ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PATIENT CARE SCIENCE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA
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| Grantee |
Amount |
Date |
 | Sonoma Land Trust
Permanent protection of Preservation Ranch | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 |
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Purpose
This grant to Sonoma Land Trust will support acquisition of the 19,645-acre Preservation Ranch, which will protect a biologically diverse property in Sonoma County’s Gualala River watershed from being converted to vineyard and subdivided into rural residential development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to protect a critical chokepoint within a high-priority wildlife corridor in Sonoma Valley in order to maintain wildlife habitat, optimize free movement of species, and provide resilience to respond to climate change. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of permanently protecting the Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of biologically diverse, complex coastal prairie and forest on the scenic Sonoma Coast. The project will establish sustainable financing of ecological stewardship and public access using carbon credits and sustainable timber harvests. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San Pablo Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust used this grant to support the Sonoma Baylands Project. Project goals include permanent protection and restoration of 2,329 acres at the far northern end of San Pablo Bay. | | East Bay Regional Park District
Pleasanton Ridge Park Addition and Wildlife Linkage Conservation | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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Purpose
This grant to East Bay Regional Park District will support the acquisition of the 1,367.8± acre Robertson property, a key step in preserving a larger habitat assemblage covering Pleasanton and Sunol ridges and their watersheds in Alameda County. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,150,000 | Jul. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to East Bay Regional Park District will support the acquisition of the 955-acre Owen property, a key step in preserving a larger habitat assemblage covering Pleasanton and Sunol ridges and their watersheds in Alameda County, and will fund immediate stewardship needs on the property. Funding by GBMF will leverage District funds and other grants in support of expansion of large-scale preservation efforts in this area of central Alameda County. | | Sonoma Land Trust
Conserving the Regionally Important Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to protect a critical chokepoint within a high-priority wildlife corridor in Sonoma Valley in order to maintain wildlife habitat, optimize free movement of species, and provide resilience to respond to climate change. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 |
Purpose
This grant to Sonoma Land Trust will support acquisition of the 19,645-acre Preservation Ranch, which will protect a biologically diverse property in Sonoma County’s Gualala River watershed from being converted to vineyard and subdivided into rural residential development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of permanently protecting the Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of biologically diverse, complex coastal prairie and forest on the scenic Sonoma Coast. The project will establish sustainable financing of ecological stewardship and public access using carbon credits and sustainable timber harvests. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San Pablo Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust used this grant to support the Sonoma Baylands Project. Project goals include permanent protection and restoration of 2,329 acres at the far northern end of San Pablo Bay. | | Resources Legacy Fund
Building Support for Long-term Bay Area Restoration Funding | $350,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $350,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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Purpose
Coalition and constituency development to advance long-term funding for San Francisco Bay habitat restoration. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $447,555 | Jan. 2013 |
Purpose
For business coalition and constituency development to advance long-term funding for San Francisco Bay habitat restoration. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $953,224 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) builds off the recently published law review article that contains an analysis of existing gaps in California’s legal and regulatory marine management system and promotes adoption of Area-Based Management (ABM) to protect California’s marine ecosystems (#1188). With this subsequent grant, RLF will partner with the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University to conduct a deeper evaluation of the scientific and institutional framework necessary for ABM in California state waters and communicate the benefits and opportunities for better stewardship through ABM to key opinion leaders in California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $121,514 | Aug. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant supports a small working group of lawyers to perform a legal, regulatory, and institutional gap analysis to understand the existing framework for Area-Based Management in the state waters of California. The outputs include a findings and recommendations document to be used to advance area-based management in California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $674,450 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund supports the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund. The Resources Legacy Fund is creating a five-year strategic plan poised to advance efforts to develop and implement comprehensive multi-use management in Massachusetts. Outcomes for this grant include formation of the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund (MOPF) and five-year strategy, and development of a science plan to support comprehensive management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $262,500 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund supports the newly created Sierra Nevada Conservancy and will help leverage its impact. The Sierra Nevada supplies over 69% of the water used by California's cities and farms, which makes it one of the most biologically important mountain ranges in North America. Outcomes for this grant include the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s environmental, strategic, and operating plans as well as increased public and private funding for newly established Sierra Nevada Conservancy efforts. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $180,000 | Feb. 2003 |
