The Working Lands and Riparian Corridors program provides conservation grants for the planning and implementation of projects that restore or enhance California's agricultural lands, including areas that encompass a river or stream and the lands adjacent to them.
Previous Awards
Round 3 - February 2023: $2.4 million was awarded to fund watershed restoration planning and implementation projects on agricultural lands in San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Ventura, Santa Cruz, and Siskiyou counties. Each grant went to a locally focused Resource Conservation District (RCD).
Round 2 - February 2022: $4 million was awarded to fund watershed restoration planning and implementation projects on agricultural lands in San Luis Obispo, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Lassen, Trinity, and Ventura counties. Each grant went to a locally focused Resource Conservation District (RCD).
Round 1 - November 2020: $2 million was awarded to fund watershed restoration and conservation projects on agricultural lands in Marin, Sonoma, Kings and Ventura counties. Each grant went to a locally focused Resource Conservation District (RCD).
Questions? Email: wlrc@conservation.ca.gov
