Nov 08, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Wolf-Livestock Compensation Program Now Open for ApplicationsThe California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has reopened the Wolf-Livestock Compensation Program for applications for direct livestock loss compensation. The program, which had been depleted of its original $3 million in funds, received $600,000...
Nov 08, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife State Commission Adopts Report on Insurance CrisisOn Thursday, November 7, the nonpartisan Little Hoover Commission adopted a report on California’s ongoing property insurance crisis which was issued for public review earlier in the week. The report, which was developed over the...
Nov 01, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Interior Department Delivers $46 Million for Klamath Basin RestorationOn October 30th, The U.S. Department of the Interior announced nearly $46 million in investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration activities that address high-priority Klamath Basin water-related challenges in southern Oregon...
Oct 18, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Groundbreaking of Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project ExpansionOn October 15, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Congressmember Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Imperial) joined federal and state leaders to celebrate...
Oct 11, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Pacific Flyway Habitat Enhancement Act Introduced in CongressThis week, U.S. Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R-Butte) and Mike Thompson (D-Lake) announced the introduction of the Pacific Flyway Habitat Enhancement Act, which would allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enroll additional agricultural lands in the Farm...
Oct 04, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife California Congressional Representatives Introduce Legislation to Expand San Pablo Bay National Wildlife RefugeLast Friday, legislation was introduced to expand the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge by approximately 5,658 acres. The expansion, proposed in the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act (H.R. 9826), would include adjacent baylands...