Purpose
The Resources Legacy Fund is using this grant to support tidal restoration of the South Bay salt ponds, while maintaining and enhancing wildlife. Outcomes include initial stewardship of the ponds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $50,000 | Jan. 2003 |
Purpose
With this grant, the Resources Legacy Fund developed a plan for conservation of the private lands that are integral to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. | | Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
Demonstrating the Economic Value of Conservation in Santa Cruz and Sonoma Counties | $750,000 | Nov. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $750,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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Purpose
This initiative in Sonoma and Santa Cruz Counties will evaluate the economic benefits of conservation and educate decision-makers and community leaders about these economic benefits in order to enhance and expand investment in conservation. | | Solano Land Trust
Acquisition of Rockville Trails Estates | $1,980,000 | Aug. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $1,980,000 | Aug. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to Solano Land Trust will support the permanent protection of the 1,500-acre Rockville Trails Estates property, help Solano Land Trust rally public support for this project, and build the Land Trust’s fundraising capacity to protect and steward important conservation lands in the future. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,200,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Solano Land Trust used this grant to preserve 3,930 acres of watershed and habitat for a range of threatened and endangered species in Solano County. | | East Bay Regional Park District
Pleasanton Ridge Park Expansion & Wildlife Corridor Protection | $1,150,000 | Jul. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,150,000 | Jul. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to East Bay Regional Park District will support the acquisition of the 955-acre Owen property, a key step in preserving a larger habitat assemblage covering Pleasanton and Sunol ridges and their watersheds in Alameda County, and will fund immediate stewardship needs on the property. Funding by GBMF will leverage District funds and other grants in support of expansion of large-scale preservation efforts in this area of central Alameda County. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant to East Bay Regional Park District will support the acquisition of the 1,367.8± acre Robertson property, a key step in preserving a larger habitat assemblage covering Pleasanton and Sunol ridges and their watersheds in Alameda County. | | Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry
Determining impacts of recreation on wildlife in Bay Area protected areas | $481,533 | Mar. 2011 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 54 mo. | $481,533 | Mar. 2011 |
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Purpose
This grant to Northern Arizona University will determine whether certain levels of hiking and bicycling in Bay Area natural areas have significant impacts on habitat use by carnivores, deer, and other wildlife. Funding will be used to produce recommendations for Bay Area land managers on how to mitigate the impact of non-motorized recreation and thus ensure that public access is compatible with conservation areas such as parks and wildlife corridors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $225,394 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To identify appropriate landscapes needed for a subsequent proposal to the National Science Foundation and other funders to determine the critical factors associated with successful wildlife corridors, including ratio of corridor width-to-length, severity of constrictions within a corridor, and land uses adjacent to the corridor. Funding will be used to solicit nominations for appropriate landscapes, confirm which landscapes have appropriate configurations and focal species, and develop a proposal for a full-scale research project involving at least 50 replicate landscapes. | | State Coastal Conservancy
Enhancing Bay Area ecosystems adaptation under climate change | $357,000 | Nov. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 32 mo. | $357,000 | Nov. 2010 |
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Purpose
To create a more proactive and informed approach to climate change among Bay Area institutions. Funds will be used to establish a new Bay Area Ecosystems and Climate Change Consortium to overcome fragmented approaches and proactively engage scientists with resource managers to coordinate research, monitoring and management efforts to reduce negative climate change impacts on the region's ecosystems. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Reducing Spread of Sudden Oak Death | $821,220 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $821,220 | Oct. 2010 |
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Purpose
For increasing scientific understanding of the ecology and management of Sudden Oak Death in coastal forests of California. Funding will be used to conduct basic and applied research on the disease and its causal pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum. Research findings will be used to develop recommendations for disease control and land management, and to provide outreach to homeowners, land managers, and policy makers to facilitate implementation of the best management options. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $200,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of studies regarding range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,482,486 | Aug. 2003 |
Purpose
This grant is helping UC Berkeley researchers broaden the scope of their investigation of Sudden Oak Death. Outcomes include continued support of studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $191,500 | Dec. 2002 |
Purpose
This grant provided UC Berkeley with additional funding for the research currently being conducted on Phytophthora ramorum. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $600,000 | Oct. 2001 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management supports studies of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen causing Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. Outcomes include studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | | Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry
