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SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting applications for the Healthy Soils Program (HSP).
The program provides funding for incentivizing and demonstrating soil health practices that sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gases, and improve soil health.
The HSP has two components: the HSP Incentives Program and the HSP Demonstration Projects.
The HSP Incentives Program provides financial assistance for implementation of soil health practices that sequester soil carbon and reduce GHG emissions. California farmers and ranchers, as well as Federal and California recognized Native American Indian Tribes, are eligible to apply.
The HSP Demonstration Projects showcase California farmers’ and ranchers’ implementation of HSP soil health practices.
By using demonstration projects, awardees can help support widespread adoption of soil health management practices throughout the state.
Not-for-profit entities, University Cooperative Extension, federal and university experiment stations, Resource Conservation Districts, Federal and California-recognized Native American Indian Tribes, and farmers and ranchers in collaboration with any of the aforementioned entities are eligible to apply.
A total of up to $1.6 million will be awarded for the projects, with no more than $500,000 allocated specifically for HSP Demonstration projects.
This grant process may prioritize funding to agricultural lands in counties where a state of emergency was declared in 2017 due to wildfires under executive orders signed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. These counties include: Butte, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Ventura and Yuba.
Applications and all supporting information must be submitted electronically by April 13, 2018, at 5 p.m. PDT. Awards will be made based on a first-come-first-served basis and will be subject to administrative and technical reviews prior to being funded.
For detailed information on eligibility and program requirements, prospective applicants should visit the CDFA Healthy Soils Program Web site at www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
CDFA will hold two workshops and two webinars to provide information on program requirements and the application process (see below). CDFA staff will provide guidance on the application process, provide examples, and answer any questions. There is no cost to attend the workshops.
Individuals planning to attend should emailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with his or her contact information, the number of seats required, and the workshop location.
Orange County – Tuesday, March 13
1 to 2:30 p.m. - HSP Incentives Program
2.30 to 4 p.m. - HSP Demonstration Projects
OC Fair and Event Center – Board Room
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Yuba City – Friday, March 16
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter/Yuba
142 Garden Highway, Yuba City
Webinar – Monday, March 19
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
Webinar – Wednesday, March 21
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
To register for the webinars, please visit the program Web page at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
Prospective applicants may contact CDFA’s Grants Office atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with general program questions.
For information regarding free-of-charge technical assistance provided by nonprofit organizations, Resource Conservation Districts, and California academic institutions, applicants should refer to www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils.
The program provides funding for incentivizing and demonstrating soil health practices that sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gases, and improve soil health.
The HSP has two components: the HSP Incentives Program and the HSP Demonstration Projects.
The HSP Incentives Program provides financial assistance for implementation of soil health practices that sequester soil carbon and reduce GHG emissions. California farmers and ranchers, as well as Federal and California recognized Native American Indian Tribes, are eligible to apply.
The HSP Demonstration Projects showcase California farmers’ and ranchers’ implementation of HSP soil health practices.
By using demonstration projects, awardees can help support widespread adoption of soil health management practices throughout the state.
Not-for-profit entities, University Cooperative Extension, federal and university experiment stations, Resource Conservation Districts, Federal and California-recognized Native American Indian Tribes, and farmers and ranchers in collaboration with any of the aforementioned entities are eligible to apply.
A total of up to $1.6 million will be awarded for the projects, with no more than $500,000 allocated specifically for HSP Demonstration projects.
This grant process may prioritize funding to agricultural lands in counties where a state of emergency was declared in 2017 due to wildfires under executive orders signed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. These counties include: Butte, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Ventura and Yuba.
Applications and all supporting information must be submitted electronically by April 13, 2018, at 5 p.m. PDT. Awards will be made based on a first-come-first-served basis and will be subject to administrative and technical reviews prior to being funded.
For detailed information on eligibility and program requirements, prospective applicants should visit the CDFA Healthy Soils Program Web site at www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
CDFA will hold two workshops and two webinars to provide information on program requirements and the application process (see below). CDFA staff will provide guidance on the application process, provide examples, and answer any questions. There is no cost to attend the workshops.
