Grants and Contracts - Central Coast Water Board

Central Coast Water Board
319(h) Grant Projects in Region 3

Grant Number Title of Project Awarded Amount Funding Source Regional Board Staff Agency
Grantee		 Term Scope of Work Reports
D20413309 Werner Lake Restoration and Water Quality Improvement Planning Project $249,422 319h NPS Katie McNeill Elkhorn Slough Foundation 2025-2027 Develop a Restoration Plan that includes the necessary planning to protect and restore Werner Lake by reducing nonpoint source inputs from upland areas and into Elkhorn Slough In Progress
D2013308 Scott Creek Post-Fire Recovery Sediment Prevention and Forest Management Project $625,525 319h NPS Katie McNeill Peninsula Open Space Trust 2022-2025 Prevent sediment from entering the high quality waters of the north fork of Little Creek, a tributary of Scott Creek, by replacing four culverts destroyed by the San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit (CZU) Lightning Complex wildfire In Progress
D2013307 Sediment Reductions for Improved Water Quality in Chorro and Los Osos Creeks $536,034 319h NPS Katie McNeill Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District 2022-2025 Install rangeland and irrigated lands best management practices to implement Total Maximum Daily Loads, and reduce nutrient and sediment loading to Chorro Creek, Los Osos Creek, and the Morro Bay estuary. In Progress
D2013306 Carpinteria Creek Sediment Reduction and Habitat Enhancement Project $789,653 319h NPS Katie McNeill Earth Island Institute/South Coast Habitat Restoration 2021-2024 Restore the aquatic habitat in Carpinteria Creek following the Thomas Fire and Debris Flow to implement the 319(h) Carpenteria Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan (Carp Plan). Construct five restoration sites identified through field reconnaissance/surveys of the creek corridor in Winter 2019 to remediate impairments and restore salmonid fisheris in Carpinteria Creek. In Progress
D1913305 Oso Flaco Lake Remediation Project $545,931 319h NPS Peter Meertens Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District 2020-2023 Remove contaminated sediment to preventing it from entering Oso Flaco Lake and install pesticide associated sediment control best management practices (BMPs) including a sediment basin, vegetated ditch, and culvert to reduce erosion In Progress
D1913304 San Lorenzo River Watershed Targeted Sediment Reduction $799,913 319h NPS Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 2020-2023 Implement rural road erosion control and home drainage best management practices (BMPs) to address water quality impairments and impacts to anadromous fish habitat in the San Lorenzo River due to sediment derived from historic logging roads and increased development in the watershed. In Progress
D1813303 Lower Salinas Water Quality Treatment Projects, PIN 41690 $509,117 319h NPS Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Monterey County 2019-2022 Reduce nitrate concentrations in waters pulled from agricultural drainways in the Lower Salinas and Moro Cojo watersheds by installing three farm runoff water treatment systems. In Progress
TBD Elkhorn Slough Nutrients $350,000 DiscretionaryContract Shanta Keeling Southern California CoastaWater Research Project 2019-2021 Model the nutrient loading to Elkhorn Slough In Progress
D1813302 Carpinteria Creek Watershed: Post Fire/Flood Habitat & Sediment Assessment  $99,557 319h NPS Katie McNeill Earth Island Institute/South Coast Habitat Restoration 2018-2019 Assess impacts of the Thomas Fire and subsequent rain/debris flow events  in the Carpinteria Creek Watershed, and develop a restoration plan and site-specific concept designs that include erosion and sediment source control management measures to benefit water quality and aquatic habitat.  Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
18-030-130  Water Quality Criteria $97,448 Discretionary Contract Peter Meertens UC Davis 2018-2019 Derivation of Water Quality Criteria for Methomyl, Clothianidin, and Thiamethoxam using the UC Davis Method Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
D171330 Pin# 37412 Upper Zayante Creek Stream Wood Enhancement Project $498,426 319h NPS Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 4/1/18-5/31/21 Increase large woody debris to improve stream habitat conditions for threatened and endangered anadromous fisheries in the San Lorenzo River Watershed. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
D1613301 Pin# 32648 Pajaro Watershed Toxicity Reduction Project  $499,715 319h NPS Corinne Huckaby Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 4/1/17-5/31/20 Implement practices to reduce pesticide loading and toxicity from agricultural land uses in the Lower Pajaro, Lower Llagas, and the Watsonville Slough Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
17-046-130 Water Quality Criteria $47,944 Discretionary Contract Peter Meertens UC Davis 2017-2018 Derivation of Water Quality Criteria for Imidacloprid Using
the UC Davis Method		 Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
D1513301 Pin# 28163  Pajaro Watershed Livestock and Land Program $662,570 319h NPS Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 4/1/16-6/30/19   Implement practices to reduce fecal coliform and sediment loading from domestic animals on rural residential properties Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