Determining effectiveness of wildlife corridors | $225,394 | Oct. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $225,394 | Oct. 2010 |
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Purpose
To identify appropriate landscapes needed for a subsequent proposal to the National Science Foundation and other funders to determine the critical factors associated with successful wildlife corridors, including ratio of corridor width-to-length, severity of constrictions within a corridor, and land uses adjacent to the corridor. Funding will be used to solicit nominations for appropriate landscapes, confirm which landscapes have appropriate configurations and focal species, and develop a proposal for a full-scale research project involving at least 50 replicate landscapes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 54 mo. | $481,533 | Mar. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Northern Arizona University will determine whether certain levels of hiking and bicycling in Bay Area natural areas have significant impacts on habitat use by carnivores, deer, and other wildlife. Funding will be used to produce recommendations for Bay Area land managers on how to mitigate the impact of non-motorized recreation and thus ensure that public access is compatible with conservation areas such as parks and wildlife corridors. | | University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Environmental Studies
Habitat fragmentation impacts on puma energetics, behavior, and ecology in the Santa Cruz Mountains. | $449,588 | Aug. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $449,588 | Aug. 2010 |
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Purpose
In support of increased scientific knowledge of the effects of habitat fragmentation in the San Francisco Bay Area on mountain lion physiology, behavior, movement, and ecosystem impacts. Quality scientific data on fragmentation impacts on top predators will support both local and international efforts to maintain habitat connectivity. The grant will also leverage National Science Foundation funding to finalize and put to use a new wildlife collar, the Accelerometer Network Integrator for Mobile Animals. | | East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
Expanding Mount Diablo conservation area and wildlife linkages – Souza III | $2,250,000 | Jul. 2010 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,250,000 | Jul. 2010 |
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Purpose
For the protection of the 1,021-acre Souza III Property, a key step in preserving a critical grassland habitat and wildlife corridor, and will fund a research project to advance the science related to wind turbine and wildlife interactions. The grant will leverage the financial and operational commitments of the Conservancy, the East Bay Regional Park District, and the U.S. Department of the Interior and support expansion of the large-scale conservation area around Mount Diablo envisioned by the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 7 mo. | $1,300,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to provide matching funds to federal grant dollars for the acquisition and permanent protection of conservation lands in the Mount Diablo landscape. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 10 mo. | $880,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
The grant to the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy will support the protection of the 221-acre Fox Ridge Property, a key step in preserving a critical wildlife corridor in eastern Contra Costa County. The grant will leverage the financial and operational commitments of the Conservancy, the East Bay Regional Park District, and the U.S. Department of the Interior and support expansion of the large-scale conservation area around Mount Diablo envisioned by the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan. | | East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
Expanding Mount Diablo conservation area and wildlife linkages | $880,000 | Nov. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 10 mo. | $880,000 | Nov. 2009 |
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Purpose
The grant to the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy will support the protection of the 221-acre Fox Ridge Property, a key step in preserving a critical wildlife corridor in eastern Contra Costa County. The grant will leverage the financial and operational commitments of the Conservancy, the East Bay Regional Park District, and the U.S. Department of the Interior and support expansion of the large-scale conservation area around Mount Diablo envisioned by the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 7 mo. | $1,300,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to provide matching funds to federal grant dollars for the acquisition and permanent protection of conservation lands in the Mount Diablo landscape. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,250,000 | Jul. 2010 |
Purpose
For the protection of the 1,021-acre Souza III Property, a key step in preserving a critical grassland habitat and wildlife corridor, and will fund a research project to advance the science related to wind turbine and wildlife interactions. The grant will leverage the financial and operational commitments of the Conservancy, the East Bay Regional Park District, and the U.S. Department of the Interior and support expansion of the large-scale conservation area around Mount Diablo envisioned by the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan. | | San Francisco Parks Trust
Upland Habitat Goals Implmentation | $239,938 | Nov. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $239,938 | Nov. 2009 |
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Purpose
In support of adoption and implementation of the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals, a plan for conserving the terrestrial biological diversity and ecosystem function of the Bay Area. Funding will be used to facilitate implementation of the plan's recommendations by designing easy to use web-based tools, offering training in the application of the tools, and providing technical assistance to public resource agencies, conservation nonprofits, land use and transportation planning agencies. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $500,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
The San Francisco Parks Trust used this grant to create an alternative energy demonstration project as part of the restoration of the Golden Gate Park South Windmill. At 95 feet tall, with sails stretching 114 feet long, the South Windmill is the largest of its design in the world. | | Science & Collaboration for Connected Wildlands
Bay Area Critical Linkages | $496,583 | Nov. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $496,583 | Nov. 2009 |
