluntary placement of Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS or polluted runoff) management measures by providing one-on-one mentoring to dairy operators to help them modify wastewater application systems so that they can properly apply their lagoon water to cropland. For further information, please contact Lisa Alamo at 209/491-9320 x121. |
| Project Outcome: (2/2007 Update) Monitoring was conducted on dairy farms in the presence of the dairy engineering professionals. Dairy engineers were informed of what needed to be done to reduce their contribution to polluted runoff. Nutrient management and engineering techniques were developed to provide proper education. Educational sources are available for viewing at http://groups.ucanr.org/LNM/ |
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2001
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Integrated On-Farm Drainage Management Education & Outreach Program |
Westside Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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1-065-255-0
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$350,000
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10/1/01-1/15/05
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| Project Description: This project will develop an education and outreach program to educate landowners and technical experts on the advantages, disadvantages, cost, environmental regulations, and other issues involving an Integrated on-Farm Drainage Management system to reduce selenium, boron, and salts in the surface and ground water through the reuse of agriculture drainage water. For further information, please contact Morris A Martin at 559/227-2489 |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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2002
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Humbug and Charles Creeks Restoration Project |
Plumas Corporation
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$124,338
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| Project Description & Expected Outcome: (3/2006 Update) This project is reducing erosion from gully walls, restoring the water retention function of area meadows, and improving water quality and wildlife habitat. By project completion, 2,200 feet of formerly eroding gullies will be plugged and ponded, with another 700 feet filled with debris dams. This project is expected to restore approximately 10,000 cubic yards of soil and sand that had eroded away from meadows and creek margins over the last ten years, negatively impacting fish habitat. For further information, please contact Terry Benoit at 530/283-3739. |
| Project Outcome: (2/2007 Update) The project restored 700 linear feet of stream channel on Charles Creek, 700 linear feet of what was constricted stream channel on Humbug Creek using recycled materials as well as an additional 1500 feet of creek restoration. Two hundred acres of wet meadows are now protected from excess soil loss and related degradation. |
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2002
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Citizen Based Implementation & Effectiveness Monitoring for BMPs and Stream Restoration of the Lower Sacramento River |
Placer County Resource Conservation District
(RCD)
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$279,696
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| Project Description: (coming soon) |
| Project Outcome: (coming soon) |
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