D1513302 Pin#28168 Oso Flaco Lake Planning and Assessment Project $161,400 319h NPS Peter Meertens California Department of Parks and Recreation  3/1/16-3/31/19 Assess the extent of legacy pesticide comtamination and develop a plan of action for dealing with the contamination. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
01-RB-11 Neonicotinoid Threshold Evaluation $39, 344 Unocal Settlement Katie McNeill UC Davis 2015-2021 Develop acute and chronic effects thresholds for two neonicotinoid insecticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
14-424-253 Pin# 25816 Pinto Lake Restoration Project $750,000 319h NPS Shanta Keeling City of Watsonville 6/5/15 - 6/30/18 Restore natural lake by treating nutrient loading that is driving toxic cyanobacteria blooms. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
12-414-553-0 Pin#14999  Salinas Valley Watershed Irrigation and Nutrient Management Program  $ 1,250,000 Prop 84 AWQGP Katie McNeill Coastal Conservation and Research   3/1/13 - 3/31/17 Construct irrigation and nutrient management practices in the Salinas watershed. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
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Pin#14985 		 Central Coast Irrigation and Nutrient Management Program - Santa Maria Watershed $1,250,000 Prop 84 AWQGP Katie McNeill City of Santa Maria 10/1/14 - 4/30/17 Construct irrigation and nutrient management practices in the Santa Maria watersheds.  Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
13-515-553 Pin#15004  Implementation of Irrigation and Nutrient Management Projects in the Lower Pajaro Watershed $500,000 Prop 84 AWQGP Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 6/1/2014 - 3/31/17 Construct irrigation and nutrient management practices in the Pajaro watershed. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
20140636 PJ-61 Safe Drinking Water Grants for Limited Resource Growers $23,202 PG&E Settlement Katie McNeill Coalition for Urban Rural Environmental Stewardship 8/1/14-3/20/16 Provide interim drinking water to limited resource growers in the Salinas watershed Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
20140638, 20150696, 20170000 Safe Drinking Water Grants for Disadvantaged Communities $94,798 PG&E Settlement Katie McNeill Environmental Justice Coalition for Water  8/1/14 - 2/24/17 Provide interim drinking water to disadvantaged communitites in the Salinas watershed, North Monterey County Safe Drinking Water Education and Outreach Project (Royal Oaks), Safe Drinking Water (Las Lomas) Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
01-RB-11 Santa Maria Monitoring and Assessment $11,130 Unocal Settlement Katie McNeill UC Davis/Coastal Conservation and Research  5/1/16 - 12/31/16 Monitoring, Assessment, and Feasibility Study Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
12-407-253 Pin#23219 Morro Bay Watershed Erosion Prevention Project  $  415,570 319h NPS Howard Kolb The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay-NEP 1/31/13 - 6/30/16 Reduce excess sediment delivery to streams by implementing cost-effective erosion control measures applied to high priority roads along Chorro Creak and its tributaries. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
12-408-253 Pin#23209  Rural Roads Erosion Control Assistance Project $587,185 319h NPS Alison Jones Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 04/01/13-06/30/16 Provide technical and cost-share assistance to private road associations to construct BMPs that reduce road derived sedmment loads in critical TMDL-listed watersheds. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
12-078-130   Oso Flaco TMDL Implementation $150,000 TMDL  Peter Meertens Coastal San Luis RCD 4/10/13 - 12/31/14 Implement and demonstrate on-farm water quality management practices in the Oso Flaco watershed Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
12-074-130 Pajaro River Sediment TMDL Indicators $150,000 TMDL  Howard Kolb UC SantaBarbara 11/01/12 -10/31/14 Characterize Benthic Communities and Instream Physical Habitat in Pajaro River Watershed Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
10-440-553-0 Pin#18998  Morro Bay Agricultural Water Quality Enhancement Program $465,500 319h NPS Katie McNeill Coastal San Luis RCD 6/30/11 - 12/31/16 Design and implement ag water quality improvement projects that will result in significant reductions in pollutant loading to Morro Bay.  Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
09-350-553-0 Pin#10976 Pajaro Watershed Agriculture Irrigation and Nutrient Management $750,000 Prop 50 - AWQGP Katie McNeill Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County 6/30/10 - 3/31/13 Catalyze implementation of Agricultural irrigation and nutrient MPS through technical, permitting, and cost-share assistance, and will serve as a model for Ag BMP implementation in the Pajaro Watershed. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports
10-443-553 Pinto Lake TMDL Planning & Assessment Project $125,000 319h NPS Katie McNeill City of Watsonville 12/01/10-07/31/13 Identify the causes of cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (CHABs) as well as implementation solutions to eradicate/reduce CHABs Pinto Lake. Contact Grant Manager for Final and Summary Reports