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Purpose
In support of the Bay Area Critical Linkages Project, delineating links between core conservation areas essential to maintaining healthy ecosystems. Together with broader efforts to establish core areas, this will ultimately form a network of conserved intact ecosystems. The comprehensive linkages strategy will include focal species-based linkage designs, implementation strategies, and a monitoring framework, and will also provide implementation tools and a strategic communications plan to institutionalize support for a network of conserved lands. | | University of California, Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology
Climate change impacts on California’s native plants: bridging the gap from models to land management | $154,000 | Nov. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $154,000 | Nov. 2008 |
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Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to increase scientific knowledge of the most effective approaches to predict habitat and vegetation shifts due to climate change at the California and Bay Area scale in order to support land managers to establish and manage resilient conservation networks that support continuing biodiversity. | | University of San Francisco, Department of Environmental Science
Measuring Carbon Sequestration in San Francisco Bay Wetlands | $294,892 | Nov. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $294,892 | Nov. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant will increase scientific knowledge of carbon sequestration and sediment accumulation rates in San Francisco Bay tidal wetlands in order to improve the conservation, restoration, and overall management of wetlands in the face of projected climate change. Quality scientific data will support the effort to formally certify wetland restoration activities with the California Climate Action Registry. Certification will establish wetlands restoration projects as eligible to receive payment for emission reduction credits, which will increase available funds for the acquisition and restoration of these critical ecosystems. | | Sonoma Land Trust
Jenner Headlands Protection | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 |
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Purpose
In support of permanently protecting the Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of biologically diverse, complex coastal prairie and forest on the scenic Sonoma Coast. The project will establish sustainable financing of ecological stewardship and public access using carbon credits and sustainable timber harvests. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 |
Purpose
This grant to Sonoma Land Trust will support acquisition of the 19,645-acre Preservation Ranch, which will protect a biologically diverse property in Sonoma County’s Gualala River watershed from being converted to vineyard and subdivided into rural residential development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to protect a critical chokepoint within a high-priority wildlife corridor in Sonoma Valley in order to maintain wildlife habitat, optimize free movement of species, and provide resilience to respond to climate change. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San Pablo Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust used this grant to support the Sonoma Baylands Project. Project goals include permanent protection and restoration of 2,329 acres at the far northern end of San Pablo Bay. | | Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Sandhills Habitat Protection | $2,289,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $2,289,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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Purpose
This grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz (the "Land Trust") will protect 189 acres of globally significant Sandhills habitat supporting a high concentration of endemic and rare species. The Land Trust has identified the highest value 700 acres of this unique habitat for protection and this grant will support the first acquisition, which targets the largest undeveloped parcel. | | Save-the-Redwoods League
Bothe-Napa State Park Expansion | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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Purpose
This grant will help Save-the-Redwoods League to permanently protect 120 acres of forested open space and old-growth redwoods adjacent to Bothe-Napa Valley State Park in Napa County, approximately three miles southeast of Calistoga. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $942,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant to the Save-the-Redwoods League will be used to protect the ancient redwood forest, in Butano State Park located in San Mateo County, in perpetuity. The result of this grant will lead to the permanent protection of the 100-acre property and the ultimate transfer to the State of California or another public entity. This will result in preserving its redwood and other forest lands for future generations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
The Save-the-Redwoods League is using this grant to purchase forest lands in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This acquisition helps protect old-growth redwoods, the upper reaches of the Pescadero Creek watershed, and coho and steelhead habitat. Outcomes for this grant include protection and stewardship of 80 acres of forest adjacent to Portola Redwoods State Park. | | Save Mount Diablo
Save Mt. Diablo | $756,100 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $756,100 | Nov. 2007 |
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Purpose
This grant will support Save Mt. Diablo to permanently protect the 320 acre Irish Canyon parcel, part of the Black Diamond Mines/Mt. Diablo Open Space Corridor in Contra Costa County. This acquisition is part of a landscape-level strategic effort to protect privately held land surrounding Mt. Diablo. | | Sonoma Land Trust
Acquisition of the Roche Property in Sonoma County | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 |
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Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San Pablo Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 |
Purpose
