The Board of the California State Coastal Conservancy earlier this week awarded over $16.9 million to 13 projects to protect and restore the California coast and San Francisco Bay .
Among these grant awards were over $4.4 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service National Coastal Wetlands Grant Program.
This program awards grants of up to $1 million to states based on a national competition and funds significant coastal wetland restoration projects.
Some of the approved projects are:
The next Conservancy meeting is scheduled for May 27, 2021 and will be held via teleconference.