DWR Offers Prop 40 Urban Stream Restoration Grants.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Department of Water Resources (DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked ) announces the availability of approximately $4.6 million in Proposition 40 grant money for Urban Stream Restoration Projects. The deadline for submitting applications for funding is 4 p.m. on January 25, 2005. Through the Urban Streams Restoration Program (USRP USRP UTM/USP Standard Raster Product ), DWR provides grants to local communities for multi-objective projects that reduce flooding and bank erosion, improve the environmental values of streams and promote community stewardship. USRP requires co-sponsorship on all projects by a local agency and local community group. Types of projects funded in past years include: creek cleanups, invasive vegetation control, revegetation Revegetation is the process of replanting and rebuilding the soil of disturbed land. This may be a natural process produced by plant colonization and succession, or an artificial (manmade), accelerated process designed to repair damage to a landscape due to wildfire, mining, flood, and bioengineering bank stabilization projects. Others are reconfiguration of channels to improve geomorphic ge·o·mor·phic adj. Of or resembling the earth or its shape or surface configuration. function, daylighting For the restoration of culverted streams to above-ground channels, see . Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, or other transparent media, and reflective surfaces so that, during the day, natural light provides effective internal illumination. of culverted streams, acquisitions of floodplain floodplain, level land along the course of a river formed by the deposition of sediment during periodic floods. Floodplains contain such features as levees, backswamps, delta plains, and oxbow lakes. land, and removal of flood prone structures. The grant cap is currently $1 million per project, with the average grant size totaling $350,000. Grants for such restoration projects have been offered since the mid 1980's, when funds were first made available. Since the passage of Proposition 13 in 2000, USRP has provided approximately $21 million in grants for 63 projects statewide. The current application cycle is a one time offering of Proposition 40 funding. No additional grant funds have been identified for USRP at this time. For more information see www.watershedrestoration.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/ or call Sara Denzler at (916) 651-9625. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. |
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