This grant to Sonoma Land Trust will support acquisition of the 19,645-acre Preservation Ranch, which will protect a biologically diverse property in Sonoma County’s Gualala River watershed from being converted to vineyard and subdivided into rural residential development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to protect a critical chokepoint within a high-priority wildlife corridor in Sonoma Valley in order to maintain wildlife habitat, optimize free movement of species, and provide resilience to respond to climate change. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of permanently protecting the Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of biologically diverse, complex coastal prairie and forest on the scenic Sonoma Coast. The project will establish sustainable financing of ecological stewardship and public access using carbon credits and sustainable timber harvests. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust used this grant to support the Sonoma Baylands Project. Project goals include permanent protection and restoration of 2,329 acres at the far northern end of San Pablo Bay. | | Land Trust of Napa County
Wildlake Ranch Property | $5,000,000 | May 2006 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $5,000,000 | May 2006 |
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Purpose
The Land Trust of Napa County is using this grant to conserve land in the Howell Mountains east of Calistoga in the Napa Valley. Outcomes for this grant include protection of 3,045 acres of Wildlake Ranch Property, stewardship, monitoring, and a property management plan to create the Napa County Open Space District. | | Save-the-Redwoods League
Portola Redwoods State Park Acquisition | $1,000,000 | Dec. 2005 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Dec. 2005 |
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Purpose
The Save-the-Redwoods League is using this grant to purchase forest lands in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This acquisition helps protect old-growth redwoods, the upper reaches of the Pescadero Creek watershed, and coho and steelhead habitat. Outcomes for this grant include protection and stewardship of 80 acres of forest adjacent to Portola Redwoods State Park. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant will help Save-the-Redwoods League to permanently protect 120 acres of forested open space and old-growth redwoods adjacent to Bothe-Napa Valley State Park in Napa County, approximately three miles southeast of Calistoga. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $942,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant to the Save-the-Redwoods League will be used to protect the ancient redwood forest, in Butano State Park located in San Mateo County, in perpetuity. The result of this grant will lead to the permanent protection of the 100-acre property and the ultimate transfer to the State of California or another public entity. This will result in preserving its redwood and other forest lands for future generations. | | Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Eastern Shore of Tomales Bay Protection | $1,211,750 | Dec. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,211,750 | Dec. 2004 |
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Purpose
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust is using this grant to acquire an agricultural conservation easement over the 714-acre Giacomini Dairy and create a baseline set of digital aerial photographs of the area. Outcomes include permanent protection of 714 acres of agricultural land and open space on the eastern shore of Tomales Bay. Tomales Bay is part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and has been named a "Wetland of International Importance." | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $750,000 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the Marin Agricultural Land Trust supports permanent protection of 761 acres of the Poncia Ranch in Marin County through an agricultural conservation easement. The Ranch, which contains areas of coastal prairie, riparian woodland and scrub, shrubland, and evergreen woodland, provides habitat for many of the species found in the Tomales Bay watershed. | | Regional Parks Foundation
Souza Property | $1,500,000 | Nov. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,500,000 | Nov. 2004 |
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Purpose
The Regional Parks Foundation used this grant to fund the East Bay Regional Parks District's purchase of 617 acres of grassland habitat (a critical wildlife corridor) in southeastern Contra Costa County. | | Solano Land Trust
King and Swett Ranches Preservation | $2,200,000 | Nov. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,200,000 | Nov. 2004 |
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Purpose
Solano Land Trust used this grant to preserve 3,930 acres of watershed and habitat for a range of threatened and endangered species in Solano County. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $1,980,000 | Aug. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to Solano Land Trust will support the permanent protection of the 1,500-acre Rockville Trails Estates property, help Solano Land Trust rally public support for this project, and build the Land Trust’s fundraising capacity to protect and steward important conservation lands in the future. | | Muir Heritage Land Trust
Fernandez Ranch Protection | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2004 |
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Purpose
Muir Heritage Land Trust used this grant for permanent protection, restoration, and stewardship of 700 acres in San Francisco's East Bay. | | Peninsula Open Space Trust
Stevens Creek Canyon Ranch | $5,000,000 | Nov. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $5,000,000 | Nov. 2004 |
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Purpose
Peninsula Open Space Trust used this grant to permanently protect the Stevens Creek Canyon Ranch in Santa Clara County, California. The upper watershed of Stevens Creek is a San Francisco Bay tributary. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,300,000 | Sep. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant will support the Peninsula Open Space Trust to permanently protect 1,047 acres of Mindego Hill, a highly visible and scenic ridge line in San Mateo County. The parcel will become part of the Russian Ridge Open Space Reserve and help create a strategic swath of open space containing nearly 33,000 acres, linking core wild lands for both wildlife habitat connectivity and plant dispersal, and adding recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 97 mo. | $50,000,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
This grant supports the Peninsula Open Space Trust's "Saving the Endangered Coast" campaign. Funds from this campaign are being used to acquire, manage, and safeguard undeveloped properties along Central California's shoreline, a hotspot region. Outcomes include land conservation and stewardship in San Mateo County, California. | | Sonoma Land Trust
