Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) manages California’s diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources and the habitats upon which they depend. This includes implementing the CA Endangered Species Act, habitat restoration and planning, fish hatcheries and species management, and issuing grants.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife's programs include:
- Regulatory: California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Permits, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review, Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act (HREA) Approvals, Lake and Streambed Alteration (LSA) Program, Suction Dredge Permits, and Timberland Conservation Program.
- Ecosystem: Habitat conservation, Landscape conservation planning, Groundwater Program, Instream Flow Program
- Delta ecosystem: Delta Conservation Framework, Fish Restoration Program Agreement (FRPA), Delta Fish Agreement
- Water project operations: Incidental Take Permit for long-term operations of the State Water Project , CVPIA Refuge Water Supply Program, Water Project Operations Unit
- Fisheries: Anadromous Conservation and Management, Inland Fisheries Conservation and Management, Fish hatcheries.
- Grants: State Wildlife Grants, Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP), Endangered Species Conservation and Recovery Grant Program, California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program,Proposition 1 Restoration Grant Programs, Proposition 68 Grant Program, many more.
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