Individuals planning to attend should email
Orange County – Tuesday, March 13
1 to 2:30 p.m. - HSP Incentives Program
2.30 to 4 p.m. - HSP Demonstration Projects
OC Fair and Event Center – Board Room
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Yuba City – Friday, March 16
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter/Yuba
142 Garden Highway, Yuba City
Webinar – Monday, March 19
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
Webinar – Wednesday, March 21
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
To register for the webinars, please visit the program Web page at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
Prospective applicants may contact CDFA’s Grants Office at
For information regarding free-of-charge technical assistance provided by nonprofit organizations, Resource Conservation Districts, and California academic institutions, applicants should refer to www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – State Sen. Mike McGuire, chairman of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, will convene the 45th annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum Thursday, March 8, at the State Capitol in Sacramento.
This year’s forum takes on special importance with President Trump’s looming proposal to open up nearly the entire California coastline to new offshore oil and gas drilling.
For the first time in history at the forum, there will be a panel dedicated to this pending threat and a conversation about how California’s $7 billion commercial fishing industry will be organizing to oppose the Department of Interior’s dangerous new proposal.
UC Davis fisheries biologists will also be on hand – under the California Salmon Fisheries Panel – presenting recent findings from their study that concluded under present population trends, 45 percent of California’s native salmon are likely to be extinct in the next 50 years due to changed climate conditions and warmer water temperatures.
John Laird, California’s Natural Resources secretary; Charlton Bonham, director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Anthony Williams, vice president of the state Fish and Game Commission will kick off this year’s list of speakers and presenters.
The forum will include presentations and discussion focusing on crab, salmon, sardine, sea urchins, aquaculture and the president’s proposed damaging plans to open up our coast to offshore oil drilling.
The agenda features presentations by state agency leaders, commercial and recreational fishing representatives, and aquaculture producers.
“We have to protect and preserve California’s fisheries and we’re deeply concerned about what the future holds based on threats from the Trump administration’s dangerous plan to reopen the California coast to offshore oil drilling,” McGuire said. “This Thursday’s forum will be focused on the current state of the Fleet, presenting the UC Davis Study on climate change and the decline of California’s salmon population along with a status update from the aquaculture industry.”
Thousands of hard working men and women who are the backbone of California’s fishing and aquaculture industry have been suffering from disastrous seasons for crab, salmon, urchins and sardines, which are the result of poor ocean conditions the last few years.
The hearing begins at 1 p.m. this Thursday and will be held in Room 2040 of the Capitol. The public is welcome to attend the hearing. There is no cost to entry.
The hearing will be livestreamed via the Senate Web site: http://senate.ca.gov/.
For more information about the Fisheries Forum visit the Committee Web site at: http://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/.
This year’s forum takes on special importance with President Trump’s looming proposal to open up nearly the entire California coastline to new offshore oil and gas drilling.
For the first time in history at the forum, there will be a panel dedicated to this pending threat and a conversation about how California’s $7 billion commercial fishing industry will be organizing to oppose the Department of Interior’s dangerous new proposal.
UC Davis fisheries biologists will also be on hand – under the California Salmon Fisheries Panel – presenting recent findings from their study that concluded under present population trends, 45 percent of California’s native salmon are likely to be extinct in the next 50 years due to changed climate conditions and warmer water temperatures.
John Laird, California’s Natural Resources secretary; Charlton Bonham, director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Anthony Williams, vice president of the state Fish and Game Commission will kick off this year’s list of speakers and presenters.
The forum will include presentations and discussion focusing on crab, salmon, sardine, sea urchins, aquaculture and the president’s proposed damaging plans to open up our coast to offshore oil drilling.
The agenda features presentations by state agency leaders, commercial and recreational fishing representatives, and aquaculture producers.
“We have to protect and preserve California’s fisheries and we’re deeply concerned about what the future holds based on threats from the Trump administration’s dangerous plan to reopen the California coast to offshore oil drilling,” McGuire said. “This Thursday’s forum will be focused on the current state of the Fleet, presenting the UC Davis Study on climate change and the decline of California’s salmon population along with a status update from the aquaculture industry.”
Thousands of hard working men and women who are the backbone of California’s fishing and aquaculture industry have been suffering from disastrous seasons for crab, salmon, urchins and sardines, which are the result of poor ocean conditions the last few years.
The hearing begins at 1 p.m. this Thursday and will be held in Room 2040 of the Capitol. The public is welcome to attend the hearing. There is no cost to entry.
The hearing will be livestreamed via the Senate Web site: http://senate.ca.gov/.
For more information about the Fisheries Forum visit the Committee Web site at: http://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/.
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