Sonoma Baylands Acquisition | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $7,932,000 | Sep. 2004 |
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Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust used this grant to support the Sonoma Baylands Project. Project goals include permanent protection and restoration of 2,329 acres at the far northern end of San Pablo Bay. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,000,000 | Apr. 2013 |
Purpose
This grant to Sonoma Land Trust will support acquisition of the 19,645-acre Preservation Ranch, which will protect a biologically diverse property in Sonoma County’s Gualala River watershed from being converted to vineyard and subdivided into rural residential development. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $1,798,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to protect a critical chokepoint within a high-priority wildlife corridor in Sonoma Valley in order to maintain wildlife habitat, optimize free movement of species, and provide resilience to respond to climate change. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $6,000,000 | Jul. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of permanently protecting the Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of biologically diverse, complex coastal prairie and forest on the scenic Sonoma Coast. The project will establish sustainable financing of ecological stewardship and public access using carbon credits and sustainable timber harvests. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
Sonoma Land Trust will use this grant to permanently protect 1,689 acres of upland riparian habitat in southern Sonoma County. The protected acres will become part of Tolay Lake Park and will complete a 6000 acre protected corridor adjacent to San Pablo Bay. | | Resources Legacy Fund
Cargill South Bay Salt Ponds Initial Stewardship Activities | $180,000 | Feb. 2003 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $180,000 | Feb. 2003 |
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Purpose
The Resources Legacy Fund is using this grant to support tidal restoration of the South Bay salt ponds, while maintaining and enhancing wildlife. Outcomes include initial stewardship of the ponds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $447,555 | Jan. 2013 |
Purpose
For business coalition and constituency development to advance long-term funding for San Francisco Bay habitat restoration. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $350,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
Coalition and constituency development to advance long-term funding for San Francisco Bay habitat restoration. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $953,224 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) builds off the recently published law review article that contains an analysis of existing gaps in California’s legal and regulatory marine management system and promotes adoption of Area-Based Management (ABM) to protect California’s marine ecosystems (#1188). With this subsequent grant, RLF will partner with the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University to conduct a deeper evaluation of the scientific and institutional framework necessary for ABM in California state waters and communicate the benefits and opportunities for better stewardship through ABM to key opinion leaders in California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $121,514 | Aug. 2006 |
Purpose
This grant supports a small working group of lawyers to perform a legal, regulatory, and institutional gap analysis to understand the existing framework for Area-Based Management in the state waters of California. The outputs include a findings and recommendations document to be used to advance area-based management in California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $674,450 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund supports the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund. The Resources Legacy Fund is creating a five-year strategic plan poised to advance efforts to develop and implement comprehensive multi-use management in Massachusetts. Outcomes for this grant include formation of the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund (MOPF) and five-year strategy, and development of a science plan to support comprehensive management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $262,500 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund supports the newly created Sierra Nevada Conservancy and will help leverage its impact. The Sierra Nevada supplies over 69% of the water used by California's cities and farms, which makes it one of the most biologically important mountain ranges in North America. Outcomes for this grant include the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s environmental, strategic, and operating plans as well as increased public and private funding for newly established Sierra Nevada Conservancy efforts. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $50,000 | Jan. 2003 |
Purpose
With this grant, the Resources Legacy Fund developed a plan for conservation of the private lands that are integral to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. | | Peninsula Open Space Trust
San Mateo Coast Land Preservation | $50,000,000 | Jul. 2001 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 97 mo. | $50,000,000 | Jul. 2001 |
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Purpose
This grant supports the Peninsula Open Space Trust's "Saving the Endangered Coast" campaign. Funds from this campaign are being used to acquire, manage, and safeguard undeveloped properties along Central California's shoreline, a hotspot region. Outcomes include land conservation and stewardship in San Mateo County, California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,300,000 | Sep. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant will support the Peninsula Open Space Trust to permanently protect 1,047 acres of Mindego Hill, a highly visible and scenic ridge line in San Mateo County. The parcel will become part of the Russian Ridge Open Space Reserve and help create a strategic swath of open space containing nearly 33,000 acres, linking core wild lands for both wildlife habitat connectivity and plant dispersal, and adding recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $5,000,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
Peninsula Open Space Trust used this grant to permanently protect the Stevens Creek Canyon Ranch in Santa Clara County, California. The upper watershed of Stevens Creek is a San Francisco Bay tributary. |
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